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* OutDamnedSpot: Rita feels the eyes of her son follows her everywhere, and she can´t get rid of them.
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* DelicateAndSickly: Eyolf is crippled because he fell down from the table he slept on when he was an infant. It happened because his parents chose to have sex on the spot and forgot all about him.
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* IllGirl: Boy, in this case. Eyolf is crippled because he fell down from the table he slept on when he was an infant. It happened because his parents chose to have sex on the spot and forgot all about him.
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* GuiltComplex: Rita and Alfred has it because they unwittingly crippled their son, making Alfred care almost too much for him. After his death, the complex is turned UpToEleven.
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* GuiltComplex: Rita and Alfred has it because they unwittingly crippled their son, making Alfred care almost too much for him. After his death, the complex is turned UpToEleven.up to eleven.
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'''Little Eyolf''' is a rather symbolistic play, written by Creator/HenrikIbsen in 1894. The story revolves around the death of the eponymous character, the crippled little boy Eyolf, and the GuiltComplex shared by his parents, both for crippling him, later for sending him out to play, which led to the accident that drowned him. The parents, Alfred, a philosopher, and Rita, a ClingyJealousGirl, struggles to find a foothold in their relationship after their son is gone.
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* NotDistractedByTheSexy: Asta had dressed up for Alfred when he came home after six weeks. She was ready for him, and he just went to bed. Pity.
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* NotDistractedByTheSexy: Asta Rita had dressed up for Alfred when he came home after six weeks. She was ready for him, and he just went to bed. Pity.
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* DeadLittleSister: Eyolf after the first act.
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* ShipperOnDeck: Rita consciously ships Asta and Borgheim - justified because that will make Asta leave her and Alfred.
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* ReplacementGoldfish: Both Alfred and Rita clings to Asta at one point, wishing her to be the replacement for Eyolf. Asta is sensible enough to [[ScrewThisImOutOfHere leave them to their fate]].
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* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: Asta decides to leave on the spot, and follows Borgheim. She could not bear the tension building in the Allmers couple.
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{{Yandere}}: Rita becomes this more and more throughout the play.
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* {{Yandere}}: Rita becomes this more and more throughout the play.Rita. Her antics get worse as time goes on.
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* ArcWords: "Human responsibility". This is the name of the thesis Alfred is writing, and seemingly never gets to finish
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* ArcWords: "Human responsibility". This is the name of the thesis Alfred is writing, and seemingly never gets to finishfinish. Also the "law of transition", also phrased many times.
* DiesWideOpen: Eyolf was found lying under the water close by the pier, his eyes staring upwards.
* MadnessMantra: When Rita begins to crack up, she has a feeling that the ticking clock constantly repeats the words "floating crutch" over and over. She also repeats them herself.
* OutDamnedSpot: Rita feels the eyes of her son follows her everywhere, and she can´t get rid of them.
* SanitySlippage: Rita gets pretty close during the last act of the play.
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* WholesomeCrossdresser: Alfred had Asta wearing his laid off clothes when she was little. ''And he called her Eyolf''.
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* WholesomeCrossdresser: Alfred had Asta wearing his laid off clothes when she was little. ''And he called her Eyolf''.Eyolf''.
{{Yandere}}: Rita becomes this more and more throughout the play.
{{Yandere}}: Rita becomes this more and more throughout the play.
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* ArcWords: "Human responsibility". This is the name of the thesis Alfred is writing, and seemingly never gets to finish.
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* ArcWords: "Human responsibility". This is the name of the thesis Alfred is writing, and seemingly never gets to finish.finish
* AuthorAvatar: Alfred. He is a writer who loves to walk in the mountains. So did Ibsen.
* AuthorAvatar: Alfred. He is a writer who loves to walk in the mountains. So did Ibsen.
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* HecateSisters: Asta is the maiden, Rita is the mother, and the "rat maid" is obviously the crone.
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* HecateSisters: TheHecateSisters: Asta is the maiden, Rita is the mother, and the "rat maid" is obviously the crone.
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* BettyAndVeronica: Rita and Asta, of course. Rita has the "Veronica" trait.
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* BettyAndVeronica: Rita and Asta, of course. Rita has the "Veronica" trait.trait to Alfred`s Archie.
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* {{Foil}}: The play has two foils. Asta is a foil to Rita, while Borgheim is a foil to Alfred. The two men represent a spiritual side (Alfred is a thinker), and a practical side (Borgheim is building roads). The women has a rather aggressive and sexually explicit Rita, and a more introvert Asta.
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* {{Foil}}: The play has two foils. Asta is a foil to Rita, while Borgheim is a foil to Alfred. The two men represent a spiritual side (Alfred is a thinker), and a practical side (Borgheim is building roads). The women has a rather aggressive and sexually explicit Rita, and a more introvert and "innocent" Asta.
* HecateSisters: Asta is the maiden, Rita is the mother, and the "rat maid" is obviously the crone.
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* MaidenAunt: Asta, of course. She is unmarried, a school teacher, and the alleged sister of Alfred.
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* MaidenAunt: Asta, of course. She is unmarried, a school teacher, and the alleged sister of Alfred. Note that she is the ''younger'' sister of Alfred, and thus not an OldMaid per se.
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* LoveTriangle: Rita, Alfred and Asta, his half sister. Also the engineer Borgheim, Asta and Alfred (and possibly Asta, Rita and Borgheim).
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* LoveTriangle: Rita, Alfred and Asta, his half sister. Also the engineer Borgheim, Asta and Alfred (and possibly Asta, Rita and Borgheim). Borgheim).
* MaidenAunt: Asta, of course. She is unmarried, a school teacher, and the alleged sister of Alfred.
* MaidenAunt: Asta, of course. She is unmarried, a school teacher, and the alleged sister of Alfred.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Rita is quite clear this one.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Rita is quite clear on this one.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Rita is quite clear this one.
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* ShoutOut: To ''Literature/ThePiedPiperAtHamelin''. The "rat maiden" fills in for the piper, and the child who gets smitten, is Eyolf, of course.
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* ShoutOut: To ''Literature/ThePiedPiperAtHamelin''.''Literature/ThePiedPiperOfHamelin''. The "rat maiden" fills in for the piper, and the child who gets smitten, is Eyolf, of course.
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* ShoutOut: To ''Literature/ThePiedPiperAtHamelin''. The "rat maiden" fills in for the piper, and the child who gets smitten, is Eyolf, of course.
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* HeroicBSOD: Alfred has a great one in the second act. Asta comes to comfort him, while Rita (going through the same), is comforted by Borgheim. When Rita and Alfred talk it over, they have a collective BSOD.
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* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: Asta is on the light side, while Rita is on the dark side.
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* BettyAndVeronica: Rita and Asta, of course.
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* BettyAndVeronica: Rita and Asta, of course. Rita has the "Veronica" trait.
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* GirlNextDoor: Asta has been "next door" most of the time, much to the annoyance of Rita, who lampshades it by wishing she was far off.
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* GuiltComplex: Asta and Alfred has it because they unwittingly crippled their son, making Alfred care almost too much for him. After his death, the complex is turned UpToEleven.
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* GuiltComplex: Asta Rita and Alfred has it because they unwittingly crippled their son, making Alfred care almost too much for him. After his death, the complex is turned UpToEleven.
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* NotBloodSiblings: It turns out Asta and Alfred did not share parents at all. That heightens an already explicit UST.
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* TheReveal: Asta knew her father was not the father of Alfred. They both knew they had separate mothers. And then...
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* {{Foil}}: The play has two foils. Asta is a foil to Rita, while Borgheim is a foil to Alfred. The two men represent a spiritual side (Alfred is a thinker), and a practical side (Borgheim is building roads). The women has a rather aggressive and sexually explicit Rita, and a more introvert Asta.
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* ThePhilosopher: Alfred is writing a thesis on the "human responsibility".
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* NotDistractedByTheSexy: Asta had dressed up for Alfred when he came home after six weeks. She was ready for him, and he just went to bed. Pity.
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* TheVamp: Rita has a history on leading Alfred on. Thus, she was responsible for making them do it when Eyolf was crippled. Later, when Alfred came from his mountain trip, she seemed to be quite ready for him. He, on the other hand, wasn`t.
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* WhamLine: ''The Crutch is floating''. This sentence makes the parents realize that Eyolf has drowned.
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* BettyAndVeronica: Rita and Asta, of course.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Rita. She is jealous of Asta, because of her close relation to Alfred, and of Eyolf, because he stands "between" her and Alfred. Her GuiltComplex grows immensely because of this.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Rita. She is jealous of Asta, because of her close relation to Alfred, and of Eyolf, because he stands "between" her and Alfred. Her GuiltComplex grows immensely because of this.
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* WholesomeCrossdresser: Alfred had Asta wearing his laid off clothes when she was little. ''And he called her Eyolf''.
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* WholesomeCrossdresser: GuiltComplex: Asta and Alfred had Asta wearing has it because they unwittingly crippled their son, making Alfred care almost too much for him. After his laid off clothes when she was little. ''And he called her Eyolf''.death, the complex is turned UpToEleven.
* TheIngenue: Asta seems to be TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth, and is thus a {{foil}} to Rita.
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* UnresolvedSexualTension: Alfred and Asta, who grew up together.
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* UnresolvedSexualTension: Alfred and Asta, who grew up together.together.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Alfred had Asta wearing his laid off clothes when she was little. ''And he called her Eyolf''.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Alfred had Asta wearing his laid off clothes when she was little. ''And he called her Eyolf''.
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* WholesomeCrossdressing: Alfred had Asta wearing his laid off clothes when she was little. ''And he called her Eyolf''.
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'''Little Eyolf''' is a rather symbolistic play, written by Creator/HenrikIbsen in 1894. The story revolves around the death of the eponymous character, the crippled little boy Eyolf, and the GuiltComplex shared by his parents, both for crippling him, later for sending him out to play, which led to the accident that drowned him. The parents, Alfred, a philosopher, and Rita, a ClingyJealousGirl, struggles to find a foothold in their relationship after their son is gone.
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* ArcWords: "Human responsibility". This is the name of the thesis Alfred is writing, and seemingly never gets to finish.
* DeadLittleSister: Eyolf after the first act.
* WholesomeCrossdressing: Alfred had Asta wearing his laid off clothes when she was little. ''And he called her Eyolf''.
* IllGirl: Boy, in this case. Eyolf is crippled because he fell down from the table he slept on when he was an infant. It happened because his parents chose to have sex on the spot and forgot all about him.
* LoveTriangle: Rita, Alfred and Asta, his half sister. Also the engineer Borgheim, Asta and Alfred (and possibly Asta, Rita and Borgheim).
* MysteriousWaif: The "rat maiden" who comes knocking at the door, enthralling little Eyolf. Her profession is hunting down rats for households who wish to get rid of them. It seems she has a lure on children as well. Eyolf fell in the water while looking after her.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: Alfred and Asta, who grew up together.
!!! Tropes found in this play:
* ArcWords: "Human responsibility". This is the name of the thesis Alfred is writing, and seemingly never gets to finish.
* DeadLittleSister: Eyolf after the first act.
* WholesomeCrossdressing: Alfred had Asta wearing his laid off clothes when she was little. ''And he called her Eyolf''.
* IllGirl: Boy, in this case. Eyolf is crippled because he fell down from the table he slept on when he was an infant. It happened because his parents chose to have sex on the spot and forgot all about him.
* LoveTriangle: Rita, Alfred and Asta, his half sister. Also the engineer Borgheim, Asta and Alfred (and possibly Asta, Rita and Borgheim).
* MysteriousWaif: The "rat maiden" who comes knocking at the door, enthralling little Eyolf. Her profession is hunting down rats for households who wish to get rid of them. It seems she has a lure on children as well. Eyolf fell in the water while looking after her.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: Alfred and Asta, who grew up together.
