coping with the death of a spouse theme
A character grieves over the loss of their spouse.
Examples
Worf howled over the body of his murdered spouse K'Ehleyr in tng4x07 "Reunion".
188 total · 8 choice · 44 major · 136 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ahh2x14 | choice | A theme alluded to in the title: Grace was devastated after her beloved fiancé Keith apparently died in a mining accident. She descended into madness and ended up shooting her loyal servant dead rather than face the truth that her Keith was a conman. |
| ahp5x02 | choice | So devastated was Stella by the tragic death of her husband, who died on a mountain and fell into a glacier, that she refused to move on from him until she beheld his dead body. This she did some 40 years after the fact. |
| as1985e1x24 | choice | Helen was so dismayed by her husband Charlie's death that she refused to accept it and went on as if he was still alive. Edwin impersonated Charlie in order to abet Helen's escape from reality. |
| bbf2x02 | choice | Sheridan was torn up over his wife's passing. |
| columbo1971e9x04 | choice | The viewer is led to believe that Columbo was torn up over the sudden and unexpected passing of his beloved wife, Mrs. Columbo. The story's villain Vivian Dimitri was hell-bent on exacting revenge on those she held responsible for her husband dying in prison. |
| movie: Archive (2020) | choice | George so loved his supposedly deceased wife Jules that he set about creating an android body in which to embody a digital near-copy of her consciousness. |
| tng4x07 | choice | Worf was coming to terms with the tragic passing of his lover, K'Ehleyr. |
| tz1985e3x05 | choice | Roger was down in the dumps of the death of his beloved wife, even though he had dead for three years. Laurel likewise coped poorly in the aftermath of her spouse's demise. |
| ahh1x10 | major | Paul was sullen and broody in the aftermath of having killed his wife. |
| ahh1x15 | major | Andrew had been off for several weeks due to the tragic death of his wife. He used this as an excuse for mistakes he made several times. |