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* {{Frameup}}: Asaji provides drugged wine to Lord Tsuzuki's guards, steals a spear, and - after Washizu murders him with it - returns the bloody weapon to the guard's hands. Washizu stabs the confused guard as he attempts to wake up, nominally for {{Revenge}} but mostly to disguise the bloodstains on his own hands.
* FreakOut: At the grand banquet, Noriyasu begins a ''noh'' performance, which opens with a monologue on the evils of ambition and treachery. Barely one sentence in, Washizu screams at the man to stop, casting a [[StunnedSilence stifling pall]] over the dinner - and calling attention to the recent string of murders, especially [[EmptyChairMemorial the empty seats]] for Waki and his son, one of whom was murdered on his orders.
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%% * HenpeckedHusband: Washizu, possibly even more than Theatre/{{Macbeth}}.
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* MobileShrubbery: Soldiers camouflaging themselves as trees, straight from the source material.
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* MobileShrubbery: Soldiers camouflaging themselves as trees, straight from the source material. It's to provide cover from arrows, which Washizu had boasted were their best defense.
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* RousingSpeech: Subverted in grand fashion. By the final scene, Washizu's morale is [[DespairEventHorizon beyond shattered]], terrified of traitors at every turn and heavily outnumbered, and his only comfort is an [[ProphecyTwist oddly specific prophecy from a mad ghost]]. He attempts to rally his men before battle, but the only things he can think to say are [[ExactWords objectively true]], [[FalseReassurance but completely meaningless]], observations on the situation, as well as admitting to his soldiers that he's [[FakeUltimateHero destined for victory in battle]]. It's such a bad speech that his men have openly turned on him by the end.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Averted, actually. The last scene with Asaji (Lady Macbeth) is the "out, damned spot" scene, and, unlike in the play, there is no exposition indicating that she has killed herself.
** Miki's wife, however...
** Miki's wife, however...
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* DrivenToSuicide: Averted, actually. The last scene with Asaji (Lady Macbeth) is the "out, damned spot" scene, and, unlike in the play, there is no exposition indicating that she has killed herself.
**herself. Miki's wife, however...
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* ForebodingFleeingFlock: The guards remark that a pack of rats have been seen fleeing the castle, at about the turning point where Washizu loses control.
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* BloodyHallucinationsOfGuilt: Asaji freaks out over blood only she can see after she manipulates her husband into [[spoiler:killing Lord Tsuzuki]].
