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=== ''The Good Earth'' contains the following tropes: === |
=== ''The Good Earth'' contains the following tropes: === |
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* [[Arranged Marriage]] |
* [[Arranged Marriage]] |
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* [[Homage]]: The last part of the story, to ''[[King Lear]]''. As a [[Shout |
* [[Homage]]: The last part of the story, to ''[[King Lear]]''. As a [[Shout-Out]], Wang Lung consistently refers to his mentally impaired daughter (the only child he winds up caring for in the end) as his "poor fool", a quote from Lear about Cordelia ("My poor fool is hang'd"). |
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* [[Impoverished Patrician]]: The House of Hwang, which is forced to sell most of their properties to Wang Lung |
* [[Impoverished Patrician]]: The House of Hwang, which is forced to sell most of their properties to Wang Lung |
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* [[Jerkass]]: Wang Lung to variable degrees, particularly his treatment of O-Lan. Actually, most of the characters could fall under this trope, |
* [[Jerkass]]: Wang Lung to variable degrees, particularly his treatment of O-Lan. Actually, most of the characters could fall under this trope, |
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* [[Shaming the Mob]]: O-Lan manages to disperse an angry, starving mob who try to steal food from the equally poor and starving Wang Lung household. |
* [[Shaming the Mob]]: O-Lan manages to disperse an angry, starving mob who try to steal food from the equally poor and starving Wang Lung household. |
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* [[The Disease That Shall Not Be Named]]: O-Lan's illness, likely cancer. |
* [[The Disease That Shall Not Be Named]]: O-Lan's illness, likely cancer. |
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* [[Unto Us a Son and Daughter Are Born]]: The twins. |
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* [[Wife Husbandry]]: Wang Lung and Pear Blossom |
* [[Wife Husbandry]]: Wang Lung and Pear Blossom |
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* [[Yellowface]]: The Chinese characters were played by white actors. Chinese American actress Annas May Wong wanted to play O-Lan; however, she was not allowed to play Paul Muni's wife, due to the [[Hays Code]]'s anti-miscegenation rule. |
* [[Yellowface]]: The Chinese characters were played by white actors. Chinese American actress Annas May Wong wanted to play O-Lan; however, she was not allowed to play Paul Muni's wife, due to the [[Hays Code]]'s anti-miscegenation rule. |