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Shakespeare was not only the first to use many a trope, but the first troper. That is, the first to comment on it. Some examples:
* [[Badass Beard]]
* [[Fatal Flaw]]<br />"So, oft it chances in particular men,<br />That for some vicious mole of nature in them...<br />Carrying, I say, the stamp of one defect,<br />Being nature's livery, or fortune's star,<br />Their virtues else ? be they as pure as grace,<br />As infinite as man may undergo ?<br />Shall in the general censure take corruption<br />From that particular fault." (''[[Hamlet (Theatre)|Hamlet]]'')▼
* [[Fatal Flaw]]
* [[Foregone Conclusion]]<br />Shakespeare coined the phrase, although he used it to mean the [[Inverted Trope|inverse]] and it got [[Trope Decay|trope decayed]] ("foregone" means "averted" [[You Keep Using That Word|even today]]): "But this denoted a foregone conclusion: 'Tis a shrewd doubt, though it be [[All Just a Dream|but a dream]]." (''[[Othello (Theatre)|Othello]]'')▼
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* [[Milking the Giant Cow|Hamming It Up]]<br />"Nor do not saw the air too much with your hands, but suit the action to the word, the word to the action." (''[[Hamlet (Theatre)|Hamlet]]'')▼
▲* [[Foregone Conclusion]]
{{quote|"But this denoted a foregone conclusion: 'Tis a shrewd doubt, though it be [[All Just a Dream|but a dream]]." |''[[Othello (Theatre)|Othello]]''}}
* [[MST3K Mantra]]<br />"Do not infest your mind with beating on<br />The strangeness of this business<br />(''[[The Tempest (Theatre)|The Tempest]]'')▼
* [[Milking the Giant Cow|Hamming It Up]]:
* [[Naughty Nuns]] in Measure for Measure▼
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* [[Out Damned Spot]]<br />"Out, damned spot! out, I say!" (''[[Macbeth (Theatre)|Macbeth]]'')▼
* [[Lampshade Hanging]]:
* [[Refuge in Audacity]]<br />'''Puck:''' ''If we shadows have offended<br />Think but this, and all is mended<br />That you have but slumbered here<br />While these visions did appear<br />And this weak and idle theme,<br />no more yielding, but a dream<br />take my hand, if we be friends<br />and Robin shall restore amends''' (''[[A Midsummer Nights Dream (Theatre)|A Midsummer Nights Dream]]'')▼
* [[MST3K Mantra]]:
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* [[Out, Damned Spot!]]:
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▲* [[Refuge in Audacity]]
* [[Seen It a Million Times]]:
{{quote|"How many times shall this our lofty scene be acted o'er? In states unborn and accents yet unknown".|''[[Julius Caesar (Theatre)|Julius Caesar]]''}}
* [[Show Within a Show]]: Many times.
* [[Your Mom]]<ref>Yes, Shakespeare [[Double Entendre|did your mom first.]]</ref>:
{{quote|'''Painter:''' ''Y'are a dog.''<br />'''Apemantus:''' ''Thy mother's of my generation. What's she, if I be a dog?''|''[[Timon of Athens (Theatre)|Timon of Athens]]''}}
Quite possibly the ultimate proof of the truth of this law: Shakespeare has an example of a [[Sock Puppet]] in ''[[Julius Caesar]]''. Yes, a character uses a [[Online Personas|made-up persona]] in a play set in ancient Rome and written in Elizabethan England. It's also used as an early example of [[Astroturf|Astroturfing]].
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