Awesome Music: "Dance of the Robe," "The Gods Love Nubia," "Fortune Favors the Brave," "My Strongest Suit," "Like Father Like Son," "Written in the Stars," "Every Story is a Love Story," just to name a few songs. Almost all the music in Aida is this.
Strangled by the Red String: The transfer between captor and slave to secret lovers between Radames and Aida was not very smooth. They just sort of spontaneously stop hating each other. Albeit not so much on Radames' part—it's established from the beginning that he has at least a grudging respect for her and he sends her and her friends off for the easier positions of handmaidens rather than dangerous work in the mines. Plus, his efforts to change for the better are clearly an attempt to impress and woo her.
