facing one's own execution theme
Someone is waiting to be executed.
46 total · 6 choice · 15 major · 25 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ahp5x13 | choice | Peyton was about to be hanged for interfering with railway bridges and in fact, the whole story was a dream taking places moments before his death. |
| ahp5x34 | choice | Men were on death row and awaited execution with either trepidation or stoicism. |
| movie: The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) | choice | Joan expected she would be tortured and killed for not complying |
| theamericanshortstory02 | choice | The Union spy Parker Adderson pondered the meaning of death and what happens after death while he awaited his execution. Parker repeatedly engaged in gallows humor. |
| tz1959e5x22 | choice | Peyton was about to be hanged for interfering with railway bridges and in fact, the whole story was a dream taking places moments before his death. |
| tz2002e1x40 | choice | The story follows a death row inmate whose execution is thrice prevented at the last moment by an unknown force. |
| ahp3x08 | major | Gerry was about to be wrongfully executed. |
| as1985e2x07 | major | The story follows Eric David Peterson as he acquires miraculous healing powers in the 24 hours before his date with the electric chair. |
| movie: Ga-ga: Glory to the Heroes (1986) | major | Score was framed for having raped a minor and sentenced to be impaled in a grand ceremony that was to be broadcast on live television. |
| movie: His Girl Friday (1940) | major | Earl Williams was about to be hanged |