History Literature / PanTadeusz

* MemeticBadass: Napoleon Bonaparte, for both the narrator and the protagonists. Also a result of AuthorTract.

The national [[NarrativePoem epic poem]] of both Poland and Lithuania, written by Adam Mickiewicz (1798-1855), '''Pan Tadeusz''', or [[ShortTitleLongElaborateSubtitle Pan Tadeusz, czyli Ostatni zajazd na Litwie: historia szlachecka z roku 1811 i 1812 we dwunastu ksiegach wierszem]] ("Mr. Tadeusz, or The Last Foray in Lithuania: the story of nobles from year 1811 and 1812 in twelve rhymed books"), tells us of the [[FeudingFamilies struggle between the noble families]] of Soplica and Horeszko and its dissolution, or the titular "zajazd" (which meant one nobleman raiding another's lands, a XVI-XVII century custom, not really practiced anymore in the XIX).

* GratuitousLatin: With a tendency to CanisLatinicus. Again, this is typical for Polish noblemen in XVI-XVII century. Example:

* ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption: Gerwazy thinks so - courts are so expensive and take forever, after all.

* PicnicEpisode: The mushroom hunting scene in the book III.

* [[ScrewTheWarWerePartying Screw The Raid, We're Partying!]]: Aaand then [[EnemyMine the Russians come.]] Oops.

*** Even more ironic when we realise that we have trained soldiers against a 21-year-old boy who overslept a hunt a day before (Irony taken UpToEleven: the name of their formation, the jegers, comes from a German word "Jaeger" meaning "huntsman").

* CoolOldGuy: Wojski - he's proficient at hunting, playing instruments, [[KnifeNut throwing knives]], storytelling, settling quarrels, and he's the master of ceremony at the feasts organised by the Judge.

* KnifeNut: Wojski.

* FriendlySniper: [[{{Adorkable}} Tadeusz]] in the final battle.

* BadassGrandpa: Maciej "The Rod" Dobrzyński, [[ThePatriarch the patriarch]] of Dobrzyński [[TheClan family]] is still quite fit and delivers a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to Russian soldiers during the battle.
** In 1999 adaptation he's dueling a Russian soldier after [[RuleOfCool putting his glasses on!]]

* RetiredBadass: Wojski, Gerwazy (although he does not seem [[BadassGrandpa retired]] at all) and father Robak (who's quite busy working on OccupiersOutOfOurCountry).

* AltumVidetur: With a tendency to CanisLatinicus. Again, this is typical for Polish noblemen in XVI-XVII century. Example:
-->'''Gerwazy''': ogłosić Intromisyją Hrabi do zamku, do dworu\\Sopliców, do wsi, gruntów zasianych, ugoru,\\Słowem, ''cum gais, boris et graniciebus,\\Kmetonibus, scultetis, et omnibus rebus\\Et quibusdam aliis.''

* DeathbedConfession: [[spoiler: Of Jacek Soplica to Gerwazy]], who (finally and with some hesitation) [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming forgives]].

* BadassGrandpa: Maciej "The Rod" Dobrzyński, [[ThePatriarch the patriarch]] of Dobrzyński [[TheClan family]] is still quite fit and delivers a [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown]] to Russian soldiers during the battle.

* BadassGrandpa: Maciej "The Rod" Dobrzyński, [[ThePatriarch the patriarch]] of Dobrzyński [[TheClan family]] is still quite fit and kicks Russians' ass during the battle.

* TrueArtIsAncient: The Count wants this castle because it's so gothic-looking (he's a Romantic artist).

The national [[NarrativePoem epic poem]] of both Poland and Lithuania, written by Adam Mickiewicz (1798-1855), '''Pan Tadeusz''', or [[ShortTitleLongElaborateSubtitle Pan Tadeusz, czyli Ostatni zajazd na Litwie: historia szlachecka z roku 1811 i 1812 we dwunastu ksiegach wierszem]] ("Mr. Tadeusz, or The Last Inn in Lithuania: the story of nobles from year 1811 and 1812 in twelve rhymed books"), tells us of the [[FeudingFamilies struggle between the noble families]] of Soplica and Horeszko and its dissolution, or the titular "zajazd" (which meant one nobleman raiding another's lands, a XVI-XVII century custom, not really practiced anymore in the XIX).

* GoodGuyBar: Jankiel's inn. He sells good drinks for reasonable money and plays cimbalom better than anyone (supposedly he brought ''Mazurek Dąbrowskiego'' from his travels).

The national [[NarrativePoem epic poem]] of both Poland and Lithuania, written by Adam Mickiewicz (1798-1855), '''Pan Tadeusz''', or [[ShortTitleLongElaborateSubtitle Pan Tadeusz, czyli Ostatni zajazd na Litwie: historia szlachecka z roku 1811 i 1812 we dwunastu ksiegach wierszem]], tells us of the [[FeudingFamilies struggle between the noble families]] of Soplica and Horeszko and its dissolution, or the titular "zajazd" (which meant one nobleman raiding another's lands, a XVI-XVII century custom, not really practiced anymore in the XIX).

1811, young Tadeusz Soplica comes back home just in time to witness the resolution of the quarrel his paternal uncle and the count Horeszko have about a (not so ancient) castle. He then [[LoveAtFirstSight catches a glimpse of a very pretty girl]]...

The national [[NarrativePoem epic poem]] of both Poland and Lithuania, written by Adam Mickiewicz (1798-1855), '''Pan Tadeusz''', or [[ShortTitleLongElaborateSubtitle Pan Tadeusz, czyli Ostatni zajazd na Litwie: historia szlachecka z roku 1811 i 1812 we dwunastu ksiegach wierszem]] tells us of the [[FeudingFamilies struggle between the noble families]] of Soplica and Horeszko and its dissolution, or the titular "zajazd" (which meant one nobleman raiding another's lands, a XVI-XVII century custom, not really practiced anymore in the XIX).

Written in years 1832-1832, the poem was meant to comfort the members of Polish emigration in France after the trauma of the lost November Uprising. It is set, though, before the [[UsefulNotes/TheNapoleonicWars Napoleon's Russian campaign]] (and at its beggining, a little), which was a huge surge of hope for Poland's restoration (see [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congress_of_Vienna the Other Wiki]] for more information on how that turned out for Poland), much like the Uprising was.

Gained a cult following among Polish intellectual class ("inteligencja"[[labelnote:read]]intelligentsia[[/labelnote]]), eventually becoming the CultClassic of Polish literature.

** Captain Rykov, a decent, honorable Russian officer who wants to release the raiders unpunished and later admits that Poland should belong to the Polish, to Major Płut - a Polish renegade who gleefully speaks about hanging, flogging and banishing to Syberia of the "Polish rebels".

* PutTheirHeadsTogether: The first, subtle sign of father Robak's [[{{Badass}} badassery]] is using this trope to put an end to a row between two characters (in book II).

* ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption: Gerwazy thinks so - courts are so expensive and take forever, after all.

** But keep in mind all the aristocratic titles were given by the foreign monarchs (except Lithuania due to GrandfatherClause). Actual Polish gentry valued its equality very highly (i.e. you could have been a "naked" with naught but your sabre to your name, but still take no orders from any "prince".
* TheClan: The Dobrzyński family

* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: [[spoiler: Tadeusz and Zosia]], set up by Jacek as part of his atoning (the young lady is the daughter of his [[StarCrossedLovers lost beloved]], he's been financing her upbringing.

Adapted into feature films

* AllThereInTheManual: The author wrote footnotes explaining in details many aspects of the story and describing some mentioned characters, items and events

* MilesGloriosus: The Count. He claims to have captured and executed a band of brigands in Sicily. Although he does [[LetsGetDangerous show his prowess]] while dueling with captain Rykov.

* PlanetOfSteves: The Dobrzyński family, where men are named either Bartek or Maciej. For convenience sake, they use nicknames, usually given after their cool and weird weaponry.

** Though only the Count, a regular aristocrat, could be seen as this. The other characters are either middle-class landed gentry like the Judge and Podkomorzy, impoverished gentlemen like Rejent and Asesor, "grey" gentry (gentry so poor that they lived off farming, the only difference from peasants being their title, coat of arms and the way of clothing) like the Dobrzyńskis, and finally, "naked", that is landed gentry, whose only source of income was serving wealthier lords (Gerwazy to the Horeszkos, Wojski to the Soplicas).