List of last words in fiction
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Occasionally fictional characters' dying words are so widely repeated that the phrase has a life of its own.
phrase | character | author | fictional work | notes |
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"Et tu, Brute?" | Julius Caesar | William Shakespeare | Julius Caesar (play) | |
"Rosebud" | Charles Foster Kane | Orson Welles | Citizen Kane |
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"All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die." | Roy Batty | Ridley Scott | Blade Runner |
References
- ↑ Robert Lawrence Antus (Spring 2006). ""The Et Tu Brute Complex" compulsive self betrayal". Gale Online. https://go.gale.com/ps/anonymous?id=GALE%7CA144717433&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=abs&issn=00340510&p=AONE&sw=w. Retrieved 2020-08-26. "Caesar is surprised that Brutus is among the senators in the Roman Forum who are stabbing him. Brutus, a best friend, has become a worst enemy, and Brutus' cut is the cruelest blow of them all."
- ↑ Gunter Wolf; Stuart J. Shankland (2003). "p27Kip1: The “Rosebud” of Diabetic Nephropathy?". Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 14: 819–822. https://jasn.asnjournals.org/content/jnephrol/14/3/819.full.pdf. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
- ↑ Ray Merlock; Kathy Merlock Jackson (September 2006). "Leaving Rosebud, Leaving the Valley: Vestiges of Childhood in Two Classic Films from 1941". The Journal of American Culture 29 (3): pp. 296-306. https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/47602110/j.1542-734x.2006.00372.x20160728-31146-vpwm8.pdf?1469738263=&response-content-disposition=inline%3B+filename%3DLeaving_Rosebud_Leaving_the_Valley_Vesti.pdf&Expires=1598576463&Signature=J60aewPWkmb5v8~zvLifLoSLmJ-bYLMC1ezVSpEkLDX7oi9rJqCmp0iJh1~pe6RqyCMqBiJdHHIsUgumrjz7kbQSMeck0NAN32A37Ih5vptILZAWJ8zd5CP-dhWxt-AzU5Blu01Al-JCpPoNTpzJpTlg5Tz4iZPE5cR1gzIDUjWWKyE086B6yNOly562fEoYP-mx5XRf9RSTLVCQrbiR-29MUoAo24nzbJ9MrzKYh82xNgN12gkbYb~FmJCxvVfe6v-yvRXiJMFpXH6PG~q5gj0~Ven4iqiF2SuDSx9P22oaeWFIQ-fpj0mBvp3KF0Fzuh7pd0hmqFQ7jMCXZbWSjg__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZA. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
- ↑ Nathan Ditum (2009-06-06). "The 50 Greatest Simpsons Movie References: Smart and funny riffs on classic cinema moments...". Total Film magazine. Archived from the original on 2009-06-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20090622154107/http://www.totalfilm.com/features/the-50-greatest-simpsons-movie-references/page:13. Retrieved 2020-08-26. "The name is the giveaway, and the whole plot cribs smartly from Kane..."
- ↑ Jude Rogers (2016-01-21). "The final mysteries of David Bowie's Blackstar – Elvis, Crowley and 'the villa of Ormen'". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jan/21/final-mysteries-david-bowie-blackstar-elvis-crowley-villa-of-ormen. Retrieved 2019-02-24.
- ↑ Gilmore, Mikal (2012-02-02). "David Bowie: How Ziggy Stardust Fell to Earth". Rolling Stone magazine. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/david-bowie-how-ziggy-stardust-fell-to-earth-183340/#ixzz3xKmR59dw. Retrieved February 24, 2019.
- ↑ Paul Trynka (2011). David Bowie: Starman. Little, Brown and Company. p. 397. ISBN 978-0316032254. https://books.google.com/?id=51THbRlGpUQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=9780316032254#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
- ↑ "Listen to Keira Knightley & Director Tony Scott Talk ‘Domino’". Movieweb. 2005-10-13. https://movieweb.com/listen-to-keira-knightley-director-tony-scott-talk-domino/.
- ↑ Ryan Gilbey (2019-07-25). "Rutger Hauer obituary". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/jul/25/rutger-hauer-obituary. Retrieved 2019-11-24.