In an action movie, the stakes are life or death. In a family drama, the stakes are identity.
The sibling or spouse who sacrificed everything—career, dreams, sanity—to care for the dying parent or failing family business. The Martyr despises the siblings who "got out." Watch the seething resentment of Babe in Crimes of the Heart or Tom in The Glass Menagerie .
In an action movie, the stakes are life or death. In a family drama, the stakes are identity.
The sibling or spouse who sacrificed everything—career, dreams, sanity—to care for the dying parent or failing family business. The Martyr despises the siblings who "got out." Watch the seething resentment of Babe in Crimes of the Heart or Tom in The Glass Menagerie .