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A problem play by [[
The A plot, which provides the play name, is a romance-- Troilus, a brave warrior and prince of Troy, is desperately in love with Cressida. She returns his feelings, but is playing hard to get. Troilus uses Cressida's scatterbrained uncle, Pandarus, as a go-between; as a result, Pandarus spends most of the play singing Troilus' praises (and making bawdy jokes). Eventually, Troilus woos her and they consummate their relationship. However, Cressida's father, who defected to the Greeks, exchanges her for a Trojan soldier, and so the lovers are separated. Troilus asks her to be faithful, and gives her a love token (sleeve) to remember him by. He can't bear to be apart from her, though, so when everyone gathers for a duel between the two sides (see below), he goes to visit her. He discovers, however, that she has been seduced by Diomedes, a Greek warrior. In an extended scene, he and Ulysses watch secretly as she betrays him. Infuriated, Troilus decides to kill some Greeks, yells at Pandarus, and leaves the old man wondering what he did wrong.
The B plot is more serious, and concerns the war, borrowing heavily from [[
An odd thing about ''Troilus and Cressida'' is that it doesn't end so much as stop. The drama between Troilus and Cressida, which is built up through the entire play, is never resolved; Troilus just storms off stage, and the play ends. Also, in defiance of Shakespeare's other tragedies, Troilus doesn't die at the end. The jarring juxtaposition between the political B plot and the romantic A plot is equally notable.
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* [[Achilles in His Tent]]: Literally.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Achilles does not take kindly to Patroclus' death.
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* [[Character Exaggeration]]
* [[Character Filibuster]]: If Ulysses is speaking, there's a good chance it's going to be a two-page speech.
* [[Darker and Edgier]]: Could be considered this for ''[[
* [[Doing
* [[Dumb Muscle]]: Ajax, whose lines tend to come in the form of short, uncomplicated prose exclamations. He would rather resort to violence than speech. Thersites mocks him mercilessly for it in their first scene.
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* [[Love Triangle]]
* [[Mood Whiplash]]: The romantic plot between Troilus and Cressida, which is busting with sexual puns, and the serious story about war between the Greeks and Trojans.
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* [[Sexual Extortion]]: Related to [[Questionable Consent]], Diomedes basically gives Cressida the choice of being his woman or everyone's woman.
* [[Shout-Out]]: To Marlowe
* [[What You Are in
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