remorse theme
Someone feels regret for a past action that they have come to see as morally wrong, or for a mistake they should have been able to avert.
268 total · 18 choice · 97 major · 153 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ahp6x32 | choice | Gerald felt extremely guilty over having shot an 18-year-old boy dead in self-defense and made efforts to help the mother. |
| as1985e1x01 | choice | Grandpa Clyde expressed a deeply held remorse for having, in his childhood long ago, fallen asleep on the train tracks of the Highball Express. This caused a catastrophic derailment in which, it was implied, people had died. |
| bbf5x02 | choice | Londo deeply ashamed about his past actions especially wrt G'Kar |
| ds94x19 | choice | Miles over having killed his cell mate Ee'char unjustly |
| ds95x08 | choice | Odo regretted unjust killings |
| ent4x10 | choice | Emory Erickson felt guilty (we think) about having lost his son in an reckless transporter experiment. |
| movie: Autumn Sonata (1978) | choice | the story centered around Charlotte's feelings of guilt for having neglected her family (and continuing to do so), perhaps contributing to her daughter Helena's paralysis |
| tng5x11 | choice | Timothy :: Timothy thought he was responsible for destroying the Vico |
| tng7x18 | choice | Troi, Daniel Kwan :: Troi over having killed Worf, also Daniel Kwan before he committed suicide |
| tz1959e4x02 | choice | Chief Bell felt deeply guilty about having made a mistake that, at least in his personal assessment, resulted in the sinking of his submarine with all hands, save his own. |