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From printing to the steam engine (1439-1698). The arrival of movable type printing in Europe made books plentiful, and helped standardize the languages that used it. Much more survives from this period than from earlier.
Please note, that when we say "steam engine" we mean ''useful'' steam engine. Not Heron's [[Older Than Feudalism|first century]] toy, and not [[Steam|the store]].
Notable works and authors from this time period include:
* [[William Shakespeare]], [[
* The works of [[
* ''[[
* The Italian [[Commedia Dell'Arte]] farces, establishing many comedy-related tropes we enjoy to this day.
* ''[[
* ''[[Journey to
* ''[[
* The plays of Tāng Xiǎnzǔ (see ''[[
* [[Adaptation Displacement]]: Some of Shakespeare's plays, such as ''[[
▲* [[Adaptation Displacement]]: Some of Shakespeare's plays, such as ''[[Romeo and Juliet (Theatre)|Romeo and Juliet]]'', displaced older versions of the same stories.
* [[All Part of the Show]]: 17th-century urban legend.
* [[All That Glitters]]: Shakespeare's ''[[
* [[Anti-Hero]]: [[
* [[Aside Comment]]: [[
* [[Atlas Pose]]: The, um, Atlas.
* [[A Wizard Did It]]: ''[[
* [[The Bluebeard]]: European literary folktale by Charles Perrault, 1697.
* [[Bluffing the Murderer]]: The play within the play in ''Hamlet''.
* [[Bread, Eggs, Breaded Eggs]]: Polonius's list of genres in ''Hamlet''.
* [[Bromantic Foil]]: Mercutio of ''[[
* [[Cargo Envy]]: In a famous line from ''[[
* [[The Chessmaster]] (using actual chess motifs): Iago in ''[[
* [[Contrived Coincidence]]: ''[[
* [[Counter Zany]]: [[Commedia Dell'Arte]], and [[
* [[Cult Classic]]: Scots poet [[
* [[Deal
* [[Detect Evil]]: Shakespeare's ''[[
* [[Diamonds in
* [[Disorganized Outline Speech]]: ''[[
* [[Epistolary Novel]]: Existed in the 1600s but became popular with ''[[Pamela]]'', 1740.
* [[Et Tu, Brute?]]: ''[[Julius Caesar (
* [[Eviler Than Thou]]: Edmund in ''King Lear''.
* [[Exact Eavesdropping]]: Appears to be at least this old; Shakespeare subverted it in ''Hamlet'' and ''Othello'', and invoked it twice in ''[[
* [[Gender Flip]]: Shakespeare's ''King Lear'' was based loosely on the story of Clovis Merovingian who, in the early 6th century, divided up France among his three ''sons'' for them to rule equally.
* [[The Ghost]]: Rosaline in ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', Angelo and Marcus Luccios in ''Othello'', and Dulcinea in ''[[
* [[Godiva Hair]]: Botticelli's 1486 painting ''The Birth of Venus'', if not earlier with Lady Godiva herself.
* [[Humble Pie]]: Called umble pie in the 15th and 16th century.
* [[I Am Spartacus]]: ''Fuente Ovejuna'' by Lope de Vega
* [[I Banged Your Mom]]: Shakespeare's ''[[Titus Andronicus (
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* [[Impeded Messenger]]: Shakespeare's ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]''.
* [[In Another Man's Shoes]]: Shakespeare's ''[[
* [[In My Language, That Sounds Like...]]: Shakespeare's ''[[
* [[Joker Jury]]: In Vanity Fair in ''[[The
* [[Jossed]]: Cervantes disproved all the non-canonical novels written by other author(s) featuring his character Don Quixote, going as far as to have the characters in the canonical book read the others and prove them as inaccurate.
* [[Last Villain Stand]]: Shakespeare's ''[[
* [[Liberty Over Prosperity]]: First found in ''[[
* [[Loan Shark]]: Shakespeare's ''The Merchant of Venice''
* [[Lord Error-Prone]]: ''Don Quixote''
* [[Loser Has Your Back]]: Happens to the protagonist in the morality play ''Everyman''.
* [[Love Dodecahedron]]: Shakespeare's ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream
* [[Mad Scientist|Mad Alchemist]]: The precourser to the modern mad scientist.
* [[Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter]] (The "mad scientist is good" variant): Shakespeare's ''[[
* [[Magically
* [[Magnificent Bastard]]: The eponymous character of Shakespeare's ''[[
* [[Malaproper]]: Several Shakespheare comedies.
* [[Mistimed Revival]]: ''[[
* [[Moral Myopia]]: Shakespearean characters, such as Queen Margaret in ''[[
* [[More Than Mind Control]]: ''The Faerie Queene,'' ''Pilgrim's Progress''
* [[MST3K Mantra]]: Puck's final speech in ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream
* [[No Fourth Wall]]: Many of [[Shakespeare]]'s plays, if not earlier.
* [[Out, Damned Spot!]]: ''[[Macbeth]]'' is the [[Trope Namer]].
* [[Overly Long Gag]]: Gratiano's repeated ironic echoes of Shylock at the climax of the court scene in ''[[
* [[The Peeping Tom]]: The folk legend of Lady Godiva, in a version from the 17th century.
* [[Pineal Weirdness]]: Descartes' ''Treatise of Man'', 1629
* [[Poe's Law]]: ''Epistolae Obscurorum Virorum'', 1515-1517
* [[Pose of Silence]]: Shakespearean stage production technique.
* [[Potty Emergency]]: ''[[
* [[Puss in Boots]]: The literary folktale of the same name by Charles Perrault, 1695.
* [[Rash Equilibrium]]: Shakespeare's ''Measure for Measure''
* [[Recursive Crossdressing]]: Shakespearean comedy, especially ''As You Like It''.
* [[Recursive Canon]]: ''[[
* [[Red Herring]]: Actual red herrings used in hunting.
* [[Returning the Handkerchief]]: Shakespheare's ''[[
* [[Shoo Out the Clowns]]: ''[[
* [[Show Within a Show]]:
** Type 1: Shakespeare's ''Midsummer Night's Dream'', ''[[
** Type 2: ''"The Ill-Advised Curiosity"'' in ''[[
* [[Spontaneous Human Combustion]]: The oldest known report of such an incident allegedly occurring dates back to 1654, briefly detailing an incident believed to have occurred sometime between 1468 and 1503.
* [[A Storm Is Coming]]: ''Macbeth''
* [[Surrogate Soliloquy]]: ''Hamlet''
* [[That Cloud Looks Like...]]: ''Hamlet''
* [[Those Two Guys]]: Braggadocchio and Trompart in ''[[The Faerie Queene]]''; Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in ''Hamlet''
* [[Wedding Day]]: Shakespeare's ''[[
* [[When the Clock Strikes Twelve]]: "[[Cinderella (
* [[Woolseyism]]: The King James translation of ''[[
* [[Wrong Genre Savvy]]: The eponymous character of ''[[
* [[Zany Scheme]]: ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]''
* [[Zany Scheme Chicken]]: [[William Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]'' and ''[[
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