choosing between love and family theme
A character must choose between someone they love on one hand, and obligations to their family on the other.
Examples
Romeo Montageu and Juliet Capulet, famously, are both torn between family loyalty and love as their two clans are feuding while they themselves become enamored with each other, in the play "Rome and Juliet" by William Shakespeare.
16 total · 4 choice · 9 major · 3 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ahp6x26 | choice | Lucy was forced to choose between her mother (and presumed inheritance) and her lover, Arthur, when he proposed with a take-it-or-leave-it ultimatum. |
| bridesheadrevisited1981e1x06 | choice | At the center of this episode is Julia's tough decision between her love for Rex on the one hand, and both her family and her religion on the other hand. |
| play: Romeo and Juliet (1597) | choice | both Romeo and Juliet had to choose between loyalty to their respective families or their love for one and other |
| rbt1985e6x11 | choice | Roger was torn between his domineering mother and his childhood love, Anna. Anna demanded that Roger kill his mother so that they could be together. |
| ahp5x26 | major | The mother's boy John was felt forced to choose between his mother, Claire, and his new fiancée, Lottie. In the end, he was given a chance to eliminate one or both of them from his life, and elected to get rid of Lottie. |
| ahp6x14 | major | Lisa was torn between her beloved grandfather, Ulrich, and her lover, Dane. |
| ftt1982e3x02 | major | Should Prince Richard follow his domineering mother's wishes and marry the princess of her choice or follow his heart and marry Princess Alecia? |
| ftt1982e6x02 | major | Pearl faced the stark decision of whether to gain legs and peruse her land-lubbing lover but thus leave her sea bound kin behind forever. Also she left mute for her trouble. |
| movie: Brokeback Mountain (2005) | major | Ennis choose family over Jack, twice over |
| movie: You Can't Take It with You (1938) | major | Tony and Alice each worried that the other's family would alienate their own. Alice at one point called off the engagement owing to this strife, but the families reconciled in the end, and the two got reengaged with their respective parent's blessings. |