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* [[Ancient Rome]]: Where we lay our scene.

* [[And Another Thing]]: The entire last act of the show. In the space of a few dozen lines, Iachimo's treachery is revealed, Posthumous reveals who he is and claims to have killed Imogen, Imogen reveals who she is and that she is alive, the Queen is revealed to have been behind everything, Guiderius admits to having killed Cloten, and the princes are revealed to be royalty.

As I would serve a rat.'" }}

* [[Arcadia]]

* [[Berserk Button]]: Posthumus is so convinced of Imogen's purity that he goes straight into a berserk rage vowing to "tear her limbmeal" when he's convinced she's cheated on him.

* [[Cruel Mercy]]: Posthumous to Iachimo after [[The Reveal]]:

And deal with others better." }}

* [[Expy]]: Iachimo essentially means "little Iago"; some have argued he's supposed to be a toned-down version of ''[[Othello]]'''s infamous villain.

* [[Laughably Evil]]: Cloten is amusing in a stupid thug kind of way. Even when yelling about how he will [[Squick|rape his sister while wearing her lover's clothes to prove he's more worthy of her]].

* [[Mistaken for Cheating]]: As stated by Posthumus in one of his ranting monologues, it's made worse by the fact that Imogen had consistently refused to sleep with him.

* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: Posthumus after he thinks he's successfully orchestrated Imogen's murder.

* [[Not What It Looks Like]]

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