the desire for prestige theme

A character wants nothing better than to become pre-eminently respected in their community.

16 total · 4 choice · 5 major · 7 minor

Story	Level	Motivation
columbo1971e3x02	choice	Adrian Carsini was motivated above all, one gathers, by the status that came with being owner of a highly regarded winery. Much was made of Adrian being self-satisfied to named the wine industry's Man-of-the-Year.
columbo1971e3x06	choice	Neil Cahill was so eager to become Scientist of the Year that he plagiarized the recently deceased Dr. Finch's "theory of molecular" matter. The elder Cahill was possibly even more eager for his son, Neil, to win the award, presumably feeling that his son's newly acquired prestige would rub off on himself.
ds94x14	choice	Dukat wanting to restore his reputation after having been ostracized by the Cardassian government
tng1x04	choice	Lutan :: Lutan
movie: Barry Lyndon (1975)	major	Barry wanted everhigher status, first by marrying and then by getting a title
movie: Creature of Destruction (1968)	major	The supposed charlatan Dr. Basso wanted above all else for his work to be accepted by mainstream psychic researchers.
movie: Simone (2002)	major	The story follows the fading film director Viktor Taransky as he takes the desperate measure of secretly inserting a virtual actress into his films in an effort to get the recognition he feels that he deserves. In Taransky's own words, "I wanted recognition" he said in regard to his motives for perpetrating this hoax.
rbt1985e4x09	major	The story turns on the two neighbors, Elmira and Clara, vying for the presidency of their ladies lodge.
tz2002e1x36	major	Mario aspired to become the greatest magician of his generation.
bridesheadrevisited1981e1x05	minor	Departing Brideshead Castle in the end, Charles spelled out one of his younger self's driving reasons for wanting to associate with the Marchmains: He had been drawn to their wealth and social status.