despair theme

A character feels that all hope is gone.

20 total · 6 choice · 6 major · 8 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
movie: Hamlet (1948) choice Hamlet was thought to have gone mad. He was also brooding over existential matters, suicide, etc.
movie: Stalker (1979) choice We heard that only the most wretched people who have lost all hope, have any chance of making it to the magic room.
movie: Winter Light (1963) choice Jonas despair to such an extent that he killed himself; Tomas had a similar crisis of fate, do did not go to such extreme lengths
play: Hamlet (1602) choice Hamlet was thought to have gone mad and he was, in fact, brooding over existential matters, suicide, etc.
tng3x20 choice Tam Elbrun :: Tam living among humans
tz1959e1x32 choice Joey got into much a dark state of mind that he tried to kill himself.
bbf4x02 major Delenn especially seemed to despair
blackmirror7x01 major Jobless and without the means even to keep Amanda's brain running, Ted and Amanda despaired to the point that they decided to end it all.
movie: Dead Mans Letters (1986) major The nuclear war survivors shared a bleak outlook over any prospects of rebooting civilization, and they mostly resigned themselves to accepting that humankind was done for.
nightgallery2x22b major Professor Putman was so distraught over death of his daughter that he destroyed the entire Earth.