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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The historical king Agilulf never killed himself. His queen never went crazy. Theodelinda/Teudelinga ''was'' however 15 years younger than he was, and had been married to the former Lombard king as the play states. In RealLife, Agilulf reigned peacefully for 25 years, and was married to his queen all the way. They had two children, Adaloald who succeeded him, and Gundeberga, a daughter. The play would historically have taken place in the year of his death, 616, but Teudelinga would by then have been [[GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave 46 years of age]], and her son would have been 14 years old. The play has exaggerated the age difference between the king and the queen considerably. The royal children are AdaptedOut, not reckoned to be essential to the Boccaccio story.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The historical king Agilulf never killed himself. His queen never went crazy. Theodelinda/Teudelinga ''was'' however 15 years younger than he was, and had been married to the former Lombard king as the play states. In RealLife, Agilulf reigned peacefully for 25 years, and was married to his queen all the way. They had two children, Adaloald who succeeded him, and Gundeberga, a daughter. The play would historically have taken place in the year of his death, 616, but Teudelinga would by then have been [[GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave 46 years of age]], age, and her son would have been 14 years old. The play has exaggerated the age difference between the king and the queen considerably. The royal children are AdaptedOut, not reckoned to be essential to the Boccaccio story.
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* ButtMonkey: Guido. The other servants treat him that way from the very beginning, and the nobles harass him even worse later on. When he eventually stabs himself to death, said nobles just shrug it off, going in for another drink.
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* ButtMonkey: Guido. The other servants treat him that way from the very beginning, and the nobles harass him even worse later on. When he eventually stabs himself to death, said nobles just shrug it off, going in for another drink. Lampshaded by the king, who ''actually'' calls him a "monkey" a number of times.
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* AlcoholHic: Several of the lombard vassals entering the drinking party. Most outstanding is the duke of Ravenna, lampshaded several times.
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** In the last act, the king laments that even Guido was better than he.
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* DespairSpeech: Agilulf has a long one in the last act, not being able to shake off Guido´s Death. He delivers it ''while drunk''.
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* DrowningMySorrows: Agilulf has tried this at the beginning of the last act.
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* SuddenlySober: Momentarily so. When the Queen stomps the Falcon to Death, the Bishop of Siena sobers up in horror. Agilulf goes through the same thing earlier on.
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* HeelRealization: Agilulf in the last act, when he understands he is responsible for alienating his Queen. He lapses into a ThousandYardStare on the spot.
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* LargeHam: You wanna play the titular character? Go on, and prepare youself for a ''massive'' scenery chewing. On the female side you have Teudelinga, a good number two.
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* StepfordSmiler: Agilulf - it is actually written into the stage directions. The Queen has her moments as well.
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* LoveEpiphany: The Queen takes the point in the Third act.
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* NotReallyListeningToMeAreYou: The Queen tries really hard to get Agilulf to listen, to no avail, until she almost screams "get Your head out of the clouds dammit!" in his face.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Agilulf could have avoided a lot of misunderstandings if he had paid more attention to his wife.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Agilulf could have avoided a lot of misunderstandings if he had paid more attention to his wife.
* SanitySlippage: Both Agilulf ''and'' Teudelinga come the last act.
* ShipperOnDeck: Agilulf tries to pair up Beppo and Fosca, while the Queen does her absolute best to obstruct it, all in one scene.
* ShipperOnDeck: Agilulf tries to pair up Beppo and Fosca, while the Queen does her absolute best to obstruct it, all in one scene.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We know a number of characters are dead at the end of the play, but the queen is absent. Actually, she just closed herself in her chamber after making sure Fosca would comply to the bishop's wishes. Her last line, followed by an EvilLaugh, is something like "the blood of young hearts is spilled in the castle". Ouch.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We know a number of characters are dead at the end of the play, but the queen is absent. Actually, she just closed herself in her chamber after making sure Fosca would comply to the bishop's wishes. Her last line, followed by an EvilLaugh, is something like "the blood of young hearts is spilled in the castle". Ouch.Ouch.
* WomanScorned: The Queen in the last act of the play lampshades herself as the poster girl for this trope, going batshit after being ignored by the King for most of the play. She then turns from a fairly ingenue-like character to a crossover between LadyMacbeth and Theatre/{{Medea}}. The consequences are, of course, disastrous.
* WomanScorned: The Queen in the last act of the play lampshades herself as the poster girl for this trope, going batshit after being ignored by the King for most of the play. She then turns from a fairly ingenue-like character to a crossover between LadyMacbeth and Theatre/{{Medea}}. The consequences are, of course, disastrous.
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* Then there is the existence of ''oranges'', cultivated in Italy ninehundred years after the actual story took Place.
* ButtMonkey: Guido. The other servants treat him that way from the very beginning, and the nobles harass him even worse later on. When he eventually stabs himself to death, said nobles just shrug it off, going in for another drink.
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* DirtyOldMan: The bishop who is last seen alive ''dragging'' Fosca with her.
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* DirtyOldMan: The bishop of Siena, who is last seen alive ''dragging'' Fosca with her.
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Agilulf uses a cuople of pages complaining about his nephew Authari, who always had his way with the women, while he himself feels as a "monk" in comparison. It is understandable that he takes a cuckolding pretty hard. Queen Teudelinga has some similar complexes regarding her sister Edelrid, who was destined to be Agilulf´s bride, but died before anything could happen.
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Agilulf uses a cuople couple of pages complaining about his nephew Authari, who always had his way with the women, while he himself feels as a "monk" in comparison. It is understandable that he takes a cuckolding pretty hard. Queen Teudelinga has some similar complexes regarding her sister Edelrid, who was destined to be Agilulf´s bride, but died before anything could happen.
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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Guido loves the queen who doesn't love him back. Fosca loves Guido who doesn't care much about her. The queen cares for the king who gradually gets more distant.
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* AnimalMotifs: The Falcon, the bear, and the horses. The latter is Connected to desire and urging, the Falcon likewise, but also to poetic oversight (Guido´s in particular), and the bear is a symbol of the grumpiness in the old king.
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* GrumpyOldMan: Agilulf.
