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* And then there's perhaps the most infamous stage direction in all of theater, from ''[[The WintersWinter's Tale (Theatre)|The Winters Tale]]'': "O I am gone for ever!" ''[[Exit, Pursued By a Bear]]''. The bear is not mentioned at all in the prior speech and just comes out of nowhere. This troper's Shakespeare class erupted in laughter for quite some time after discussing this line, despite it being the death of a character and a fairly important turning point in the play.
* For modern audiences, [[Aeschylus]]' play ''[[Agamemnon (Theatre)|Agamemnon]]'' features a particularly hilarious bit of Narm. While being murdered offstage, the title character delivers this line:
{{quote| "Oh, I am struck deep with a mortal blow!"}}
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