love vs. material gain theme
A character must choose between someone they love on one hand, and profiting materially (for example by money) on the other.
Examples
In tz1959e2x21 "The Prime Mover", Kitty gave her lover Ace this ultimatum: Quit his crooked gambling, or she'd leave. Ace kept gambling a bit longer.
8 total · 1 choice · 4 major · 3 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: Love Affair (1939) | choice | Both Michel and Terry were short on cash but had gotten engaged to wealthy partners. When they fell in love with each other both Michel and Terry had to consider carefully whether they would forego a lavish lifestyle with partners they didn't love, in order to have true love with each other. |
| ahh2x22 | major | Bonnie resolved to give up her material wealth for seven years and live in poverty to be with her husband Dave. |
| ahp2x29 | major | The young, up-and-coming gangster Manny agonized over whether or not to go through with a hit that his boss had ordered on Manny's own girlfriend. If he did it, then his star was assured to rise; otherwise his career in organized crime was going to be in serious jeopardy. |
| ahp6x29 | major | The heart of the story was Charlotte and Mark risking their own love for one another in order to gain an old man's fortune. |
| movie: Wuthering Heights (1939) | major | Cathy was torn between her love for the impoverished Heathcliff and her desire for the material comforts would come with marrying the wealthy Edgar Linton. |
| ahp3x15 | minor | Should Tony divorce her wealthy wife to be with his young mistress? |
| tz1959e2x21 | minor | Kitty left her boyfriend Ace with this ultimatum: Either stop gambling immediately or else she'd leave him. |
| tz1959e2x25 | minor | Mr. Tennyson was forced to decide between these two alternatives: 1) Accept Colonel Taylor's offer of a trifling sum of money and reunite with his wife straightaway, and 2) Wait several months to reunite with his wife and collect half a million dollars for the colonel. |