Mistaken for An Impostor: Difference between revisions

* In [[G. K. Chesterton]]'s ''The Man Who Was Thursday'', an actor named Wilks decided to parody "the celebrated Professor de Worms". He was too good and completely succeeded in convincing all and sundry that he was the genuine article. {{spoiler|Then the police recruited him, because the professor was an anarchist, and they needed someone to infiltrate.}}

{{quote|''Before I could fully recover, however, two or three of these admirers ran up to me radiating indignation, and told me that a public insult had been put upon me in the next room. I inquired its nature. It seemed that an impertinent fellow had dressed himself up as a preposterous parody of myself.''}}

* The Shirley Jackson short story ''Louisa, Please Come Home'' concerns a nineteen-year-old girl who runs away from home and returns three years later only to find that she [[You Can't Go Home Again|Can't Go Home Again]]. Because her family thinks she's an impostor after the reward money. [[Dramatic Irony]] ensues.

* A disloyal subordinate uses this against Tuon after Tuon's accidental abduction in ''[[The Wheel of Time]]'' - Suroth spreads rumors among the troops that some traitor is out in the countryside impersonating Tuon, and should be killed on sight. {{spoiler|Since Mat keeps Tuon safe until her loyal bodyguard corps can return her to the capitol, it goes very badly for Suroth.}}

 

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