the deadly sins theme

The seven (or thereabouts) deadly sins from Christian mythology are featured more or less explicitly.

8 total · 1 choice · 2 major · 5 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
movie: Seven (1995) choice the serial killer used the seven deadly sins from Christianity as his theme
bridesheadrevisited1981e1x06 major Julia rationalized that by sinfully giving herself to her fiancé, Rex, she'd be saving him from the mortal sin of sleeping with Brenda Champion. When Father Mowbray would not see things her way she stopped attending mass. Father Mowbray was firm in his conviction that premarital sex constituted a mortal sin.
writing: Inferno (1320) major Inferno is in particular concerned with sin, and passes judgment on various characters from history by placing them in appropriate circles of hell where they experience suitable punishments for their sins.
boccachio1353d01s01 minor Master Ciappelletto was guilty of most, if not all, of the deadly sins
bridesheadrevisited1981e1x09 minor Julia spoke briefly of the various Catholic sins she had committed in general and the adultery she was conspiring to undertake with Charles in particular.
bridesheadrevisited1981e1x10 minor Bridey lambasted Julia for "living in sin" with Charles, which cause Julia to break into tears. Various things she later said highlighted that she cared greatly about this most Catholic of notions.
ent3x11 minor T'Pol said they had found the worst qualities all in one human: greed, violence, moral corruption; then there was an incident with burger gluttony
futurama1x09 minor The Christian deadly sins were parodied with robot hell.