Sentences with phrase «haunted by guilt»

Tony Stark (Downey Jr., The Judge), haunted by guilt of a young and promising teen's death resulting from his own perceived recklessness, signs on, thinking that this law will not only be inevitable, but that agreeing with it now saves them from a more severe implementation down the road.

Struggling along through the mystery's haze of uncertainty, sometimes tempted to tune out altogether, at other times haunted by the guilt of contemplating doing so, The Leftovers isn't exactly an easy watch.

This isn't a man haunted by guilt or violence; as far as Kyle is concerned, he did necessary but troubling work in a necessary but troubling war.

One important consequence of the abortion was that Alan was forever haunted by guilt - less over what he had put Pam through than the abortion itself.

Not exact matches

Haunted by nightmares and guilt - ridden about deaths she feels responsible for, Tris impulsively cuts off her hair, giving herself a Jean Seberg look in preparation for the Joan of Arc - type battles that are to come.

Picnic at Hanging Rock is haunted by similar guilt, but like a good mystery story shores itself up with red herrings in order to displace it.

Haunted by childhood trauma and suppressed guilt, Bruce questions his role in life after his father's death and chooses to run from his problems.

Meanwhile, Meili, who prefers to focus on being a good mother to her increasingly troubled son, finds herself haunted by visions of her ex's ghost and by the guilt of having committed such a violent act.

As María recounts this story, we are given a murder mystery brilliantly reimagined as metaphysical enquiry, a novel that grapples with questions of love and death, guilt and obsession, chance and coincidence, how we are haunted by our losses, and above all, the slippery essence of the truth and how it is told.

As he dwells on his tragic childhood and the disastrous events in 1965 that drive his guilt, John waits for retribution while falling into a relationship with a woman haunted by her own dark history.

Still being haunted by his past years later he is living in his guilt trying to be the man he once was.

In my last post, I talked about how to dramatize a character's escape from the haunting effects of shame or guilt by seeking to regain the respect or obtain the forgiveness of the person most centrally connected to the humiliation or injury.