courage theme

also known as: bravery

A character faces a perceived danger boldly.

33 total · 7 choice · 17 major · 9 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
ds95x04 choice Jake in war zone and in his writing says Benjamin
ds97x08 choice Benjamin and ever Nadia Larkin and her men were at their wits end after five months on the front lines battling the Jem'Hadar; everyone in the face of Jem'Hadar siege; Nog showed courage in going on mission in contrast to Quark who wanted him to stay in a safe place
ftt1982e2x04 choice Jack was either brave or stupid, we heard say. The word was also used when the rambling old man spelled out the moral of the story in the end.
movie: On the Waterfront (1954) choice The mob boss Johnny Friendly had the waterfront area of Hoboken, New Jersey, under his thumb because he instilled fear in its residents. The story follows Terry Malloy, and to a lesser extent Father Barry, as they found the courage to stand up to him. The dockworker who was killed for testifying against Johnny knew well the mortal danger he had put himself in by standing up.
tftc1989e3x14 choice General Kalthrob sorely wanted his son, Lieutenant Martin Kalthrob, to be a courageous model of a soldier. The general was devastated when his son proved to be a yellow-bellied coward. He summarily condemned his son to be shot by a firing squad and tricked him into facing it with heroic dignity.
tng6x02 choice Barclay :: episode was building toward Barclay's display of courage
voy1x12 choice The Doctor
ahh3x06 major A point of the story was, arguably, to contrast the yellow-bellied Emory with his courageous wife Stella, who scared away a knife wielding killer.
bbf5x14 major both Lennier and the trainees' stories had something to do with courage
ds93x03 major Quark came through in the end and faced down D'Ghor in a fight to the death