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* {{spoiler|[[Back From the Dead]]}}: {{spoiler|Alcestis}}.
* [[Character Title]]
* [[Balancing Death's Books]]: Since not even the gods can grant immortality, for one to cheat death, another must die willingly in their stead.
* [[Deus Ex Machina]]: {{spoiler|Hercules}}, in both the play and the original myth Euripides used.
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: When Heracles appears, he {{spoiler|goes after Death to [[Happy Ending|bring Alcestis back]]}}.
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* {{spoiler|[[Happy Ending]]}}: Which isn't exactly common in the [[Classical Mythology|Greek myths]]...
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Alcestis.
* [[Hot-Blooded]]: In many myths, Heracles becomes so enraged at the people who wrong him that he takes a terrible vengeance on them. In this case, Heracles is so grateful to Admetus for his hospitality that he marches off to rescue Alcestis without a second thought.
* [[Important Haircut]]: Admetus orders all in Thessaly to cut their hair in mourning for Alcestis.
* [[It's All My Fault]]: Admetus, despairing, eventually takes his father's accusations to heart (see [[Never My Fault]], below) and blames himself for allowing Alcestis to die in his stead.
* [[Karmic Jackpot]]: Admetus's kindness to Apollo is what gets him the chance to avoid death. His kindness to Heracles {{spoiler|is what allows Alcestis to survive.}}
* [[Love Hurts]]
* [[Mood Whiplash]]: The play switches from Alcestis's funeral and Admetus's bitter argument with his father to Admetus's friend Heracles, who is drunk and merry. He sobers quickly when he learns of Alcestis's death, though.
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* [[Proper Lady]]: Alcestis.
* [[Sacred Hospitality]]
* [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong]]: Heracles does this for Admetus and Alcestis.
* [[Take Me Instead!]]: The major part of the agreement Apollo had made Admetus: the king can escape death if someone else offers to die for him. The play opens with his wife, Alcestis, being the only one to offer.
* [[Wicked Stepmother]]: Alcestis asks Admetus not to remarry after her death so that her children wouldn't have to face this trope.
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