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.
20 total · 3 major · 17 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: Save the Green Planet (2003) | major | Kang was imprisoned in a workshop basement and subjected to numerous gruesome tortures. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| ic1976e07 | minor | Sejanus had Lucius tortured to persuade him to sign a false confession. |
| movie: Cube 2: Hypercube (2002) | minor | Jerry speculated that the unconscious man had been tortured owing to markings on the man's palms that resembled cigarette burns. |