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* HolyBurnsEvil: Traditionally, Giselle's tombstone is a cross. During the climax, it proves useful protecting Albrecht from Myrtha.
** As mentioned below, one stage adaptation, rewritten as a play, gives a local priest a showdown with Myrtha, allowing Giselle to be spared.
** As mentioned below, one stage adaptation, rewritten as a play, gives a local priest a showdown with Myrtha, allowing Giselle to be spared.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: Some dramatic adaptations of the story spared Giselle and Hilarion. One version effectively rewrote the wilis as sirens/witches who murder the men they love, and Giselle is ultimately rescued by a local priest (complete with a showdown with Myrtha) before she can become a true wili. The story ends with Giselle accepting Hilarion's love, with the prince marrying Bathilde.
** Another dramatic adaptation added an epilogue that revealed Giselle dreamt most of the story. Albrecht was never a prince and marries Giselle. The likewise spared Hilarion marries Giselle's cousin.
** Another dramatic adaptation added an epilogue that revealed Giselle dreamt most of the story. Albrecht was never a prince and marries Giselle. The likewise spared Hilarion marries Giselle's cousin.
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''Giselle'' is a {{ballet}} created by Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot, composed by Adolphe Adam and premiering in 1841. It is said to have been inspired by a poem, and the famous [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavic_fairies#Wili wilis]] in the second act are taken from Myth/SlavicMythology, where they are ruthless virgins, jilted before or on their wedding day, who vengefully dance men to death. The ballet is well-known throughout the world and is considered to be one of the best productions a troupe can perform. It is said that while ''Theatre/SwanLake'' is the best ballet in terms of ''movement'', ''Giselle'' is said to be the best ballet in terms of ''acting'', with pantomime and expression telling the story of the ballet as well as the choreography.
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''Giselle'' is a {{ballet}} created by Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot, composed by Adolphe Adam and premiering premiered in 1841. It is said to have been inspired by a poem, and the famous [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavic_fairies#Wili wilis]] in the second act are taken from Myth/SlavicMythology, where they are ruthless virgins, jilted before or on their wedding day, who vengefully dance men to death. The ballet is well-known throughout the world and is considered to be one of the best productions a troupe can perform. It is said that while ''Theatre/SwanLake'' is the best ballet in terms of ''movement'', ''Giselle'' is said to be the best ballet in terms of ''acting'', with pantomime and expression telling the story of the ballet as well as the choreography.
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''Giselle'' is a {{ballet}} created by Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot, composed by Adolphe Adam and first shown in 1841. It is said to have been inspired by a poem, and the famous [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavic_fairies#Wili wilis]] in the second act are taken from Myth/SlavicMythology, where they are ruthless virgins, jilted before or on their wedding day, who vengefully dance men to death. The ballet is well-known throughout the world and is considered to be one of the best productions a troupe can perform. It is said that while ''Theatre/SwanLake'' is the best ballet in terms of ''movement'', ''Giselle'' is said to be the best ballet in terms of ''acting'', with pantomime and expression telling the story of the ballet as well as the choreography.
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''Giselle'' is a {{ballet}} created by Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot, composed by Adolphe Adam and first shown premiering in 1841. It is said to have been inspired by a poem, and the famous [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavic_fairies#Wili wilis]] in the second act are taken from Myth/SlavicMythology, where they are ruthless virgins, jilted before or on their wedding day, who vengefully dance men to death. The ballet is well-known throughout the world and is considered to be one of the best productions a troupe can perform. It is said that while ''Theatre/SwanLake'' is the best ballet in terms of ''movement'', ''Giselle'' is said to be the best ballet in terms of ''acting'', with pantomime and expression telling the story of the ballet as well as the choreography.
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''Giselle'' is a ballet created by Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot, composed by Adolphe Adam and first shown in 1841. It is said to have been inspired by a poem, and the famous [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavic_fairies#Wili wilis]] in the second act are taken from Myth/SlavicMythology, where they are ruthless virgins, jilted before or on their wedding day, who vengefully dance men to death. The ballet is well-known throughout the world and is considered to be one of the best productions a troupe can perform. It is said that while ''Theatre/SwanLake'' is the best ballet in terms of ''movement'', ''Giselle'' is said to be the best ballet in terms of ''acting'', with pantomime and expression telling the story of the ballet as well as the choreography.
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''Giselle'' is a ballet {{ballet}} created by Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot, composed by Adolphe Adam and first shown in 1841. It is said to have been inspired by a poem, and the famous [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavic_fairies#Wili wilis]] in the second act are taken from Myth/SlavicMythology, where they are ruthless virgins, jilted before or on their wedding day, who vengefully dance men to death. The ballet is well-known throughout the world and is considered to be one of the best productions a troupe can perform. It is said that while ''Theatre/SwanLake'' is the best ballet in terms of ''movement'', ''Giselle'' is said to be the best ballet in terms of ''acting'', with pantomime and expression telling the story of the ballet as well as the choreography.
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* TooDumbToLive: InUniverse, this is what Hilarion is thinking in some versions when he summons Albrecht's hunting party with the hopes that the resulting news will really lead Giselle to make up her mind (she thinks Albrecht is a peasant from a nearby village, and Hilarion thinks revealing his secret will let her know she's about to marry into nobility). [[spoiler:Turns out, he's even more of an idiot than he thought ''she'' was, and things end in KarmicDeath for him.]]
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* WhatAnIdiot: InUniverse, this is what Hilarion is thinking in some versions when he summons Albrecht's hunting party with the hopes that the resulting news will really lead Giselle to make up her mind (she thinks Albrecht is a peasant from a nearby village, and Hilarion thinks revealing his secret will let her know she's about to marry into nobility). [[spoiler:Turns out, he's even more of an idiot than he thought ''she'' was.]]
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The second act consists of Giselle, now one of the wilis, and her attempts to save the grieving Prince Albrecht from Queen Myrtha and her wilis. She succeeds, but must depart to the afterlife.
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The second act consists of Giselle, now one of the wilis, and her attempts to save the grieving Prince Albrecht from Queen Myrtha and her wilis. She succeeds, wilis, who successfully kill Hilarion when he goes to pay his respects. Giselle saves Albrecht, but must depart to the afterlife.
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* RichSuitorPoorSuitor: Albrecht is the nobleman rich suitor for Giselle, while Hilarion is the game-hunting poor suitor.
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* SlobsVsSnobs: Hilarion tends to have shabby clothes and hair to contrast Albrecht's noble upbringing and clean-kept gaudy outfits.
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* DelicateAndSickly: Giselle, with hints of a SoapOperaDisease thrown in (she has a weak heart, but this is never elaborated upon).
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* IllGirl: Giselle, with hints of a SoapOperaDisease thrown in (she has a weak heart, but this is never elaborated upon).
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* RaceLift: ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creole_Giselle Creole Giselle]]'', a 1984 ballet commissioned for the Dance Theatre of Harlem. It includes a SettingUpdate to 1840's Louisiana, a few name changes (Albrecht to Albert), and only slight variations in the choreography. It has since been performed in its own right.
