History Theatre / TimonOfAthens

* MaddenIntoMisanthropy: When his three closest friends not only refuse, but seem insulted to be asked for help, coupled with his creditors having not an ounce of generosity to wait for their dues despite his honorable nature, drive Timon to misanthropy.

** Apemantus later on notes that part of Timon's past blindness and present misanthropy were born from only knowing the top and bottom of Athenian society, and tries to reason with him that the citizenry is really a "forest full of beasts" in the sense that the middle clases are not as obsessed with money as the poorest ''or'' the richest.

* BuriedTreasure: Timon digs for roots, discovers gold. Instead of making him happy that he can pay off his debts and return to his old life, it drives him ''deeper'' into misanthropy and depression since he considers it as salt on the wounds rather than balm. He later uses it to finance his former friend's Alcibiade's army marching on Athens and two prostitutes to spread sexually transmitted diseases.
* DyingAlone: Timon's fate -- he even composes his own epigraph!

Timon is exiled from Athens and goes to live in a cave outside its walls, where he spends most of his time wishing plagues and disaster onto the city. While digging for roots, he finds gold coins. Alcibiades, another exiled lord, runs into Timon and confides he's going to sack and ruin Athens. Timon ''encourages'' him to ravish the entire city, and gives him gold to fuel the campaign; Alcibiades is reluctant to be so vicious, but says he'll avenge both of them.

* BuriedTreasure: Timon digs for roots, discovers gold.

* TemptingFate: At one point during a banquet Timon boasts that he wishes he were poorer so that he could be "nearer" to his friends.
--> '''Timon:''' Why, I have often wished myself poorer, that I might come nearer to you.
** Apemantus later on notes that part of Timon's past blindness and present misanthropy were born from only knowing the top and bottom of Athenian society, and tries to reason with him that the citizenry is really a "forrest full of beasts" in the sense that the middle clases are not as obsessed with money as the poorest ''or'' the richest.

* MaddenIntoMisanthropy

Not to be confused with ''[[Disney/TheLionKing that]]'' Timon.

%%* ImpoverishedPatrician
%%* MaddenIntoMisanthropy

%%* PrideBeforeAFall: Timon
%%* ProtagonistTitle

* DyingAlone: Timon's fate -- he even composes his own epigraph! [[spoiler: See above.]]

* DyingAlone: Timon's fate-- he even composes his own epigraph! [[spoiler: See above.]]
* AFriendInNeed: Timon starts the play as this kind of guy, but [[DeconstructedTrope when he falls on hard times]] and he expects his friends to come and help him-- [[SubvertedTrope they don't]].

* ImpoverishedPatrician
* MaddenIntoMisanthropy

* PrideBeforeAFall: Timon
* ProtagonistTitle

* ShapedLikeItself

Timon's steward Flavius tells Timon he's deep in debt, and can't even sell his lands to recover. Timon sends servants to three of his closest friends, but one by one they shoot him down. Timon is heartbroken, but decides to throw them another feast. At the feast, Timon gives his former friends an elaborate "fuck you," serves them a "soup" which is really just warm water, and chases them all out of his house with stones.

-->'''Painter:''' You're a dog.
-->'''Apemantus:''' Thy mother's of my generation: what's she, if I be a dog?

One of Creator/WilliamShakespeare's more obscure and difficult plays, ''Timon of Athens'' is about an overly generous man who becomes a misanthropic hermit after going bankrupt and being cast off by his friends. It is believed to be a collaborative work, with most critics pointing to Thomas Middleton as the co-writer. It has been called Shakespeare's "least loved play."

->'Here lies a wretched corse, of wretched soul bereft:
->Seek not my name: a plague consume you wicked caitiffs left!
->Here lie I, Timon; who, alive, all living men did hate:
->Pass by and curse thy fill, but pass and stay not here thy gait.'
-->--''Epitaph of Timon of Athens'', V.iv

One of Creator/WilliamShakespeare's more obscure and difficult plays, ''Timon of Athens'' is about an overly generous man who becomes the misanthropic hermit after going bankrupt and being cast off by his friends. It is believed to be a collaborative work, with most critics pointing to Thomas Middleton as the co-writer. It has been called Shakespeare's "least loved play."

* InsultVolley: An impressively lengthy one between Timon and Apemantus occurs near the end of Act 4.

* DyingAlone: Timon's fate-- he even composes his own epigraph! [[spoiler: Here lies Timon The Man Hater]]

* DyingAlone: Timon's fate-- he even composes his own epigraph!

One of Creator/WilliamShakespeare's more obscure and difficult plays, ''Timon of Athens'' is about a generous man who becomes a misanthropic hermit after going bankrupt and being cast off by his friends. It is believed to be a collaborative work, with most critics pointing to Thomas Middleton as the co-writer. It has been called Shakespeare's "least loved play."

Timon is an extremely, almost overly, generous Athenian lord. He surrounds himself with cronies, rewarding their flattery with lavish gifts. He holds a massive feast and invites all his friends, many of whom he helped with personal problems by throwing money at them. The only one in attendance who doesn't suck up to Timon is Apemantus, who's only there to snark at him and his flatterers.

Timon's steward Flavius tells Timon he's deep in debt, and can't even sell his lands to recover. Timon sends servants to three of his closest friends, but one by one they shoot him down. Timon is heartbroken, but decides to throw them another feast. At the feast, Timon gives his former friends an elaborate "fuck you," serves them a "soup" which is really just warm water, and chases them out of his house with stones.

Timon is exiled from Athens and goes to live in a cave outside its walls, where he spends most of his time wishing plagues on the city. While digging for roots, he finds gold. Alcibiades, another exiled lord, runs into Timon and confides he's going to sack and ruin Athens. Timon ''encourages'' him to ravish the entire city, and gives him gold to fuel the campaign; Alcibiades is reluctant to be so vicious, but says he'll avenge both of them.

* AFriendInNeed: Timon starts the play as this kind of guy, but when he falls on hard times and he expects his friends to come and help him-- [[SubvertedTrope they don't]].

Timon is exiled from Athens and goes to live in a cave outside its walls, where he spends most of his time wishing plagues on the city. While digging for roots, he finds gold. Alcibiades, another exiled lord, runs into Timon and confides he's going to sack Athens. Timon encourages him to ravish the city, and gives him gold to fuel the campaign; Alcibiades is reluctant to be so vicious, but says he'll avenge both of them.

Timon's old friends hear that he's suddenly wealthy again, and go to him, hoping to enjoy his generosity, but they are met with disdain and vicious insults. Apemantus shows up as well, to deliver an "I told you so," and the two have a comical battle of wits before Timon chases him away with stones. The only person Timon doesn't hate, it seems, is his old servant Flavius, who visits him but doesn't ask for any money; Timon gives him the rest of his gold, and instructs him never to be generous to anyone.

-->'''Timon:''' I have a tree, which grows here in my close,
That mine own use invites me to cut down,
And shortly must I fell it: tell my friends,
Tell Athens, in the sequence of degree
From high to low throughout, that whoso please
To stop affliction, let him take his haste,
Come hither, ere my tree hath felt the axe

One of {{Shakespeare}}'s more obscure and difficult plays, ''Timon of Athens'' is about a generous man who becomes a misanthropic hermit after going bankrupt and being cast off by his friends. It is believed to be a collaborative work, with most critics pointing to Thomas Middleton as the co-writer. It has been called Shakespeare's "least loved play."

Timon's steward Flavius tells Timon he's deep in debt, and can't even sell his lands to recover. Timon sends servants to three of his closest friends, but one by one they shoot him down. Timon is heartbroken, but decides to throw them another feast. At the feast, Timon gives his former friends an elaborate "fuck you," serves them a "soup" which is really just warm water, and chases them out of his house with stones.

Timon is exiled from Athens and goes to live in a cave outside its walls, where he spends most of his time wishing plagues on the city. While digging for roots, he finds gold. Alcibiades, another exiled lord, runs into Timon and confides he's going to sack Athens. Timon encourages him to ravish the city, and gives him gold to fuel the campaign; Alcibiades is reluctant to be so vicious, but says he'll avenge both of them.