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* The song "The Plagues" is epic as it is, but when you listen to the lyrics, it doubles as a heartbreaker, with Moses practically begging Ramses to free the slaves in order to stop the chaos.

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* The song "The Plagues" is epic as it is, but when you listen to the lyrics, it doubles as a heartbreaker, with Moses practically begging Ramses Rameses to free the slaves in order to stop the chaos.
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'''Moses:''' Statues cracking and toppling over. The Nile drying up. [[BeCarefulWhatYouSay Single-handedly, you will manage to bring the greatest kingdom on Earth to ruin]].

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'''Moses:''' Statues cracking and toppling over. The Nile drying up. [[BeCarefulWhatYouSay [[{{Foreshadowing}} Single-handedly, you will manage to bring the greatest kingdom on Earth to ruin]].
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*** If one reads between the lines infant/child mortality rates back then were quite high even among royals so when God said that he will smite all the firstborn he's not so much referring to those of the first birth but the eldest surviving child. Imagine the heartache of an Egyptian couple who's lost all but one of their children to injury, sickness, accident, or just natural causes only for the sole survivor to be taken from them by a silent killer in the night.

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*** If one reads between the lines lines, infant/child mortality rates back then were quite high even among royals royals, so when God said that he will smite all the firstborn he's not so much referring to those of the first birth but the eldest surviving child. Imagine the heartache of an Egyptian couple who's lost all but one of their children to injury, sickness, accident, or just natural causes only for the sole survivor to be taken from them by a silent killer in the night.
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*** Making the wailing even worse is the fact that if you listen closely, you can hear what sounds like ''children'' crying, as well. More than likely the younger siblings of the now deceased firstborn children.
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** Furthermore, this scene shows that Moses is just as emotionally tortured by the plagues as Ramses. After all, Egypt is his home... Well, ''was'' his home...

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** Furthermore, this scene shows that Moses is just as emotionally tortured by the plagues as Ramses.Rameses. After all, Egypt is his home... Well, ''was'' his home...



* "The Queen's Reprise" of "All I Ever Wanted". So much love packed into so few lines. Contrasted with Moses's confusion and desperation, and with our knowledge of what's coming up, it's heartbreaking.

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* "The Queen's Reprise" of "All I Ever Wanted". So much love packed into so few lines. Contrasted with Moses's Moses' confusion and desperation, and with our knowledge of what's coming up, it's heartbreaking.



* Moses's nightmare involving him witnessing the Pharaoh sending soldiers to slaughter thousands of Hebrew babies, and after the CatapultNightmare, Moses sees the carvings on the wall and realizes to his horror ''it's all true''.

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* Moses's Moses' nightmare involving him witnessing the Pharaoh sending soldiers to slaughter thousands of Hebrew babies, and after the CatapultNightmare, Moses sees the carvings on the wall and realizes to his horror ''it's all true''.



---> '''Seti''': Moses, sometimes, for the greater good, sacrifices must be made.

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---> '''Seti''': --->'''Seti:''' Moses, sometimes, for the greater good, sacrifices must be made.



*** Watch Seti's facial expression during this three-second period: Seti's face goes from being that of a man trying to figure out how to explain to his son why he commanded such a horrific act...to the look of a Pharaoh trying to regain his composure...in the span of a second. Seti may be a human whose heart may hurt at the gravity of what he allowed...but he also seems to be trying to maintain the very lessons he pressures Ramses with...to be confident and final with their decisions, without a hint of remorse or second-guessing oneself...likely similarly to how Seti himself had been pressured and taught. If true, then his attempt at remaining composed is still INCREDIBLY strained...

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*** Watch Seti's facial expression during this three-second period: Seti's face goes from being that of a man trying to figure out how to explain to his son why he commanded such a horrific act...to the look of a Pharaoh trying to regain his composure...in the span of a second. Seti may be a human whose heart may hurt at the gravity of what he allowed...but he also seems to be trying to maintain the very lessons he pressures Ramses Rameses with...to be confident and final with their decisions, without a hint of remorse or second-guessing oneself...likely similarly to how Seti himself had been pressured and taught. If true, then his attempt at remaining composed is still INCREDIBLY strained...



* Ramses's ultimate fate: his kingdom is in ruins, his beloved son is dead, and so are all of his soldiers. He's ultimately left alone with apparently no one to help him. While at that point he might have lost some sympathy by ordering all the Hebrews, Moses included, to be killed, you can't help to feel sorry for him, especially considering that he lost everything he had; even Moses shows some sympathy as he bids farewell to Rameses one last time like this:
--> '''Moses''': (to a defeated Rameses who screams out his name) ....goodbye, brother.

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* Ramses's Rameses' ultimate fate: his kingdom is in ruins, his beloved son is dead, and so are all of his soldiers. He's ultimately left alone with apparently no one to help him. While at that point he might have lost some sympathy by ordering all the Hebrews, Moses included, to be killed, you can't help to feel sorry for him, especially considering that he lost everything he had; even Moses shows some sympathy as he bids farewell to Rameses one last time like this:
--> '''Moses''': -->'''Moses:''' (to a defeated Rameses who screams out his name) ....goodbye, brother.

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