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* HoYay: Onegin and Lensky in some productions.
* JerkassWoobie: Yes, Onegin was kind of a jerk, but it's hard not to feel sorry for him after everything he's gone through.
* TearJerker: The whole opera, but the music in Act III when Tatyana and Onegin lament over how they were so close to happiness can really bring tears to the eyes.

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* HoYay: Onegin and Lensky in some productions.
productions. In fact, Krzysztof Warlikowski's production at the Bayerische Staatsoper reimagines the opera in a ''Brokeback Mountain'' style, with Onegin portrayed as a gay man, with Lensky as his lover.
* JerkassWoobie: Yes, Onegin was kind of a jerk, but it's hard not to feel sorry for him after everything he's gone through.
by the time Act III rolls around.
* TearJerker: The whole opera, but the really. It's a story about mistimed love and passion, shattered innocence, and Tchaikovsky's music in Act III just serves to highlight all the sadness and pain of the opera.
* TheWoobie: Lensky could qualify. The poor guy gets his naive and idealistic views about love shattered
when Tatyana and Onegin lament over how they were so close to happiness can really bring tears to the eyes.flirts with Olga repeatedly, then ends up killed by Onegin in a duel.
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* HarsherInHindsight: The circumstances of [[spoiler:Lensky]]'s death are alarmingly similar to those of the author's own: both are [[spoiler:poets]] who got shot in a duel with a man who tried to seduce their beloved ([[spoiler:fiancée in Lensky's case]] and wife in Pushkin's case).

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!!The Novel:
* HarsherInHindsight: The circumstances of [[spoiler:Lensky]]'s death are alarmingly similar to those of the author's own: both are [[spoiler:poets]] who got shot in a duel with a man who tried to seduce their beloved ([[spoiler:fiancée in Lensky's case]] and wife in Pushkin's case).case).

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!!The Opera:
* SugarWiki/{{Awesome Music}}: It's Tchaikovsky, after all. Special mention to Tatyana's letter aria, though.
* HoYay: Onegin and Lensky in some productions.
* JerkassWoobie: Yes, Onegin was kind of a jerk, but it's hard not to feel sorry for him after everything he's gone through.
* TearJerker: The whole opera, but the music in Act III when Tatyana and Onegin lament over how they were so close to happiness can really bring tears to the eyes.
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* HarsherInHindsight: The circumstances of [[spoiler:Lensky]]'s death are alarmingly similar to those of the author's one: both are [[spoiler:poets]] who got shot in a duel with a man who tried to seduce their beloved ([[spoiler:fiancée in Lensky's case]] and wife in Pushkin's case).

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* HarsherInHindsight: The circumstances of [[spoiler:Lensky]]'s death are alarmingly similar to those of the author's one: own: both are [[spoiler:poets]] who got shot in a duel with a man who tried to seduce their beloved ([[spoiler:fiancée in Lensky's case]] and wife in Pushkin's case).
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* HarsherInHindsight: The circumstances of [[spoiler:Lensky]]'s death are alarmingly similar to those of the author's one: both are [[spoiler:poets]] who got shot in a duel with a man who tried to seduce their beloved ([[spoiler:fiancée in Lensky's case]] and wife in Pushkin's case).

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