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From that particular fault."

|''[[Hamlet]]''}}

* [[Black Comedy]]: The gravedigger scene in ''[[Hamlet]]''. Plus the protagonist's explanation of what he did with Polonius' body:

{{quote|'''Claudius:''' Now Hamlet, where is Polonius?

'''Hamlet:''' At supper.

'''Claudius:''' At supper! Where?

'''Hamlet:''' Not where he eats, but where he is eaten: a certain convocation of politic worms are e'en at him.

* [[Foregone Conclusion]]: 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]]):

{{quote|"But this denoted a foregone conclusion: 'Tis a shrewd doubt, though it be [[All Just a Dream|but a dream]]."

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The good is oft interred with their bones.”

|''[[Julius Caesar (theatre)|Julius Caesar]]''}}

* [[No Man of Woman Born]]: ''[[Macbeth]]'' is the Trope Namer; the prophecy of the Weird Sisters says "No Man of Woman Born" can harm Macbeth, but MacDuff was "untimely ripped" from his mother's womb (as in, born via Caesarian) and was thus not "born" the regular way.

** Which means this Trope applies well to [[Prophecy Twist]] as well.

* [[Out, Damned Spot!]]: Well, of course, as it's the [[Trope Namer]]:

{{quote|"Out, damned spot! out, I say!"