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The FilmOfTheBook, 1966 film ''Film/{{Pharaoh}}'', is deemed one of the best Polish movies, despite (or because) shoestring budget and TroubledProduction.
A young, ambitious son of the pharaoh is made the crown prince. Despite his fresh (read - naive) outlook and great enthusiasm for the job, Ramesses slowly discovers that good intentions are less than insufficient when you want to make your kingdom mighty, crush your enemies and bring prosperity to your people. In fact, they might even be detrimental, especially when you've got a host of priests watching your every move...
A young, ambitious son of the pharaoh is made the crown prince. Despite his fresh (read - naive) outlook and great enthusiasm for the job, Ramesses slowly discovers that good intentions are less than insufficient when you want to make your kingdom mighty, crush your enemies and bring prosperity to your people. In fact, they might even be detrimental, especially when you've got a host of priests watching your every move...
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The FilmOfTheBook, 1966 film ''Film/{{Pharaoh}}'', is deemed one of the best Polish movies, despite (or because) a shoestring budget and TroubledProduction.
A young, ambitious son of the pharaoh is made the crown prince. Despite his fresh (read - naive) outlook and great enthusiasm for the job, Ramesses slowly discovers that good intentions areless worse than insufficient when you want to make your kingdom mighty, crush your enemies and bring prosperity to your people. In fact, they might even be detrimental, especially when you've got a host of priests watching your every move...
A young, ambitious son of the pharaoh is made the crown prince. Despite his fresh (read - naive) outlook and great enthusiasm for the job, Ramesses slowly discovers that good intentions are
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* BornIntoSlavery: One of the thing that Ramesses considers to be the root of Egypt's ongoing problems.
* BornInTheWrongCentury: Menes's opinion of Ramesses – he would be a perfect pharaoh several centuries earlier, when Egypt waged wars all around, but now...
* BornInTheWrongCentury: Menes's opinion of Ramesses – he would be a perfect pharaoh several centuries earlier, when Egypt waged wars all around, but now...
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* BornIntoSlavery: One The fellahin class being, basically, state slaves is one of the thing things that Ramesses considers to be the root of Egypt's ongoing problems.
* BornInTheWrongCentury: Menes's opinion of Ramesses – he would be a perfect pharaoh several centuries earlier, when Egyptwaged was waging wars all around, but now...
* BornInTheWrongCentury: Menes's opinion of Ramesses – he would be a perfect pharaoh several centuries earlier, when Egypt
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* ChildrenAreInnocent: In pharaoh's vision the only person in all Egypt whose prayer shall reach [[{{God}} the One God]] (instead of clashing with someone else's) is a mischievous little boy. Because the boy wasn't [[SelfishnessTropes asking for anything]].
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* ChildrenAreInnocent: In the old pharaoh's vision the only person in all Egypt whose prayer shall reach [[{{God}} the One God]] (instead of clashing with someone else's) is a mischievous little boy. Because the boy wasn't [[SelfishnessTropes asking for anything]].
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* DesertBandits: The Lybians. Ramesses [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomps them]].
* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler: The death of her baby]] for Sarah.
* DissonantSerenity: Ramesses [[spoiler: while dying]].
* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler: The death of her baby]] for Sarah.
* DissonantSerenity: Ramesses [[spoiler: while dying]].
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%% * DesertBandits: The Lybians. Ramesses [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomps them]].
%% * DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler: The death of her baby]] for Sarah.
%% * DissonantSerenity: Ramesses [[spoiler: while dying]].
%% * DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler: The death of her baby]] for Sarah.
%% * DissonantSerenity: Ramesses [[spoiler: while dying]].
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* LivingLegend: This is not a good thing for Ramesses.
* LoanShark: Phoenicians' hat, along with MorallyBankruptBanker.
* LoanShark: Phoenicians' hat, along with MorallyBankruptBanker.
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%% * LivingLegend: This is not a good thing for Ramesses.
%% * LoanShark: Phoenicians' hat, along with MorallyBankruptBanker.
%% * LoanShark: Phoenicians' hat, along with MorallyBankruptBanker.
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* ObstructiveBureaucrat: The clerks, very, very much.
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%% * ObstructiveBureaucrat: The clerks, very, very much.
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* OutDamnedSpot: Kama hallucinates spots on her face and tries to hide them with rouge.
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* RichBitch: Kama's true colours.
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* RoyalHarem: The pharaoh has one. It's a money sink.
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%% * RoyalHarem: The pharaoh has one. It's a money sink.
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* SpyFiction: In AncientEgypt.
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%% * SpyFiction: In AncientEgypt.
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* TragicHero: Ramesses. Doesn't make him sympathetic by the end of the story, thou.
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%% * TragicHero: Ramesses. Doesn't make him sympathetic by the end of the story, thou.
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* WarriorPrince: Ramesses's [[WarIsGlorious favourite part of being royal]].
* WouldHurtAChild: Priest of Set. [[spoiler: Lykon would too – and does]].
* WouldntHurtAChild: The old pharaoh.
* WouldHurtAChild: Priest of Set. [[spoiler: Lykon would too – and does]].
* WouldntHurtAChild: The old pharaoh.
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%% * WarriorPrince: Ramesses's [[WarIsGlorious favourite part of being royal]].
%% * WouldHurtAChild: Priest of Set. [[spoiler: Lykon would too – and does]].
%% * WouldntHurtAChild: The old pharaoh.
%% * WouldHurtAChild: Priest of Set. [[spoiler: Lykon would too – and does]].
%% * WouldntHurtAChild: The old pharaoh.
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* DatedHistory: When written, it was a fairly well-researched book, with extensive inquiry into Egyptology textbooks. And Bolesław Prus is considered to be the greatest writer of Polish literary realism, always putting extensive effort into researching his books. Except all there was for him to research were the mid-19th century textbooks, written mere decades after the Rosetta Stone was deciphered. From the perspective of modern Egyptology, the book just uses Ancient Egypt as a colourful background [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar to avoid censorship]], bouncing between widely inaccurate portrayal and full-cloth fabrication.
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* PurpleProse: Stylised after Egyptian scrolls. Some conversations with Sarah resemble [[Literature/TheBible The Song of Songs]].
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* PurpleProse: Stylised after Egyptian scrolls. Some conversations with Sarah resemble [[Literature/TheBible The Song of Songs]].Literature/SongOfSongs.
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* TheStoic: Menes, to the point of almost complete detachment from the events around it. * TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: Ramesses and Lykon stab each other.]]
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* TheStoic: Menes, to the point of almost complete detachment from the events around it. it.
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: Ramesses and Lykon stab each other.]]
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: Ramesses and Lykon stab each other.]]
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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Ramesses sees Egypt in decline and wants to fix the situation, which he plans to achieve by seizing the wealth of the temples and using it for his reforms. The priests are content with the ongoing decentralisation and the resulting rise to power, but they are also correct that neither indebting Egypt to the Phoenicians nor the reforms focusing on building military and going to war with Assyria is going to solve any of the problems, with war bringing nothing, but further ruin.
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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Ramesses sees Egypt in decline and wants to fix the situation, which he plans to achieve by seizing the wealth of the temples and using it for his reforms. The priests are content with the ongoing decentralisation and the resulting rise to power, but they are also correct that neither indebting Egypt to the Phoenicians nor the reforms focusing on building military and or going to war with Assyria is are going to solve any of the problems, with war bringing nothing, but further ruin.
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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Ramesses sees Egypt in decline and wants to fix the situation, which he plans to achieve by seizing the wealth of the temples and using it for his reforms. The priests are content with the ongoing decentralisation and its resulting rise to power, but they are also correct that neither indebting Egypt to the Phoenicians nor the reforms focusing on building military and going to war with Assyria is going to solve any of the problems, with war bringing nothing, but further ruin.
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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Ramesses sees Egypt in decline and wants to fix the situation, which he plans to achieve by seizing the wealth of the temples and using it for his reforms. The priests are content with the ongoing decentralisation and its the resulting rise to power, but they are also correct that neither indebting Egypt to the Phoenicians nor the reforms focusing on building military and going to war with Assyria is going to solve any of the problems, with war bringing nothing, but further ruin.
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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Ramesses sees Egypt in decline and wants to fix the situation, which he plans to achieve by seizing the wealth of the temples and using it for his reforms. The priests are content with the ongoing decentralisation and its resulting rise to power, but they are also correct that neither indebting Egypt to the Phoenicians nor the reforms focusing on building military and going to war with Assyria is going to solve any of the problems, with war bringing nothing, but further ruin.
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* CorruptBureaucrat: Pentuer thinks these guys (along with phoenician [[LoanShark debtholders]]) are the kingdom's ruin.
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* CorruptBureaucrat: Pentuer thinks these guys (along with phoenician Phoenician [[LoanShark debtholders]]) are the kingdom's ruin.
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* DividedWeFall: Ramesses wants slaves and glory (and thinks he'll get them by [[WarIsGlorious conquering Assyria]]). Priests want to save Egypt from getting [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomped]] by [[BarbarianTribe Assyria]]. Neither side will listen to the other.
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* DistractedByTheSexy: When Ramesses is on an official inspection, the local governors offer him the company of beautiful women and a good feast when he's about to start a ruckus about their blatant mismanagement and stealing. So what does our ambitious and reform-oriented pharaoh do? [[AllMenArePerverts He accepts their offer]] and quickly forgets about the whole issue.
* DividedWeFall: Ramesses wants slaves and glory (and thinks he'll get them by [[WarIsGlorious conquering Assyria]]). Priests want to save Egypt from getting [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomped]] by [[BarbarianTribe Assyria]]. Neither side will listen to the other. The actual problem - rampant corruption that weakens Egypt - is ignored by both sides.
* DividedWeFall: Ramesses wants slaves and glory (and thinks he'll get them by [[WarIsGlorious conquering Assyria]]). Priests want to save Egypt from getting [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomped]] by [[BarbarianTribe Assyria]]. Neither side will listen to the other. The actual problem - rampant corruption that weakens Egypt - is ignored by both sides.
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* EvilTwin: Lykon for Ramesses. Up to and including impersonation, [[spoiler: murder of his baby son and of Ramesses himself]]. Oddly enough, Lykon is Greek.
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* EvilTwin: Lykon for Ramesses. Up to and including impersonation, [[spoiler: murder of his baby son and of Ramesses himself]]. Oddly enough, [[IdenticalStranger Lykon is Greek.Greek]].
* FemmeFatale: Kama is using her looks and sex to get whatever she (or her masters) wants.
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* GodEmperor: This being AncientEgypt.
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* GodEmperor: This being AncientEgypt. However, Ramesses quickly realises how little actual power he has.
* TheMistress: Aside from the royal harem, Ramesses keeps "collecting" new lovers throughout the book. This includes arranging Tutmosis' marriage simply to justify the presence of one of his mistresses in the royal palace. Notably, the book doesn't comment at all on his countless lovers and affairs - they are just there, often send or used by his enemies.
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* {{Nepotism}}: Sarah tends to employ her friends and relativs, annoying Ramesses over it.
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* {{Nepotism}}: Sarah tends to employ her friends and relativs, relatives, annoying Ramesses over it.it. He sees it as even worse than [[CorruptChurch the priests and their machinations]].
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* ThePlan: Ramesses has sweeping reform in mind even while still being the heir apparent. The problem is the amount of money he needs to kick-start it, which puts him at odds with the priesthood, which is sitting on a treasure they are unwilling to part with, both due to running a CorruptChurch and the fact that the reform would remove them from the political landscape. [[spoiler: Ultimately, it is a severe deconstruction. When Herhor crowns himself as the new pharaoh, he decides to go through with Ramesses' reforms, despite spending the whole book opposing them... only to find out they don't and won't work out. Instead, he focuses on the BreadAndCircuses part of the reform]].
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* ThePlan: Ramesses has sweeping reform in mind even while still being the heir apparent. The problem is the amount of money he needs to kick-start it, which puts him at odds with the priesthood, which is sitting on a treasure they are unwilling to part with, both due to running a CorruptChurch and the fact that the reform would remove them from the political landscape. [[spoiler: Ultimately, it is a severe deconstruction. When Herhor crowns himself as the new pharaoh, he decides to go through with Ramesses' reforms, despite spending the whole book opposing them... only to find out they don't and won't work out. Instead, he focuses on the BreadAndCircuses part of the reform]].reform to gain popular support, leaving the country otherwise unchanged and thus heading toward decline]].
* SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids: The priests, [[WhiteSheep even the well-meaning ones]], try to convince Ramesses that his idealistic (read: utopian) goals are impossible to achieve and that he should concentrate, if not on maintaining the status quo, then at least on things that can be solved, rather than daydreaming about fixing all the woes of the world.
* SillyReasonForWar: Ramesses is trying to get the Assyrians riled up enough to attack Egypt on their own and thus get an excuse for taxing the temples and especially getting the Treasure of the Labirynth. At one point, he treats the Assyrian delegation with open contempt and does his very best to breach the protocol. When the terrified priests ask him what he's doing, he coldly says to them that he's starting a war.
* SillyReasonForWar: Ramesses is trying to get the Assyrians riled up enough to attack Egypt on their own and thus get an excuse for taxing the temples and especially getting the Treasure of the Labirynth. At one point, he treats the Assyrian delegation with open contempt and does his very best to breach the protocol. When the terrified priests ask him what he's doing, he coldly says to them that he's starting a war.
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* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: Ramesses and Lykon stab each other.]]
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* TheStoic: Menes, to the point of almost complete detachment from the events around it. * TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: Ramesses and Lykon stab each other.]]
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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: The priesthood as a whole, and especially Herhor in the end, who made people love him and completely forget Ramesses in ''months'', while cynically embracing some of his reforms to boost own popularity.
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* BadBoss: Herhor secures people's loyalty by carrot and whip.
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* BadBoss: Herhor secures people's loyalty by carrot and whip. Once [[spoiler: he fully takes over]], he adds [[BreadAndCircuses bread]] to the menu and twice as many whips.
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* {{Doorstopper}}: You are more likely to find a three-tome edition, rather than a single book one, thanks to the sheer page count.
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* MirrorCharacter: Ramesses and Herhor, despite opposite to each other politically, share multitude of traits. Both are ''extremely'' prideful men that think they are doing their best for Egypt, but in the process trample over little people and don't really think much about them. Their actual difference is the way they plan to achieve the betterment of their nation, up to the point [[spoiler: Herhor ultimately performs Ramesses plans once he becomes the pharaoh, with disastrous results]].
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* MirrorCharacter: Ramesses and Herhor, despite opposite to each other politically, share multitude of traits. Both are ''extremely'' prideful men that think they are doing their best for Egypt, but in the process trample over little people and don't really think much about them. Their actual difference is the way they plan to achieve the betterment of their nation, up to the point [[spoiler: Herhor ultimately performs part of Ramesses plans once he becomes the pharaoh, with disastrous results]].finding the entire reform simply impossible to conduct]].
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* ThePlan: Ramesses has sweeping reform in mind even while still being the heir apparent. The problem is the amount of money he needs to kick-start it, which puts him at odds with the priesthood, which is sitting on a treasure they are unwilling to part with, both due to running a CorruptChurch and the fact that the reform would remove them from the political landscape. [[spoiler: Ultimately, it is a severe deconstruction. When Herhor crowns himself as the new pharaoh, he decides to go through with Ramesses' reforms, despite spending the whole book opposing them... only to find out they don't and won't work out]].
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* ThePlan: Ramesses has sweeping reform in mind even while still being the heir apparent. The problem is the amount of money he needs to kick-start it, which puts him at odds with the priesthood, which is sitting on a treasure they are unwilling to part with, both due to running a CorruptChurch and the fact that the reform would remove them from the political landscape. [[spoiler: Ultimately, it is a severe deconstruction. When Herhor crowns himself as the new pharaoh, he decides to go through with Ramesses' reforms, despite spending the whole book opposing them... only to find out they don't and won't work out]].out. Instead, he focuses on the BreadAndCircuses part of the reform]].
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* MatzoFever: Sarah for Ramesses.
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* MatzoFever: Sarah for Ramesses.MarriageOfConvenience: After Ramesses is assassinated, queen-dowager Nikotris is the last member of the dynasty, making her the ruler. Herhor, operating in the interregnum as a steward, marries her and then easily convinces her to abdicate, vacating the throne for... Nitager, his main political opponent. Nitager quickly realises what's up and politely decline the offer, leaving Herhor with free path the the double crown of Egypt and a wife to further legitimate his rule.
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* RotatingProtagonist: After Ramesses is assassinated, the final chapters shift focus to Pentuer, who struggles under the moral burden of what just happened and how his lack of help probably killed the young, rash man.
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* KingInTheMountain: A variation. The Treasure of the Labirynth can only be used when Egypt is considered to be in a grave danger. However, the priests are more content with just hoarding the wealth (and StealingFromTheTill in the process of hoarding).
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* ChurchLady: An Ancient Egyptian variant. Queen-dowager Nikotris becomes increasingly more and more fanatically religious as the story unfolds, eventually being more willing to support the priests than her own son.
