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* TheBermudaTriangle: While the actual concept originated in 1960s pulp magazines, ''Theatre/TheTempest'' was [[https://www.exploreshakespearesworld.com/shakespeares-world-app/did-the-wreck-of-the-sea-venture-inspire-the-tempest/ partly inspired by a real shipwreck in Bermuda]] and is usually interpreted as set in the Caribbean or nearby. The overall plot-- a ship is wrecked on an IslandOfMystery somewhere near Bermuda by a magical storm, with everyone onboard believed to be dead-- certainly could be a modern Bermuda Triangle story.



* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: Miranda is the beautiful but sheltered daughter of an eccentric wizard who causes a shipwreck on his IslandOfMystery.

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* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: In ''Theatre/TheTempest'' Miranda is the beautiful but sheltered daughter of an eccentric wizard who causes a shipwreck on his IslandOfMystery.IslandOfMystery.
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* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: Miranda is the beautiful but sheltered daughter of an eccentric wizard who causes a shipwreck on his IslandOfMystery.
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* BigBadSlippage: ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'' only gradually [[FaceHeelTurn becomes]] the VillainProtagonist of the play.

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* BigBadSlippage: ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'' only gradually [[FaceHeelTurn becomes]] the VillainProtagonist of the play.play, initially uncomfortable with his desire to murder and usurp [[TheGoodKing King Duncan]] just to satisfy his ambition, but going through with it and discarding his conscience along the way.
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* {{MST}}: The [[ShowWithinAShow play within a play]] of ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream'' is repeatedly interrupted by the audience's riffing.
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* GoOutWithASmile: As Mercutio lays dying from a stab wound in ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet:''
-->'Tis not as wide as a barn door, nor as deep as a well, but look for me tomorrow, and you shall find me [[{{Pun}} a grave man]].

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* GoOutWithASmile: As Mercutio lays lies dying from a stab wound in ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet:''
-->'Tis not as deep as a well, nor as wide as a barn door, nor as deep as a well, but but ... look for me tomorrow, and you shall find me [[{{Pun}} a grave man]].
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trope renamed and redefined per TRS


* OutDamnedSpot:
-->''"[[TropeNamer Out, damned spot!]] Out, I say!"'' (''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'')
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* CountryMatters:
-->'''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}:''' Lady, shall I lie in your lap?\\
'''Ophelia:''' No, my lord.\\
'''Hamlet:''' I mean, my head upon your lap?\\
'''Ophelia:''' Ay, my lord.\\
'''Hamlet:''' Do you think I meant [[TropeNamer country matters]]?
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* AmbitionIsEvil: Julius Caesar discusses Cassius:

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* AmbitionIsEvil: Julius Caesar Theatre/JuliusCaesar discusses Cassius:



Whiles they behold a greater than themselves."'' (''Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing'')

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Whiles they behold a greater than themselves."'' (''Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing'')"''

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Whiles they behold a greater than themselves."''\\
(''Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing'')

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Whiles they behold a greater than themselves."''\\
"'' (''Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing'')
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Whiles they behold a greater than themselves."''

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Whiles they behold a greater than themselves."''"''\\
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'''[[center:Creator/{{Shakespeare}} Did It First!]]'''

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'''[[center:Creator/{{Shakespeare}} '''[[center:Creator/WilliamShakespeare Did It First!]]'''
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i've seen missing right parens often, but i've never seen a missing left paren. what.


-->''"If this were acted upon the stage I would condemn it as an improbable fiction."'' ''Theatre/TwelfthNight'')\\

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-->''"If this were acted upon the stage I would condemn it as an improbable fiction."'' ''Theatre/TwelfthNight'')\\(''Theatre/TwelfthNight'')\\

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* BadassBeard:
-->''"He that hath a beard is more than a youth, and he that hath no beard is less than a man;"'' (''Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing'')

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* BadassBeard:
-->''"He that hath a beard is more than a youth, and he that hath no beard is less than a man;"''
(''Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing'')


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* ManlyFacialHair:
-->''"He that hath a beard is more than a youth, and he that hath no beard is less than a man;"''
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-->''"[[TroperNamer Out, damned spot!]] Out, I say!"'' (''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'')

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-->''"[[TroperNamer -->''"[[TropeNamer Out, damned spot!]] Out, I say!"'' (''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'')
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-->'''Queen Gertrude:''' Hamlet, thou hast thy father much offended.
-->'''Hamlet:''' Mother, you have my father much offended.

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-->'''Queen Gertrude:''' Hamlet, thou hast thy father much offended.
-->'''Hamlet:'''
offended.\\
'''Hamlet:'''
Mother, you have my father much offended.



-->''"Out, damned spot! out, I say!"'' (''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'')

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-->''"Out, -->''"[[TroperNamer Out, damned spot! out, spot!]] Out, I say!"'' (''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'')



-->'''Olivia:''' Dost thou live by thy tabour? [[note]]She's asking if he makes a living by playing drums.[[/note]]
-->'''Fool:''' No sir, I live by the church.
-->'''Olivia:''' Art thou a churchman?
-->'''Fool:''' No such matter, sir. I do live by the church; for I do live at my house, and my house doth stand by the church. (''Theatre/TwelfthNight'')

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-->'''Olivia:''' Dost thou live by thy tabour? [[note]]She's asking if he makes a living by playing drums.[[/note]]
-->'''Fool:'''
[[/note]]\\
'''Fool:'''
No sir, I live by the church.
-->'''Olivia:'''
church.\\
'''Olivia:'''
Art thou a churchman?
-->'''Fool:'''
churchman?\\
'''Fool:'''
No such matter, sir. I do live by the church; for I do live at my house, and my house doth stand by the church. (''Theatre/TwelfthNight'')



->'''Lepidus:''' What manner o' thing is your crocodile?\\

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->'''Lepidus:''' -->'''Lepidus:''' What manner o' thing is your crocodile?\\

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