conflict of duty theme
A character must choose between their "duty" to something (for example, a leader) on one hand, and a conflicting impulse (for example, a noble cause) on the other.
7 total · 1 choice · 3 major · 2 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: A Man for All Seasons (1966) | choice | The way Thomas More saw it, he was being torn between his loyalty and duty to Henry VIII on the one hand, and his loyalty and duty to God and the Catholic church on the other. |
| bbf3x05 | major | Zack was torn between nightwatch and regular duty |
| movie: Cosmic Slop (1994) | major | In "The First Commandment": Father Carlos was under heavy pressure from the diocese cardinal to oversee moving a popular pagan statue to a museum, but the priest was reluctant to move the statue because it was bound up with his cultural heritage. |
| voy1x11 | major | Chakotay in role over Seska investigation and also purloined blow of mushroom soup |
| movie: The Incredible Melting Man (1977) | minor | Should Ted reveal the classified information that Steve was running around killing people to the sheriff in violation of the general's direct orders? |
| tz2019e1x04 | minor | We heard that Yuka was torn between her family (maybe heritage) and her white American colleagues. |
| movie: Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) | not | Poe Dameron led an attempted mutiny but neither he nor his followers were ever conflicted about it. |