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* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]: Sir Toby Belch, from ''[[Twelfth Night]]''; guy can use a sword pretty well for someone who's always drunk.
* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]: Sir Toby Belch, from ''[[Twelfth Night]]''; guy can use a sword pretty well for someone who's always drunk.
* [[Cain and Abel]]: Occurs in:
** ''[[Hamlet]]'', an essential part of the plot, Claudius murdering Hamlet's father to usurp the throne of Denmark.
** Twice in ''[[As You Like It]]'', with Oswald and Oliver fighting over their inheritance, and the rivalry between Frederick and Senior; in both cases, the pair of brothers reconcile.
** In ''[[King Lear]]'', Edmund manipulates his father into thinking his half-brother Edgar is plotting against him. Also, the rivalry between scheming sisters Goneril and Regan and Cordelia, the one honest sibling. It ends badly for all of them.
** The rivalry between Don Pedro, the prince of Aragon and his illegitimate half-brother Don John in ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]''.
** Prospero in ''[[The Tempest]]'', the rightful Duke of Milan, deposed and exiled by his evil brother Antonio.
* [[Exact Words]]: The Bard ''loved'' this Trope. To give one example, from ''[[Twelfth Night]]'':
* [[Exact Words]]: The Bard ''loved'' this Trope. To give one example, from ''[[Twelfth Night]]'':
{{quote|'''Viola:''' Save thee, friend, and thy music. Dost thou live by thy tabour?
{{quote|'''Viola:''' Save thee, friend, and thy music. Dost thou live by thy tabour?
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