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* LawfulStupid: Stevens is just plain unable to see things in a critical way and applies no personal logic... He just sees Lord Darlington as MyMasterRightOrWrong, and even after the latter's death, he remains blindly loyal to him despite having discovered he wasn't exactly a good man.
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* ArtisticLicenceHistory: A minor example: David Cardinal tells Stevens that the meeting Lord Darlington is hosting between Lord Halifax, Joachim von Ribbentrop, and the Prime Minister is intended to persuade the latter to visit Hitler in Berlin, and possibly to arrange a similar meeting between the Fuhrer and the newly-crowned king, who is regarded as pro-Nazi. The implication is that the Prime Minister is UsefulNotes/NevilleChamberlain and the king is Edward VIII,[[note]] Who ''might'' have been a Nazi sympathiser in RealLife, rumours of which began circulating years after WWII ended.[[/note]] but Chamberlain became PM five months after King Edward had abdicated in favour of his brother. Either the Prime Minister was actually Chamberlain's predecessor, UsefulNotes/StanleyBaldwin, or Cardinal is implying that King George VI was pro-Nazi (which he definitely was not), or Ishiguro is engaging in a bit of artistic licence regarding dates. And that's not getting into the fudging of the dates of Lord Halifax' tenure as Foreign Secretary...
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* ArtisticLicenceHistory: A minor example: David Cardinal tells Stevens that the meeting Lord Darlington is hosting between Lord Halifax, Joachim von Ribbentrop, and the Prime Minister is intended to persuade the latter to visit Hitler in Berlin, and possibly to arrange a similar meeting between the Fuhrer and the newly-crowned king, who is regarded as pro-Nazi. The implication is that the Prime Minister is UsefulNotes/NevilleChamberlain and the king is Edward VIII,[[note]] Who ''might'' is widely accepted to have been a Nazi sympathiser in RealLife, rumours of which began circulating years after WWII ended.[[/note]] but Chamberlain became PM five months after King Edward had abdicated in favour of his brother. Either the Prime Minister was actually Chamberlain's predecessor, UsefulNotes/StanleyBaldwin, or Cardinal is implying that King George VI was pro-Nazi (which he definitely was not), or Ishiguro is engaging in a bit of artistic licence regarding dates. And that's not getting into the fudging of the dates of Lord Halifax' tenure as Foreign Secretary...
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* IDontPayYouToThink: Deconstructed; Stevens is clearly an intelligent and thoughtful man, but rationalizes his master's political naïvete away for propriety and decorum's sake and offers no consul or opinion of his own on such matters, making him appear polite but vacant. One elitist guest, Spencer, tries to quiz him on diplomacy, and comes away vindicated in his belief that the lower class cannot be trusted with political power just because Stevens declines to answer.
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* IDontPayYouToThink: Deconstructed; Stevens is clearly an intelligent and thoughtful man, but rationalizes his master's political naïvete away for propriety and decorum's sake and offers no consul counsel or opinion of his own on such matters, making him appear polite but vacant. One elitist guest, Spencer, tries to quiz him on diplomacy, and comes away vindicated in his belief that the lower class cannot be trusted with political power just because Stevens declines to answer.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: In Stevens' view, Congressman Lewis is the high of impropriety by attempting to sow discord between M. Dupont (who he is friends with) and the rest of the international guests by privately informing him of the truth -- that the Englishmen present all loathe the French due to their treatment of the Germans postwar and had no intentions of inviting him except for their own machinations. When exposed, Lewis [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech calls out]] the members present, slamming them for their naive idealism, which turns out to be true as the plot wears on.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: In Stevens' view, Congressman Lewis is the commits high of impropriety by attempting to sow discord between M. Dupont (who he is friends with) and the rest of the international guests by privately informing him of the truth -- truth: that the Englishmen present all loathe the French due to their treatment of the Germans postwar after the war, and had no intentions of inviting only invited him except for as part of their own machinations. When exposed, Lewis [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech calls out]] the members present, slamming them for their naive idealism, which turns out to be true as the plot wears on.
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* AgeGapRomance: Such as it is. But, while Stevens and Miss Kenton's ages are never specifically named in the film, Anthony Hopkins has a good 20 years on Emma Thompson in real life.
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* ApologizesALot: Stevens is constantly apologizing to other characters for various minor slights. In fact, he often apologizes to the reader for not telling the story well enough.
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* GrammarCorrectionGag: When Lisa, a housemaid who worked under Miss Kenton for a few years, runs away with a footman to get married, Stevens comments on the "misspelled, ill-formed sentences" that made up her letter of resignation, seeming just as offended by her crimes against the English language as by her offences against the duties of her position.
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* YouMakeMeSic: When Lisa, a housemaid who worked under Miss Kenton for a few years, runs away with a footman to get married, Stevens comments on the "misspelled, ill-formed sentences" that made up her letter of resignation, seeming just as offended by her crimes against the English language as by her offences against the duties of her position.
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''The Remains of the Day'' is an acclaimed 1989 novel by Japanese-born English author Creator/KazuoIshiguro, adapted into a 1993 James Ivory film starring Creator/AnthonyHopkins, Creator/EmmaThompson, Creator/HughGrant, and Creator/ChristopherReeve.
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''The Remains of the Day'' is an acclaimed 1989 novel by Japanese-born English author Creator/KazuoIshiguro, adapted into a 1993 [[Creator/MerchantIvory James Ivory Ivory]] film starring Creator/AnthonyHopkins, Creator/EmmaThompson, Creator/HughGrant, and Creator/ChristopherReeve.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The only two times when Stevens' stoic and neat professionalism takes a drop occur after he is informed of the death of his father and of the marriage of no-longer Miss Kenton.
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** The only two times when Stevens' stoic and neat professionalism takes a drop occur after he is informed of the death of his father and of the marriage of no-longer Miss Kenton.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Directed inwards; at the end of the book, Stevens at last can articulate the truth about Lord Darlington and himself. Lord Darlington played HeadInTheSandManagement for the Nazis, and at the end of the day, he could admit he was wrong and take the responsibility like a man. [[ShrinkingViolet Stevens never did anything for himself]], [[TearJerker and he cannot say even that]].
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** Directed inwards; at the end of the book, Stevens at last can articulate the truth about Lord Darlington and himself. Lord Darlington played HeadInTheSandManagement for the Nazis, and at the end of the day, he could admit he was wrong and take the responsibility like a man. [[ShrinkingViolet Stevens never did anything for himself]], [[TearJerker and he cannot say even that]].
** Directed inwards; at the end of the book, Stevens at last can articulate the truth about Lord Darlington and himself. Lord Darlington played HeadInTheSandManagement for the Nazis, and at the end of the day, he could admit he was wrong and take the responsibility like a man. [[ShrinkingViolet Stevens never did anything for himself]], [[TearJerker and he cannot say even that]].
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As placed, this note feels redundant. Also, while the rule for American And Commonwealth Spellings is "First come, first served", individual entries should be internally consistent.
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* ArtisticLicenceHistory: A minor example: David Cardinal tells Stevens that the meeting Lord Darlington is hosting between Lord Halifax, Joachim von Ribbentrop, and the Prime Minister is intended to persuade the latter to visit Hitler in Berlin, and possibly to arrange a similar meeting between the Fuhrer and the newly-crowned king, who is regarded as pro-Nazi. The implication is that the Prime Minister is UsefulNotes/NevilleChamberlain and the king is Edward VIII, but Chamberlain became PM five months after King Edward had abdicated in favour of his brother. Either the Prime Minister was actually Chamberlain's predecessor, UsefulNotes/StanleyBaldwin, or Cardinal is implying that King George VI was pro-Nazi (which he definitely was not)[[note]] Or it may be referring to his predecessor Edward VIII, who ''might'' have been a Nazi sympathizer in RealLife; but even if this were true, the rumors only began circulating years after WWII ended[[/note]], or Ishiguro is engaging in a bit of artistic licence regarding dates. And that's not getting into the fudging of the dates of Lord Halifax' tenure as Foreign Secretary...
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* ArtisticLicenceHistory: A minor example: David Cardinal tells Stevens that the meeting Lord Darlington is hosting between Lord Halifax, Joachim von Ribbentrop, and the Prime Minister is intended to persuade the latter to visit Hitler in Berlin, and possibly to arrange a similar meeting between the Fuhrer and the newly-crowned king, who is regarded as pro-Nazi. The implication is that the Prime Minister is UsefulNotes/NevilleChamberlain and the king is Edward VIII, VIII,[[note]] Who ''might'' have been a Nazi sympathiser in RealLife, rumours of which began circulating years after WWII ended.[[/note]] but Chamberlain became PM five months after King Edward had abdicated in favour of his brother. Either the Prime Minister was actually Chamberlain's predecessor, UsefulNotes/StanleyBaldwin, or Cardinal is implying that King George VI was pro-Nazi (which he definitely was not)[[note]] Or it may be referring to his predecessor Edward VIII, who ''might'' have been a Nazi sympathizer in RealLife; but even if this were true, the rumors only began circulating years after WWII ended[[/note]], not), or Ishiguro is engaging in a bit of artistic licence regarding dates. And that's not getting into the fudging of the dates of Lord Halifax' tenure as Foreign Secretary...
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* NotSoAboveItAll: Miss Kenton discovers the books Stevens has been reading are simple romance novels.
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* [[GenteelInterbellumSetting]]: The book and movie both bounce between interbellum and post-war settings.
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* [[GenteelInterbellumSetting]]: The book and movie both bounce between interbellum and post-war settings.
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* WrongGuyFirst: Subverted. At first, Mr. Benn seems like a much better match for Miss Kenton than Mr. Stevens - he's [[NiceGuy friendly, talkative]] and has some aspirations for his life beyond service. The only problem is that they don't love each other, or even like each other very much: Mr. Benn is looking for a business partner for his guest house and Miss Kenton is using him to make Mr. Stevens jealous.
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* WrongGuyFirst: Subverted.Subverted in the film. At first, Mr. Benn seems like a much better match for Miss Kenton than Mr. Stevens - he's [[NiceGuy friendly, talkative]] and has some aspirations for his life beyond service. The only problem is that they don't love each other, or even like each other very much: Mr. Benn is looking for a business partner for his guest house and Miss Kenton is using him to make Mr. Stevens jealous.
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* VerbalTic: This may just be how people spoke back then, but characters address each other by name or title in nearly every line of dialogue. This is especially noticeable in the long conversations between Stevens and Miss Kenton, which have a kind of name-based rhythm: "...Mister Stevens..." "...Miss Kenton..." "...Mister Stevens..." "...Miss Kenton..." "...Mister Stevens..." "...Miss Kenton..."
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* ArtisticLicenceHistory: A minor example: David Cardinal tells Stevens that the meeting Lord Darlington is hosting between Lord Halifax, Joachim von Ribbentrop, and the Prime Minister is intended to persuade the latter to visit Hitler in Berlin, and possibly to arrange a similar meeting between the Fuhrer and the newly-crowned king, who is regarded as pro-Nazi. The implication is that the Prime Minister is UsefulNotes/NevilleChamberlain and the king is Edward VIII, but Chamberlain became PM five months after King Edward had abdicated in favour of his brother. Either the Prime Minister was actually Chamberlain's predecessor, UsefulNotes/StanleyBaldwin, or Cardinal is implying that King George VI was pro-Nazi (which he definitely was not)[[note]] Plus, rumors of the King's Nazi sympathies only began circulating years after the war ended[[/note]], or Ishiguro is engaging in a bit of artistic licence regarding dates. And that's not getting into the fudging of the dates of Lord Halifax' tenure as Foreign Secretary...
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* ArtisticLicenceHistory: A minor example: David Cardinal tells Stevens that the meeting Lord Darlington is hosting between Lord Halifax, Joachim von Ribbentrop, and the Prime Minister is intended to persuade the latter to visit Hitler in Berlin, and possibly to arrange a similar meeting between the Fuhrer and the newly-crowned king, who is regarded as pro-Nazi. The implication is that the Prime Minister is UsefulNotes/NevilleChamberlain and the king is Edward VIII, but Chamberlain became PM five months after King Edward had abdicated in favour of his brother. Either the Prime Minister was actually Chamberlain's predecessor, UsefulNotes/StanleyBaldwin, or Cardinal is implying that King George VI was pro-Nazi (which he definitely was not)[[note]] Plus, Or it may be referring to his predecessor Edward VIII, who ''might'' have been a Nazi sympathizer in RealLife; but even if this were true, the rumors of the King's Nazi sympathies only began circulating years after the war WWII ended[[/note]], or Ishiguro is engaging in a bit of artistic licence regarding dates. And that's not getting into the fudging of the dates of Lord Halifax' tenure as Foreign Secretary...
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** Lewis delivers one towards the guests at Darlington's international conference, calling them out for being naively optimistic and so deeply rooted in the old ways that they can no longer see that the wealthy, privileged gentry no longer have any business meddling in political affairs they do not longer understand or are qualified to discuss, and that being "honorable" is a meaningless, obsolete characteristic. Needless to say, Darlington brushes this off, though the second World War ends up vindicating everything Lewis had argued.
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** Lewis delivers one towards the guests at Darlington's international conference, calling them out for being naively optimistic and so deeply rooted in the old ways that they can no longer see that the wealthy, privileged gentry no longer have any business meddling in political affairs they do not no longer understand or and are not qualified to discuss, and that being "honorable" is a meaningless, obsolete characteristic. Needless to say, Darlington brushes this off, though the second World War ends up vindicating everything Lewis had argued.
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* NeverGotToSayGoodbye: Stevens repeatedly underestimates the severity of his aging father's condition and, despite Miss Kenton imploring him to stay with him when he's obviously dying, Stevens continues to carry out his duties, only seeing his father briefly after the latter loses consciousness. Stevens insists to Miss Kenton, himself and the audience that his father would have wanted it that way.
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* UpperClassTwit: How Lewis ultimately views titled English gentlemen such as Darlington, making foolish decisions with serious consequences because their sense of duty, honor and tradition clouds the cold reality that the world is changing and making people like him obsolete.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: In Stevens' view, Congressman Lewis is the high of impropriety by attempting to sow discord between M. Dupont (who he is friends with) and the rest of the international guests by privately informing him of the truth -- that the Englishmen present all loathe the French due to their treatment of the Germans postwar and had no intentions of inviting him except for their own machinations. When exposed, Lewis [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech calls out]] the members present, slamming them for their naive idealism, which turns out to be true as the plot wears on.
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* OneDialogueTwoConversations: When Mr. Stevens is tasked with giving the young Mr. Cardinal a talk on the "birds and the bees," the latter assures him that he knows everything about it, thinking instead Mr. Stevens is referring to getting all the details on M. Dupont.
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* HappilyMarried: Mrs. Benn turns out to be this... most of the time. She admits to having left her husband several times, but she always returns to him, and although she didn't love him at first, having married him essentially out of spite for Stevens, she says she has grown to love him over their years together.
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zce and probable misuse (Miss Kenton is a servant, and this is a rather classist trope, i.e. servants are not ladies)
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* SpiritedYoungLady: Miss Kenton.
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* ArtisticLicenceHistory: A minor example: David Cardinal tells Stevens that the meeting Lord Darlington is hosting between Lord Halifax, Joachim von Ribbentrop, and the Prime Minister is intended to persuade the latter to visit Hitler in Berlin, and possibly to arrange a similar meeting between the Fuhrer and the newly-crowned king, who is regarded as pro-Nazi. The implication is that the Prime Minister is UsefulNotes/NevilleChamberlain and the king is Edward VIII, but Chamberlain became PM five months after King Edward had abdicated in favour of his brother. Either the Prime Minister was actually Chamberlain's predecessor, UsefulNotes/StanleyBaldwin, or Cardinal is implying that King George VI was pro-Nazi (which he definitely was not)[[note]] Plus, rumors of the King's Nazi sympathies only began circulating years afterwards[[/note]], or Ishiguro is engaging in a bit of artistic licence regarding dates. And that's not getting into the fudging of the dates of Lord Halifax' tenure as Foreign Secretary...
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* ArtisticLicenceHistory: A minor example: David Cardinal tells Stevens that the meeting Lord Darlington is hosting between Lord Halifax, Joachim von Ribbentrop, and the Prime Minister is intended to persuade the latter to visit Hitler in Berlin, and possibly to arrange a similar meeting between the Fuhrer and the newly-crowned king, who is regarded as pro-Nazi. The implication is that the Prime Minister is UsefulNotes/NevilleChamberlain and the king is Edward VIII, but Chamberlain became PM five months after King Edward had abdicated in favour of his brother. Either the Prime Minister was actually Chamberlain's predecessor, UsefulNotes/StanleyBaldwin, or Cardinal is implying that King George VI was pro-Nazi (which he definitely was not)[[note]] Plus, rumors of the King's Nazi sympathies only began circulating years afterwards[[/note]], after the war ended[[/note]], or Ishiguro is engaging in a bit of artistic licence regarding dates. And that's not getting into the fudging of the dates of Lord Halifax' tenure as Foreign Secretary...
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* ArtisticLicenceHistory: A minor example: David Cardinal tells Stevens that the meeting Lord Darlington is hosting between Lord Halifax, Joachim von Ribbentrop, and the Prime Minister is intended to persuade the latter to visit Hitler in Berlin, and possibly to arrange a similar meeting between the Fuhrer and the newly-crowned king, who is regarded as pro-Nazi. The implication is that the Prime Minister is UsefulNotes/NevilleChamberlain and the king is Edward VIII, but Chamberlain became PM five months after King Edward had abdicated in favour of his brother. Either the Prime Minister was actually Chamberlain's predecessor, UsefulNotes/StanleyBaldwin, or Cardinal is implying that King George VI was pro-Nazi (which he definitely was not), or Ishiguro is engaging in a bit of artistic licence regarding dates. And that's not getting into the fudging of the dates of Lord Halifax' tenure as Foreign Secretary...
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* ArtisticLicenceHistory: A minor example: David Cardinal tells Stevens that the meeting Lord Darlington is hosting between Lord Halifax, Joachim von Ribbentrop, and the Prime Minister is intended to persuade the latter to visit Hitler in Berlin, and possibly to arrange a similar meeting between the Fuhrer and the newly-crowned king, who is regarded as pro-Nazi. The implication is that the Prime Minister is UsefulNotes/NevilleChamberlain and the king is Edward VIII, but Chamberlain became PM five months after King Edward had abdicated in favour of his brother. Either the Prime Minister was actually Chamberlain's predecessor, UsefulNotes/StanleyBaldwin, or Cardinal is implying that King George VI was pro-Nazi (which he definitely was not), not)[[note]] Plus, rumors of the King's Nazi sympathies only began circulating years afterwards[[/note]], or Ishiguro is engaging in a bit of artistic licence regarding dates. And that's not getting into the fudging of the dates of Lord Halifax' tenure as Foreign Secretary...
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