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''Les Liaisons dangereuses'' is an 18th century [[Epistolary Novel]] by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, adapted as a stage play by the same name and as the 1988 film ''Dangerous Liaisons''. It was adapted the very next year as the film ''Valmont'' and later updated in 1999 to a modern high school as ''[[Cruel Intentions]]''.
''Les Liaisons dangereuses'' is an 18th century [[Epistolary Novel]] by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, adapted as a stage play by the same name and as the 1988 film ''Dangerous Liaisons''. It was adapted the very next year as the film ''Valmont'' and later updated in 1999 to a modern high school as ''[[Cruel Intentions]]''.


The story follows wealthy aristocrats engaged in a malicious bet involving sexual conquests, revenge, manipulation, seduction, and love in the sophisticated, and decadent atmosphere of 18th century French high society.
The story follows wealthy aristocrats engaged in a malicious bet involving sexual conquests, revenge, manipulation, seduction, and love in the sophisticated, and decadent atmosphere of 18th century French high society.
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* [[Alliteration]]: The main characters are the Vicomte de Valmont and the Marquise de Merteuil.
* [[Alliteration]]: The main characters are the Vicomte de Valmont and the Marquise de Merteuil.
* [[All Women Are Prudes]]: Zig-zagged- it's implied that all the "virtuous" women are at best indifferent, but Tourvel is something of a grey area.
* [[All Women Are Prudes]]: Zig-zagged- it's implied that all the "virtuous" women are at best indifferent, but Tourvel is something of a grey area.
* [[Arranged Marriage]]: Cecile's mother has one planned for her.
* [[Arranged Marriage]]: Cecile's mother has one planned for her.
* [[The Bet]]
* [[The Bet]]{{context}}
* [[Break the Haughty]]: {{spoiler|Merteuil in the end.}}
* [[Break the Haughty]]: {{spoiler|Merteuil in the end.}}
* [[Byronic Hero]]: Tourvel and Volanges certainly consider Valmont to be this
* [[Byronic Hero]]: Tourvel and Volanges certainly consider Valmont to be this.
* [[Convenient Miscarriage]]: {{spoiler|Cecile's.}}
* [[Convenient Miscarriage]]: {{spoiler|Cecile's.}}
* [[Corrupt the Cutie]]: Cecile.
* [[Corrupt the Cutie]]: Cecile.
* [[Costume Porn]]
* [[Costume Porn]]
* [[Death by Despair]]: {{spoiler|Tourvel}}
* [[Death by Despair]]: {{spoiler|Tourvel}}.
* [[Death Equals Redemption]]: It's only {{spoiler|as he's dying that Valmont does something good.}}
* [[Death Equals Redemption]]: It's only {{spoiler|as he's dying that Valmont does something good.}}
* [[Double Standard]]: The novel makes much of the inherent unfairness in the way women's and men's reputations are affected by sexual rumors.
* [[Double Standard]]: The novel makes much of the inherent unfairness in the way women's and men's reputations are affected by sexual rumors.
* [[Duel of Seduction]]
* [[Duel of Seduction]]
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* [[Epistolary Novel]]: Though the film has the characters meeting and discussing things they write in the book, it still retains a lot of letter writing. Often with original substitutes for a desk.
* [[Epistolary Novel]]: Though the film has the characters meeting and discussing things they write in the book, it still retains a lot of letter writing. Often with original substitutes for a desk.
* [[Idle Rich]]: Virtually all of the cast.
* [[Idle Rich]]: Virtually all of the cast.
* [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness]]: Merteuil fakes this extremely well, pretty much out of necessity. (Keeping up a not just good but absolutely unassailable reputation is the only way to ensure that anyone spreading rumors about what she's ''really'' up to won't be believed.)
* [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness]]: Merteuil fakes this extremely well, pretty much out of necessity (keeping up a not just good but absolutely unassailable reputation is the only way to ensure that anyone spreading rumors about what she's ''really'' up to won't be believed).
* [[The Ingenue]]: Cecile. So very much.
* [[The Ingenue]]: Cecile. So very much.
* [[Ladykiller in Love]]: Valmont, though he is so jaded he doesn't notice he is in love until it's pointed out to him.
* [[Ladykiller in Love]]: Valmont, though he is so jaded he doesn't notice he is in love until it's pointed out to him.
* [[Literary Agent Hypothesis]]: Laclos uses the framing device that he discovered the journals and is publishing them, and comments on how [[Moral Guardians]] likely object but he is publishing them for a moral purpose (namely that people like Valmont and Merteuil are [[Do Not Do This Cool Thing|bad and others should avoid being taken in by someone like them]])
* [[Literary Agent Hypothesis]]: Laclos uses the framing device that he discovered the journals and is publishing them, and comments on how [[Moral Guardians]] likely object but he is publishing them for a moral purpose (namely that people like Valmont and Merteuil are [[Do Not Do This Cool Thing|bad and others should avoid being taken in by someone like them]]).
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: Valmont but especially Merteuil, the [[Trope Codifier]] for [[Manipulative Bitch]]. A proto-feminist letter argues that there was no other other way for a woman to get ahead and live the life she wanted in the 18th century.
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: Valmont but especially Merteuil, the [[Trope Codifier]] for [[Manipulative Bitch]]. A proto-feminist letter argues that there was no other other way for a woman to get ahead and live the life she wanted in the 18th century.
* [[The Masochism Tango]]: Valmont and Merteuil {{spoiler|take this to its logical extreme with Valmont's death as a direct result of Merteuil's manipulation of Danceny, shortly followed by Merteuil's humiliation by ''Valmont's'' manipulation of Danceny.}}
* [[The Masochism Tango]]: Valmont and Merteuil {{spoiler|take this to its logical extreme with Valmont's death as a direct result of Merteuil's manipulation of Danceny, shortly followed by Merteuil's humiliation by ''Valmont's'' manipulation of Danceny.}}
* [[Nature Adores a Virgin]]: Played straight with Madame do Tourvel, inverted with Cecile.
* [[Nature Adores a Virgin]]: Played straight with Madame do Tourvel, inverted with Cecile.
* [[Not Himself]]
* [[Not Himself]]
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* [[Sliding Scale of Shiny Versus Gritty]]
* [[Sliding Scale of Shiny Versus Gritty]]
* [[Snow Means Death]]
* [[Snow Means Death]]
* [[Stepford Smiler]]: Catherine/de Merteuil is very much type C
* [[Stepford Smiler]]: Catherine/de Merteuil is very much type C.
* [[This Means War]]
* [[This Means War]]
* [[Title Drop]]
* [[Title Drop]]
* [[Unholy Matrimony]]: Valmont and Merteuil
* [[Unholy Matrimony]]: Valmont and Merteuil.
* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: {{spoiler|When Merteuil learns of Valmont's death}}
* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: {{spoiler|When Merteuil learns of Valmont's death}}.
* [[Villain Protagonist|Villain Protagonists]]
* [[Villain Protagonist|Villain Protagonists]]
* [[Virginity Makes You Stupid]]
* [[Virginity Makes You Stupid]]
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[[Category:Classic Literature]]
[[Category:Literature of the 18th century]]
[[Category:Academy Award]]
[[Category:Academy Award]]
[[Category:Films of the 1980s]]
[[Category:Films of the 1980s]]
[[Category:Dangerous Liaisons]]
[[Category:Dangerous Liaisons]]
[[Category:Literature]]
[[Category:Literature]]
[[Category:Films Based on Novels]]
[[Category:French Literature]]
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[[Category:Film]]

Latest revision as of 00:50, 29 April 2021

Les Liaisons dangereuses is an 18th century Epistolary Novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, adapted as a stage play by the same name and as the 1988 film Dangerous Liaisons. It was adapted the very next year as the film Valmont and later updated in 1999 to a modern high school as Cruel Intentions.

The story follows wealthy aristocrats engaged in a malicious bet involving sexual conquests, revenge, manipulation, seduction, and love in the sophisticated, and decadent atmosphere of 18th century French high society.

Tropes used in Dangerous Liaisons include:
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