torture theme
We are made to ponder the practice of some humans to deliberately inflict severe physical or psychological suffering on people that are in their power.
23 total · 5 major · 18 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: Save the Green Planet (2003) | major | Kang was imprisoned in a workshop basement and subjected to numerous gruesome tortures. |
| movie: The Deer Hunter (1978) | major | The three friends Mike, Nick, and Steven were subjected to physical and psychological torture during their captivity under the Viet Cong. The rest of the story concerns how these three characters coped with this horrible experience. |
| owgm1x02 | major | A mystery left deliberately unresolved was that of what precise use the leather funnel had had in Marie's torture. Arnaud, perhaps breaking the fourth wall, commented disdainfully of such personality types that would feel urged to know the specifics of inventive torture methods. |
| theexpanse1x02 | major | In one storyline, Avasarala was determined to get the suspected OPA agent Heikki Sabong to spill the beans as to how he'd gotten his hands on restricted stealth technology. When she was forbidden from subjecting Heikki to more "gravity torture" on Earth, she set into motion a plan to send him to Luna where she could presumably torture him to her heart's content. Heikki denied her the opportunity by committing suicide on the launch from Earth. |
| tos1x10 | major | Simon van Gelder was tortured mercilessly. |
| ahp4x27 | minor | In his monologue, Alfred Hitchcock described how the rack is used to stretch a human body beyond its limits. |
| ahp7x13 | minor | Sir Humphrey spoke of a tortured saint. He might also have been torturing his first wife whom he kept locked up in his study and whose tongue he cut out. |
| ds92x15 | minor | Disobedient Orellius colonists were put inside "hell-boxes" and left out in the sun. |
| ent1x10 | minor | Archer objected to the Nausicaan being tortured, presumably on humanitarian grounds. |
| ent3x02 | minor | Archer tortured Orgoth to get access codes to the Xindi database that might contain information to help save Earth. |