remorse theme

also known as: guilt, regret

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

StoryLevelMotivation
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.