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* BigFancyHouse: Castle R
* BunnyEarsLawyer: The elder Theodore as the Baron's justiciary.
* CreepyHousekeeper: Franz, as is Daniel.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: The elder Theodore as the Baron's justiciary.
* CreepyHousekeeper: Franz, as is Daniel.
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%% * BigFancyHouse: Castle R
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* EvilSorcerer: What the people think the first Baron R was.
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* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: So many people within this narrative.
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* {{Sleepwalking}}: Daniel sleepwalked the same path he took the night he killed Wolfgang.
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The Entail or as originally called "Das Majorat" was a short story written by Creator/ETAHoffmann and first published in 1817. It tells a long complex history of a hall with a twisted history and involves everything from astronomy, murder, a ghost and sleepwalkers. This is Hoffmann we are talking about.
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"The Entail" or as originally called "Das Majorat" was a short story written by Creator/ETAHoffmann and first published in 1817. It tells a long complex history of a hall with a twisted history and involves everything from astronomy, murder, a ghost and sleepwalkers. This is Hoffmann we are talking about.
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* DamselInDistress: Seraphine so needs to hear Theodore play his music. Although her husband the Baron thinks she will die if he does keep playing.
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* DamselInDistress: Seraphine so needs to hear Theodore play his music. Although her husband the Baron thinks she will die if he does keep playing. So he insists he alter his songs and repertoire to make his wife not be distressed over it.
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* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Daniel's ghost isn't seen but is heard repeating the actions of the night he killed Wolfgang. (and had sleep walked many times before)
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* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Daniel's ghost isn't seen at first but is heard repeating the actions of the night he killed Wolfgang. (and had sleep walked many times before)
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* CreepyHousekeeper: Franz, as as Daniel.
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* CreepyHousekeeper: Franz, as as is Daniel.
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* FloorboardFailure: When a storm strikes the astronomy tower, this is what kills the first Baron R and would have killed Daniel if he had taken one more step.
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* GothicHorror: This story sets itself as one of Hoffmann's gothic side. While the narration does go a bit more into his usual side, there are a lot of gothic tropes at work in this story.
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* HauntedHouseHistorian: Uncle Theodore relates most of the backstory.
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* HereditaryCurse: Theodore wonders if the original Baron R brought all the misery of Castle R down upon them in the first place.
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The Entail or as originally called "Das Majorat" was a short story written by Creator/ETAHoffmann and first published in 1817. It tells a long complex history of a hall with a twisted history and involves everything from astronomy, murder, a ghost and sleepwalkers. This is Hoffmann we are talking about.
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!! Tropes in this story:
* {{Astrologer}}: Baron Roderich was one and spent a lot of time in his astronomy tower.
* BigFancyHouse: Castle R
* BunnyEarsLawyer: The elder Theodore as the Baron's justiciary.
* CreepyHousekeeper: Franz, as as Daniel.
* DamselInDistress: Seraphine so needs to hear Theodore play his music. Although her husband the Baron thinks she will die if he does keep playing.
* DidNotGetTheGirl: Theodore has to leave Seraphine, and when he returns he learns she died in a sleigh accident.
* EvilSorcerer: What the people think the first Baron R was.
* FramingDevice: The narrative within a narrative in this story takes over.
* GhostStory: Theodore tries reading one when he ends up encountering a real ghost.
* HauntedCastle: Castle R has a ghost and possible a family curse.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: So many people within this narrative.
* MindScrew: Oh boy. With all the backstabbing and similar names and the whole ghost element, you may be very confused.
* OneSteveLimit: Completely averted. if you can't tell your first Baron R from his grandson the rightful current Baron R, you might need a map.
** Not to mention Hubert has a son he also named Hubert
** The protagonist is named Theodore and so is his Uncle.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Daniel's ghost isn't seen but is heard repeating the actions of the night he killed Wolfgang. (and had sleep walked many times before)
* ParentalMarriageVeto: Wolfgang had secretly married and had a kid who was not of noble birth. This causes problems later when his younger brother takes over The Entail when it should have belonged to his nephew.
* {{Sleepwalking}}: Daniel sleepwalked the same path he took the night he killed Wolfgang.
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!! Tropes in this story:
* {{Astrologer}}: Baron Roderich was one and spent a lot of time in his astronomy tower.
* BigFancyHouse: Castle R
* BunnyEarsLawyer: The elder Theodore as the Baron's justiciary.
* CreepyHousekeeper: Franz, as as Daniel.
* DamselInDistress: Seraphine so needs to hear Theodore play his music. Although her husband the Baron thinks she will die if he does keep playing.
* DidNotGetTheGirl: Theodore has to leave Seraphine, and when he returns he learns she died in a sleigh accident.
* EvilSorcerer: What the people think the first Baron R was.
* FramingDevice: The narrative within a narrative in this story takes over.
* GhostStory: Theodore tries reading one when he ends up encountering a real ghost.
* HauntedCastle: Castle R has a ghost and possible a family curse.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: So many people within this narrative.
* MindScrew: Oh boy. With all the backstabbing and similar names and the whole ghost element, you may be very confused.
* OneSteveLimit: Completely averted. if you can't tell your first Baron R from his grandson the rightful current Baron R, you might need a map.
** Not to mention Hubert has a son he also named Hubert
** The protagonist is named Theodore and so is his Uncle.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Daniel's ghost isn't seen but is heard repeating the actions of the night he killed Wolfgang. (and had sleep walked many times before)
* ParentalMarriageVeto: Wolfgang had secretly married and had a kid who was not of noble birth. This causes problems later when his younger brother takes over The Entail when it should have belonged to his nephew.
* {{Sleepwalking}}: Daniel sleepwalked the same path he took the night he killed Wolfgang.
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