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* [[Language of Magic]]: Hebrew, apparently.
* [[Literal Genie]]: Implied -- the Golem follows orders, but little seems to grasp their sense.
* [[Load -Bearing Hero]]: The Golem's great moment.
* [[Love Triangle]]: Both Florian and the Famulus love -- or at least covet -- Miriam.
* [[Mad ScientistsScientist's Beautiful Daughter]]: Played with. The learned Rabbi's only child, beautiful Miriam, falls promptly in a forbidden love with the Christian knight Florian. However, Florian is not exactly a hero, and the romance is cut short by {{spoiler|Florian's death.}} Also, the Rabbi is neither mad nor evil, even though his creation runs out of control.
* [[Mars Needs Women]]: The Golem appears momentarily enraptured by Miriam, but loses interest soon.
* [[Mundane Utility]]: The Rabbi claims that the Golem's aim is to save the Jews, but the first task we see that stupendous achievement of the occult arts do is chopping wood.
* [[Non -Malicious Monster]]: Even though the Rabbi's book purports that the Golem will inevitably turn evil, at closer watch he seems not so much evil but just misunderstood, clumsy, and unable to comprehend the world around him.
* [[Open Says Me]]: The Golem breaks open both the door to Miriam's room and in the end, {{spoiler|the Ghetto gate.}}
* [[Pivotal Wakeup]]: Interestingly, the Golem does this when the Famulus wakes him (minus the coffin).
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* [[Rooftop Confrontation]]: Between the Golem and Knight Florian.
* [[Shout Out]]: Astaroth is [[Ars Goetia]] demon #29.
* [[Sliding Scale of Anti -Villains]]: The Golem is a type IV -- he is not actually evil, [[Woobie|just dumb, misused, and resentful of being deactivated.]]
* [[SorcerersSorcerer's Apprentice Plot]]: The Famulus unwisely reviving the Golem.
* [[Speech Bubble]]: The magic word -- {{smallcaps|aemaet}} -- appears as a writing hovering in the air in front of the demon's mouth.
* [[The Speechless]]: The Golem, faithful to traditional Golem lore.
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* [[Tome of Eldritch Lore|Tomes Of Eldritch Lore]]: The books that teach the Rabbi how to create the Golem.
* [[Turned Against Their Masters|Turned Against His Masters]]: The Golem does not like being deactivated.
* [[Unspoken Plan Guarantee]]: The Rabbi [[Step Three: Profit|never explained how the Golem was supposed to save the Jews]], and the Golem eventually fulfilling this task appears more like a result of random events. This leaves room for three interpretations:
** the Rabbi [[Indy Ploy|had no real plan in mind when he created the Golem]];
** the Rabbi knew that the Golem was [[The Chosen One|destined by fate]] to ''somehow'' save the Jews; or
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* [[Urban Segregation]]: The Ghetto. The massive gate is always closed, and anyone passing in or out of the Ghetto is a cumbersome procedure each time. See Reality Subtext.
* [[What a Drag]]: Poor Miriam is dragged through the streets by her pigtails.
* [[What Measure Is a Non -Human?]] The Rabbi has no qualms about turning the Golem on and off at his will, and ultimately, destroying it. The Golem eventually takes offense at it.
* [[Wizard Beard]]: The Rabbi again. Also, his hair would pass as [[Einstein Hair]], had the trope existed at the time.
* [[Words of Power]]: {{smallcaps|Aemaet}}.
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