The Zeroth Law of Trope Examples: Difference between revisions

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Line 8: 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: * [[Adaptation Expansion]]: ''[[As You Like It]]'' is adapted from Thomas Lodge's novella ''[[Rosalynde]]'', having an expanded cast and plot. * [[Badass Beard]] {{quote\|"He that hath a beard is more than a youth, and he that hath no beard is less than a man;" Line 22 ⟶ 23: '''Feste:''' No, sir, I live by the church. '''Viola:''' Art thou a churchman? '''Feste:''' No such matter, sir. I do live by the church; for I do live at my house, and my house doth stand by the church.}}<ref>For anyone who does not "get" the joke, Feste is saying his house is next door to the church, thus he "lives by the church.</ref>}} * [[Fatal Flaw]] {{quote\|"So, oft it chances in particular men,

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