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* '''Played for Horror''':
** While killing Bob may or may not have been justified, it nevertheless becomes a FreudianExcuse for Alice's devolution into a SerialKiller who hunts married men that ([[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness through Alice's skewed views]]) are awful to their wives.
** Alice's murder of Bob was done in a fashion [[DisproportionateRetribution so brutal]] that [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse saying Bob was an awful husband just cannot excuse Alice]].
** Bob's treatment of Alice went well above and beyond just being a two-timing jerk, or even the standard definition of "abusive" in any way, shape or form, and seeking the entirety fo the facts that led Alice to perform her murder [[ThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow drive the investigators insane]].
** While killing Bob may or may not have been justified, it nevertheless becomes a FreudianExcuse for Alice's devolution into a SerialKiller who hunts married men that ([[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness through Alice's skewed views]]) are awful to their wives.
** Alice's murder of Bob was done in a fashion [[DisproportionateRetribution so brutal]] that [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse saying Bob was an awful husband just cannot excuse Alice]].
** Bob's treatment of Alice went well above and beyond just being a two-timing jerk, or even the standard definition of "abusive" in any way, shape or form, and seeking the entirety fo the facts that led Alice to perform her murder [[ThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow drive the investigators insane]].
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** Alice is portrayed as being AxCrazy for taking the life of another human being, [[WhatTheHellHero regardless]] of her [[YourCheatingHeart reasons.]]
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** Alice is portrayed as being AxCrazy for taking the life of another human being, [[WhatTheHellHero regardless]] of her [[YourCheatingHeart reasons.]]
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* '''Played For Drama''': Alice gets away with it, but goes mad from killing someone she loved. Eventually, she ends up like [[Literature/LordOfTheRings Gollum]], hovering over Bob's wedding band and trying to justify her actions to herself.
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* '''Played For Drama''': Alice gets away with it, but goes mad from killing someone she loved. Eventually, she ends up like [[Literature/LordOfTheRings [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Gollum]], hovering over Bob's wedding band and trying to justify her actions to herself.
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* '''Averted''': Alice committed murder. Her reasons may be mitigating factors, but are only relevant in sentencing, not in questions of law and fact.
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* '''Averted''': '''Averted''':
** Alice committed murder. Her reasons may be mitigating factors, but are only relevant in sentencing, not in questions of law andfact.fact.
** Bob doesn't cheat and Alice doesn't murder him.
** Alice committed murder. Her reasons may be mitigating factors, but are only relevant in sentencing, not in questions of law and
** Bob doesn't cheat and Alice doesn't murder him.
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* '''Inverted''': Alice is presented as a shrew and a harpy and Bob as a DoomedMoralVictor for ~* ~following his heart~* ~.
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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
** Alice is presented as a shrew and a harpy and Bob as a DoomedMoralVictor for ~* ~following his heart~*~.~.
** Alice commits suicide over Bob's adultery.
** Alice is presented as a shrew and a harpy and Bob as a DoomedMoralVictor for ~* ~following his heart~*
** Alice commits suicide over Bob's adultery.
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* '''Reconstructed''': Said prosecutor later turns out to be a venal JerkAss HeManWomanHater.
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* '''Reconstructed''': A throughout investigation shows that Alice was indeed the victim of Bob's abuse, and she killed him in self-defence when threatened by him. Said prosecutor later turns out to be a venal JerkAss HeManWomanHater.was still disturbed by Alice's over-glorification, but knowing that she wasn't one of black widows who kill their husbands and use domestic abuse as an instant GetOutOfJailFreeCard, he rests his case.
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* '''Downplayed''': ???The cheating party was left severely injured and hospitalized.
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* '''Played For Drama''': Alice gets away with it, but goes mad from killing someone she loved. Eventually, she ends up like [[LordOfTheRings Gollum]], hovering over Bob's wedding band and trying to justify her actions to herself.
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* '''Played For Drama''': Alice gets away with it, but goes mad from killing someone she loved. Eventually, she ends up like [[LordOfTheRings [[Literature/LordOfTheRings Gollum]], hovering over Bob's wedding band and trying to justify her actions to herself.
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* '''Justified''': Bob was consistently abusive and they live in a country in which Alice has no legal remedies. When Alice found out about Bob and Carol, Bob threatened her and she killed him in self-defence.
* '''Inverted''':
** Alice is presented as a shrew and a harpy and Bob as a DoomedMoralVictor for ~* ~following his heart~* ~.
* '''Inverted''':
** Alice is presented as a shrew and a harpy and Bob as a DoomedMoralVictor for ~* ~following his heart~* ~.
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* '''Justified''': Bob was consistently abusive and they live in a country in which Alice has no legal remedies. When Alice found out about Bob and Carol, Bob threatened her and she killed him in self-defence.
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**'''Inverted''': Alice is presented as a shrew and a harpy and Bob as a DoomedMoralVictor for ~* ~following his heart~* ~.
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'''Basic Trope''': Murdering an adulterous spouse is presented as justified.
* '''Straight''': Alice kills Bob for cheating on her with Carol. The story treats Alice as a hero, or as ChaoticGood at worst.
* '''Straight''': Alice kills Bob for cheating on her with Carol. The story treats Alice as a hero, or as ChaoticGood at worst.
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'''Basic Trope''': Murdering an adulterous spouse (regardless of gender) is presented as justified.
*'''Straight''': '''Straight''':
** Alice kills Bob for cheating on her with Carol. The story treats Alice as a hero, or as ChaoticGood atworst.worst.
** Bob kills Alice after she was caught cheating on him with Daniel. Bob was treated as a Badass Hero not to be reckoned with.
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** Alice kills Bob for cheating on her with Carol. The story treats Alice as a hero, or as ChaoticGood at
** Bob kills Alice after she was caught cheating on him with Daniel. Bob was treated as a Badass Hero not to be reckoned with.
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** Alternatively, Bob is justified in killing Alice because she slept with Fred.
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* '''Exploited''': ???Daniel murders Bob by simply exposing his second life to his wife.
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* '''Subverted''': Alice is portrayed as being AxCrazy for taking the life of another human being, [[WhatTheHellHero regardless]] of her [[YourCheatingHeart reasons.]]
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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
** Alice is portrayed as being AxCrazy for taking the life of another human being, [[WhatTheHellHero regardless]] of her [[YourCheatingHeart reasons.]]
** Alice is portrayed as being AxCrazy for taking the life of another human being, [[WhatTheHellHero regardless]] of her [[YourCheatingHeart reasons.]]
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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice is lionised in the press and public consciousness, but our SympatheticPOV prosecutor character is digusted by this.
* '''Reconstructed''': Said prosecutor later turns out to be a venal JerkAss HeManWomanHater.
* '''Reconstructed''': Said prosecutor later turns out to be a venal JerkAss HeManWomanHater.
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* '''Played For Laughs:''' Alice is an UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist or HeroicSociopath.
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* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Deconstructed''': Alice is lionised in the press and public consciousness, but our SympatheticPOV prosecutor character is digusted by this.
* '''Reconstructed''': Said prosecutor later turns out to be a venal JerkAss HeManWomanHater.
* '''Played For Laughs:''' Alice is an UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist orHeroicSociopath.HeroicComedicSociopath.
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Deconstructed''': Alice is lionised in the press and public consciousness, but our SympatheticPOV prosecutor character is digusted by this.
* '''Reconstructed''': Said prosecutor later turns out to be a venal JerkAss HeManWomanHater.
* '''Played For Laughs:''' Alice is an UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist or
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* '''Subverted''': Alice is portrayed as a CompleteMonster or as being AxCrazy for taking the life of another human being, [[WhatTheHellHero regardless]] of her [[YourCheatingHeart reasons.]]
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* '''Subverted''': Alice is portrayed as a CompleteMonster or as being AxCrazy for taking the life of another human being, [[WhatTheHellHero regardless]] of her [[YourCheatingHeart reasons.]]
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** "You killed your husband, and you figure you should get away with it, because you're a WomanScorned? Guess what? [[ThisIsSparta Murder. Is. Murder.]] Regardless of motive or gender. Hanging in the town square, one week from today." * bam!*
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** "You killed your husband, and you figure you should get away with it, because you're a WomanScorned? Guess what? [[ThisIsSparta [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Murder. Is. Murder.]] Regardless of motive or gender. Hanging in the town square, one week from today." * bam!*
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* '''Inverted''': Alice is presented as a shrew and a harpy and Bob as a DoomedMoralVictor for ~* ~following his heart~* ~.
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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
** Alice is presented as a shrew and a harpy and Bob as a DoomedMoralVictor for ~* ~following his heart~* ~.
** Alice is presented as a shrew and a harpy and Bob as a DoomedMoralVictor for ~* ~following his heart~* ~.
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* '''Defied''': Alice is AxCrazy. Bob had already tried to do the honourable thing and file for divorce, but Alice wouldn't be told.
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* '''Defied''': '''Defied''':
** Alice is AxCrazy. Bob had already tried to do the honourable thing and file for divorce, but Alice wouldn't be told.
** Alice is AxCrazy. Bob had already tried to do the honourable thing and file for divorce, but Alice wouldn't be told.
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'''Basic Trope''': Murdering an adulterous spouse is presented as justified.
* '''Straight''': Alice kills Bob for cheating on her with Carol. The story treats Alice as a hero, or as ChaoticGood at worst.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice kills Bob slowly and painfully for just glancing at Carol, and is canonised a hundred years later.
* '''Justified''': Bob was consistently abusive and they live in a country in which Alice has no legal remedies. When Alice found out about Bob and Carol, Bob threatened her and she killed him in self-defence.
* '''Inverted''': Alice is presented as a shrew and a harpy and Bob as a DoomedMoralVictor for ~* ~following his heart~* ~.
** Alternatively, Bob is justified in killing Alice because she slept with Fred.
* '''Subverted''': Alice is portrayed as a CompleteMonster or as being AxCrazy for taking the life of another human being, [[WhatTheHellHero regardless]] of her [[YourCheatingHeart reasons.]]
** It turns out that it is NotWhatItLooksLike, and Bob was never cheating with Carol. Alice killed Bob for essentially no reason, and she is sent up the river.
* '''Double Subverted''': Bob was never cheating with Carol. However he was cheating with Dorothy, [[KickTheDog and also planning to embezzle his wife's money to support his mistress]].
* '''Parodied''': Killing Bob makes Alice a national hero, and she's made Grand Marshal of the St Patrick's Day Parade.
* '''Deconstructed''': Alice is lionised in the press and public consciousness, but our SympatheticPOV prosecutor character is digusted by this.
* '''Reconstructed''': Said prosecutor later turns out to be a venal JerkAss HeManWomanHater.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Was Alice justified? Will she be convicted? Did Bob even die at all? [[MindScrew It is a mystery.]]
* '''Averted''': Alice committed murder. Her reasons may be mitigating factors, but are only relevant in sentencing, not in questions of law and fact.
* '''Enforced''': Five words: LifetimeMovieOfTheWeek.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Why is it that murder is okay when it's cuckoldess-on-adulterer?"
* '''Invoked''': Alice only killed Bob because she thought her motives would be sympathetic and she'd get away with it.
* '''Defied''': Alice is AxCrazy. Bob had already tried to do the honourable thing and file for divorce, but Alice wouldn't be told.
** "You killed your husband, and you figure you should get away with it, because you're a WomanScorned? Guess what? [[ThisIsSparta Murder. Is. Murder.]] Regardless of motive or gender. Hanging in the town square, one week from today." * bam!*
* '''Played For Laughs:''' Alice is an UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist or HeroicSociopath.
* '''Played For Drama''': Alice gets away with it, but goes mad from killing someone she loved. Eventually, she ends up like [[LordOfTheRings Gollum]], hovering over Bob's wedding band and trying to justify her actions to herself.
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* '''Straight''': Alice kills Bob for cheating on her with Carol. The story treats Alice as a hero, or as ChaoticGood at worst.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice kills Bob slowly and painfully for just glancing at Carol, and is canonised a hundred years later.
* '''Justified''': Bob was consistently abusive and they live in a country in which Alice has no legal remedies. When Alice found out about Bob and Carol, Bob threatened her and she killed him in self-defence.
* '''Inverted''': Alice is presented as a shrew and a harpy and Bob as a DoomedMoralVictor for ~* ~following his heart~* ~.
** Alternatively, Bob is justified in killing Alice because she slept with Fred.
* '''Subverted''': Alice is portrayed as a CompleteMonster or as being AxCrazy for taking the life of another human being, [[WhatTheHellHero regardless]] of her [[YourCheatingHeart reasons.]]
** It turns out that it is NotWhatItLooksLike, and Bob was never cheating with Carol. Alice killed Bob for essentially no reason, and she is sent up the river.
* '''Double Subverted''': Bob was never cheating with Carol. However he was cheating with Dorothy, [[KickTheDog and also planning to embezzle his wife's money to support his mistress]].
* '''Parodied''': Killing Bob makes Alice a national hero, and she's made Grand Marshal of the St Patrick's Day Parade.
* '''Deconstructed''': Alice is lionised in the press and public consciousness, but our SympatheticPOV prosecutor character is digusted by this.
* '''Reconstructed''': Said prosecutor later turns out to be a venal JerkAss HeManWomanHater.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Was Alice justified? Will she be convicted? Did Bob even die at all? [[MindScrew It is a mystery.]]
* '''Averted''': Alice committed murder. Her reasons may be mitigating factors, but are only relevant in sentencing, not in questions of law and fact.
* '''Enforced''': Five words: LifetimeMovieOfTheWeek.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Why is it that murder is okay when it's cuckoldess-on-adulterer?"
* '''Invoked''': Alice only killed Bob because she thought her motives would be sympathetic and she'd get away with it.
* '''Defied''': Alice is AxCrazy. Bob had already tried to do the honourable thing and file for divorce, but Alice wouldn't be told.
** "You killed your husband, and you figure you should get away with it, because you're a WomanScorned? Guess what? [[ThisIsSparta Murder. Is. Murder.]] Regardless of motive or gender. Hanging in the town square, one week from today." * bam!*
* '''Played For Laughs:''' Alice is an UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist or HeroicSociopath.
* '''Played For Drama''': Alice gets away with it, but goes mad from killing someone she loved. Eventually, she ends up like [[LordOfTheRings Gollum]], hovering over Bob's wedding band and trying to justify her actions to herself.
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