family honor theme
Members of a family contemplate their collective honor. This often happens because the actions of a family member threatens to put a stain on the family's reputability.
8 total · 5 major · 3 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ahh1x03 | major | The daughter was a perfectionist and would go bonkers should she learn about the dishonorable background of her biological parents, or so we were told. |
| ahp2x01 | major | Mr. Princey made it clear that his first and only concern was with protecting the family's impeccable standing in the community. |
| futurama6x23 | major | The Professor went back in time to kill his treasonous ancestor in order to preserve the honor of the Farnsworth family name. |
| movie: The White Sheik (1952) | major | Ivan sought to conceal his wife's disappearance because he was concerned for his family honor. |
| novel: Radetzky March (1932) | major | the topic of honor recurred in the guise of dueling over honor, honoring debts, and serving the emperor being a point of honor for the Trottas |
| apuleius180tgainset1 | minor | Venus said something to the effect that Cupid had brought shame and scandal upon their family by fornicating with a mere mortal, albeit the most beautiful mortal woman in the world. |
| ic1976e05 | minor | Piso and Plancina were concerned with their family honor and contemplated suicide to preserve it. |
| play: Adelphoe (160 BC) | minor | Ctesipho spoke of the disgrace that his romantic involvement with a lowly music girl would bring upon his family, according to the slave Syrus (p358). |