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** Hornblower ends up being exchanged early as a result though, and promoted to Lieutenant. |
** Hornblower ends up being exchanged early as a result though, and promoted to Lieutenant. |
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* A couple of [[Orson Scott Card]]'s ''Tales of Alvin Maker'' books have done this. Alvin can pretty much go wherever he wants, whenever he wants, but allowed himself to be kept imprisoned twice, though I seem to recall he eventually broke out the second time because there was an emergency. |
* A couple of [[Orson Scott Card]]'s ''Tales of Alvin Maker'' books have done this. Alvin can pretty much go wherever he wants, whenever he wants, but allowed himself to be kept imprisoned twice, though I seem to recall he eventually broke out the second time because there was an emergency. |
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* In J.R.R. Tolkien's ''[[Lord of the Rings]]'', Merry and Pippin get captured by the Uruk-Hai, manage to free themselves and then keep wearing their bonds while they wait for the right moment to escape. |
* In J.R.R. Tolkien's ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', Merry and Pippin get captured by the Uruk-Hai, manage to free themselves and then keep wearing their bonds while they wait for the right moment to escape. |
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** Subverted when Frodo is captured - Tolkien makes no mention of any sort of restraint on him AND his guards have almost completely annihilated one another, but seeing as he's malnourished, in mental anguish from being separated from the Ring, and also sick from Shelob's poison, he is unable to escape. |
** Subverted when Frodo is captured - Tolkien makes no mention of any sort of restraint on him AND his guards have almost completely annihilated one another, but seeing as he's malnourished, in mental anguish from being separated from the Ring, and also sick from Shelob's poison, he is unable to escape. |
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* Subverted in ''[[Arsène Lupin]] in Prison'' as there's no question that Lupin is guilty or could easily escape. The only reason he stays in prison is so he is able to pull off a caper that could only be done if he were in prison. In the next story ''The Escape of [[Arsène Lupin]]'' his first escape from prison is part of a plan for particularly spectacular escape. |
* Subverted in ''[[Arsène Lupin]] in Prison'' as there's no question that Lupin is guilty or could easily escape. The only reason he stays in prison is so he is able to pull off a caper that could only be done if he were in prison. In the next story ''The Escape of [[Arsène Lupin]]'' his first escape from prison is part of a plan for particularly spectacular escape. |
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