fall from grace theme
A previously honored character finds themself out of favor, with a loss of status and prestige, for one reason or another.
10 total · 2 choice · 3 major · 5 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| play: Henry VIII (1613) | choice | various characters lost their lofty statuses: Buckingham, Queen Katherine, Cardinal Wolsey |
| talesoftheunexpected5x01 | choice | Marigold was famous and arrogant until she got fired, then went broke and had a mental breakdown. |
| blackmirror3x01 | major | Lacie lost her social status after her rating was lowered by airport security. |
| ic1976e07 | major | Tiberius ordered the execution of his heir-apparent Sejanus, his followers, and his family after news of a conspiracy he had plotted was brought to the eyes of Tiberius. |
| play: King Lear (1606) | major | King Lear went from monarch to a poor crazed outcast, through much fault of his own |
| ahp6x14 | minor | Ulrich had once been an honored clockmaker from around all the capitals of the Old Continent. He lamented that, now, he was a lowly clock repairer on the New. |
| movie: Raging Bull (1980) | minor | Jake had been world champion, then got divorced and went to prison. |
| nightgallery1x02b | minor | A disgraced and now homeless physician, William Fall, found a medical bag from the future. |
| play: All's Well That Ends Well (1623) | minor | Parolles had a remarkable fall from grace after he was exposed as a coward. |
| play: Pericles Prince of Tyre (1609) | minor | castaway Prince Pericles lamented the reversal of his fortunes that fate had meted out |