Imagine a character who just committed a bank robbery, and before entering his house, he puts on a doctor’s coat and a stethoscope, and joins his family at the dining table. Right away, you are invested, aren’t you?I get butterflies in my stomach every time I see a character living two lives on screen. Because my brain is already firing off a list of hot questions — “Who are they? How long have they been doing this? Why are they doing this? How long are they going to keep doing this?”Today, we’re going to be talking about one of the most popular and risky tropes — the “Double Life” trope.What is a “Double Life” Trope?A double life trope consists of characters who maintain two separate or parallel identities. One of them is a fabricated lie that they live to get their goals done.Leading double lives is often accompanied by a conflicting nature between them — one can be moral, and the other immoral, or one can be a regular life, while the other is exciting. Only then does the trope become interesting enough to watch the characters carry the facade while hiding it from others.The reason the double life trope works so well is that characters will go to great lengths to ensure their worlds, real and unreal, do not collide with each other. Stakes are high — if they don’t keep them separate, they risk getting caught. 'Dexter' Credit: Showtime Why the Double Life Trope is Popular 1. When...
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