Indy’s internal moral/guilt arc — the psychological consequence of violent choices and traumatic loss that must be converted into resolve.

During a desperate desert chase Indy uses a rare lull — the German agent has stopped firing to steer — to take careful aim and fire three shots that kill …

Indy arrives exhausted and delivers the blunt news that Marion is dead. Sallah comforts him, reframes the grief—pointing to his children as proof that life continues—and converts sorrow into a …