exile theme

also known as: banishment

The practice of punishing someone by expelling them from their native land, is feature.

Examples

In the film "No Escape" (1994), a man was banished from the cooperative autonomous community that he called home for having twice fallen asleep at his post.

8 total · 8 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
apuleius180tgab10inset1 minor The wicked stepmother was exiled for life.
ic1976e02 minor Augustus banished Julia to an uninhabited island for fornicating too much. Tiberius had been banished from Rome.
ic1976e03 minor Livia threatened to banish Livilla to a tiny, miserable island. Augustus resolved to banish Postumus to an island so small that it could not be found on any map.
ic1976e07 minor A delighted Tiberius informed Agrippina of his decision to banish her to the forlorn island of Pandateria.
movie: No Escape (1994) minor A man was banished from the Insiders' village for having twice fallen asleep at his post.
movie: Soldier (1998) minor The colonists voted to banish Sergent Todd from the community after it became apparent that he posed a danger to them.
movie: The Girl from Monday (2005) minor The counter-revolutionary Cecile was banished from society in the end.
tc1983e01 minor Potbelly ordered that Eupator's tutor and servants be exiled from Egypt for failing to protect the boy from assassination. Cleopatra III floated the idea of having her mother exiled.