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* [[Adaptational Attractiveness]]: In the movie, Ellen Olenska is played by Michelle Pfeiffer. However at several points in the book, she is described as unattractive, although the perception of her looks seems dependent on Newland Archer's feelings towards
* [[Adaptation Dye Job]]: In the book, the "perfect" May is repeatedly described as blonde and blue-eyed, but in the movie, she is played by the dark-haired Winona Ryder. Similarly, the family outcast Ellen is dark-haired, but played by the blonde Michelle Pfeiffer.
* [[Anti-Hero]]: {{spoiler|Newland Archer}} is arguably a Type One.
* [[At the Opera Tonight]]: The film's opening scenes, where Ellen returns to New York society and she and Archer, happily engaged to May, meet. Later in the film, they meet at a play whose plot mirrors their situation. And towards the end, the now-married May and Newland attend. This is the most significant scene for several
* [[Batman Gambit]]: {{spoiler|The way [[Magnificent Bastard|May]] gets rid of Ellen.}}
* [[Betty and Veronica]]: The love triangle between May (The Betty), Newland Archer, and Ellen (The Veronica). He loves Ellen, but May gets him.
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* [[Domestic Abuse]]: It's strongly hinted that Ellen's husband, Count Olenski, was abusive and unfaithful to her.
* [[Double Standard]]: Played with. New York's high society shuns Ellen for leaving her husband, even as they condemn his behavior that led to this. Also, at least two characters who are unfaithful to their wives condemn another character for his infidelity, because his mistress isn't of the proper social class.
* [[The Ghost]]: Ellen's husband, Count Olenski, who is frequently referred to but never seen. A few other characters as
** Ellen herself, at the end, who is never seen again after the final dinner at Newland and May's, though she's often alluded to.
** May also, aside from a few brief flashes in the montage covering the subsequent 20-something years afterwards. In fact, she's a literal example of this trope, as [[The Narrator]] informs us that she died at some point during this time.
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* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: May comes across as vapid, clueless, and superficial, but as the story progresses, it's hinted that she's known all along about Newland's feelings for Ellen, and finally confirmed with the stunt she pulls to get rid of Ellen once and for all.
* [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]: May suspects Newland has feelings for someone else (though she doesn't know it's Ellen) and offers to release him from their engagement. Ellen gets a familial version when she cuts all ties to Newland and returns to Europe, after May tells her she's pregnant.
* [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic]]: The book is ''teeming'' with examples. The "perfect" May is blonde and blue-eyed, the "bad girl" Ellen is dark-haired, and is often described as wearing pink or
* [[Your Cheating Heart]]: The heart of the story is Ellen and Archer's emotional affair. The irony is that everyone in New York society, including his wife, believes the relationship is physical as well, the one things they have either refrained from or been unable to achieve. And earlier in the story, we learn Ellen left her husband because he was unfaithful to her (it's implied his lovers included men as well as women) and that she herself fled into the arms of another man. And several characters are revealed to have mistresses.
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