the nature of death theme
Existential questions about the end of life are discussed.
Examples
The immortal alien being Nagilum killed Enterprise-D crew in order to understand the nature of this whole dying business in tng2x02 "Where Silence Has Lease".
8 total · 1 choice · 3 major · 4 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| tz1985e3x25 | choice | We heard that death is misunderstood, not to be feared, and in fact the only thing any one of us have left to long for in the end. |
| play: Hamlet (1602) | major | Hamlet contemplated death on a few occasions and, significantly, while holding the skull of old Yorick |
| theamericanshortstory02 | major | Parker mused philosophically about how death should not be feared. |
| tng2x02 | major | Picard explaining |
| movie: Bicentennial Man (1999) | minor | Andrew was disturbed to hear that in the process of conception all but one of millions of sperm die. Richard went on to assure Andrew that while one does feel bad for them this was the natural way of things and that it was okay. |
| movie: Hamlet (1948) | minor | Hamlet contemplated death on a few occasions and, iconically, while holding the skull of old Yorick. |
| movie: The Iron Giant (1999) | minor | Hogarth explained about death to the giant robot after it stumbled upon a dead deer in the forest. |
| movie: The Magician (1958) | minor | Spegel spoke of death |