The Lost Lenore is another character's deceased love interest. This kind of tragedy is one of The Oldest Ones in the Book and named for the famous deceased.

This character has a familial or romantic relationship with a protagonist, which allows creators to derive heart-wrenching sorrow from her death.

After his third wife died, he played this trope straight, encouraging his protege, Connor MacLeod, to avoid romantic attachments in the first place, hoping ...

A person is driven to kill by the loss of their spouse (or significant other or loved one). This trope is often used when the author wants to go for broke.

26 апр. 2022 г. · I feel like so many stories use being a widower as a cheap justification for why the main character acts like a total douchebag and/or sociopath.

Widow Mistreatment is a trope where family members and the community start treating the character in question worse because of their recently widowed status.

23 мая 2023 г. · Dead Wife is a plot device in the form of a beautiful woman who tragically dies to serve the development and character arc of her husband or son.

The Necromantic is a character who became a villain (or was marked as one) because they really, really want to bring a loved one Back from the Dead.

Momo's father apparently collaborated with him on the technology in hopes of using it on his dead wife, but abandoned the pursuit well before his own death.

A character in desperate circumstances, perhaps alone, on the verge of death, or on the run, will come home to watch old videos of their past life.