Circling Monologue: Difference between revisions

 

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== Anime and Manga ==

* In the very first episode of the animated adaption of ''[[Fate/Zero]]'', both Tohsaka Tokiomi and Kotomine Risei circle Kirei while they explain their [[Xanatos Gambit]] to him in an effort to convince him to join them. See [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7rZDAojXNY here] for an example.

 

== Literature ==

* In ''[[Who's Afraid of Beowulf?]]'' by [[Tom Holt]], the last viking king, Hrolf Earthstar circles the evil Sorcerer King before battle, determined to break his attempt to rule the world. Unusually, the mighty but doomed villain ''accepts'' the [[Last Second Chance]] given by the hero. After all, someone could have got ''killed''.

* This happens at least twice in [[Madeleine L'Engle]]'s books -- ''[[A Wind in the Door]]'' and ''[[Many Waters]]'', to be precise (although this is more of forcible-possession than monologuing, in both cases). In the latter, it's called the [[Circle of Extinction]], giving this trope its [[Renamed Tropes|former name]].