Typically it can include a romantic element, an interplay between people of different economic strata, quick and witty repartee, some form of role reversal, and a happy ending.

Throughout the evolution of goth subculture, classic romantic, gothic and horror literature has played a significant role.

Moreover, the fact that the Suda is the only source we have for the heroic role played by Herodotus, as liberator of his birthplace, is itself a good reason to doubt such a romantic account.

This role was in stark contrast to his appearance in the lighthearted romantic comedy, Picture Perfect the following year.

Her next role was in a leading role opposite Ryan Gosling in the romantic drama All Good Things ( 2010 ) in which she portrays a woman from a run-down neighborhood who goes missing.

Palin was in the cast of You've Got Mail, the Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan romantic comedy as a subplot novelist, but his role was eventually cut entirely.

After making a cameo appearance in the romantic comedy She's All That, Gellar had the starring role in Simply Irresistible, film that premiered in early 1999.

The name " Scouting " seems to have been inspired by the important and romantic role played by military scouts performing reconnaissance in the wars of the time.

The melody-dominated homophony of the classical and romantic periods relegated the trumpet to a secondary role by most major composers owing to the limitations of the natural trumpet.

In 2011, he directed and starred opposite Julia Roberts in the title role in the romantic comedy Larry Crowne.

" Time Out London stated " Weir's first romantic comedy boasts a central relationship which is tentative and hopeful, a mood beautifully realised by Depardieu ( venturing into new territory with a major English-speaking role ).

In 1992, Deneuve starred opposite Vincent Perez in the romantic drama Indochine, for which she which won a second César Award and received an Academy Award nomination as Best Actress ; Deneuve is one of the distinct few to receive an Oscar nomination for a non-English speaking role.

Mercanton offered him a silent-film role as the romantic lead in The Call of the Blood ( 1920 ).

The critics came to regard Ingres as the standard-bearer of classicism against the romantic school — a role he relished.

The study also showed that the internet plays a crucial role in most sexual and romantic experiences of adolescent users.

In 1957 he won the lead role opposite Debbie Reynolds in the romantic comedy Tammy and the Bachelor, which, as a Chicago Tribune critic wrote in 1998, made people consider Nielsen as both a dramatic actor and a handsome romantic lead.

This critically acclaimed role was a welcome change from playing the romantic heroine in a series of costume dramas.

An adapter might well have seen his role as that of a ' play doctor ' improving The Shrew – while cutting it – by stuffing it with the sort of material currently in demand in popular romantic comedies.

That Cleopatra takes on the role of male aggressor in her relationship with Antony should not be surprising ; after all, “ a culture attempting to dominate another culture will endow itself with masculine qualities and the culture it seeks to dominate with feminine ones ” -- appropriately, the queen's romantic assault is frequently imparted in a political, even militaristic fashion.

It represented, to some degree, a rejection of her own earlier romantic work as she took on the public role as chronicler of the Terror.

In 2012, she appeared in 5 episodes of the television series NCIS, playing the role of Dr. Samantha Ryan, a potential romantic interest of Special Agent Gibbs.

* Rickety Gin ( October 19, 1927 ) features Pete in a more comedic and romantic role.

With Julie London enacting the central role with husky-voiced sincerity, the longsuffering heroine is at least attractive.

Characters each spoke a different Prakrit based on their role and background ; for example, Dramili was the language of " forest-dwellers ", Sauraseni was spoken by " the heroine and her female friends ", and Avanti was spoken by " cheats and rogues ".

The film stars Renée Zellweger ( in an Academy Award nominated role ) as the eponymous heroine, Hugh Grant as Daniel Cleaver, and Colin Firth as Mark Darcy.

The role of heroine was played by Adriane Marsh an ' extra girl '.

A new speciality introduced almost as early as the actresses was the breeches role, which called for an actress to appear in male clothes ( breeches being tight-fitting knee-length pants, the standard male garment of the time ), for instance in order to play a witty heroine who disguises herself as a boy to hide, or to engage in escapades disallowed to girls.

Later, she played Thomas Hardy's heroine Bathsheba Everdene in Schlesinger's Far from the Madding Crowd ( 1967 ), and the title role, Petulia Danner, in Richard Lester's Petulia ( 1968 ) with George C. Scott.

Debt relief plays a significant role in some artworks: in the play The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare, c. 1598, the heroine pleads for debt relief ( forgiveness ) on grounds of Christian mercy.

He also thought it was time a mainstream Hollywood film had a Jewish heroine, and because Barbra Streisand was the industry's most notable Jewish star, he wrote the role of Katie Morosky for her.

In this, still another Neagle performance of a true-life British heroine, she essayed the role of the nurse who was shot by the Germans in World War I for alleged spying.

By the age of seven Daniels had her first starring role in film as the young heroine in A Common Enemy.

It wasn ’ t a role that was typical of a Hindi film heroine.

The role of Thaïs, similar to another Massenet heroine also written for Sybil Sanderson, Esclarmonde, is notoriously difficult to sing and is reserved for only the most gifted of performers.

From 1933 through 1938, Trevor starred in 29 films, often having either the lead role or the role of heroine.

This concerned experts on youth drug abuse, who feared that despite the film's bleakness and the many sordid scenes ( particularly those portraying the horrific realities of cold turkey ), vulnerable teens might regard Christiane as a cult heroine and role model.

She was also known for her role as Perdita ( heroine of Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale ) in 1779 and as the first public mistress of King George IV while he was still Prince of Wales.

But she gained popularity with playing in Florizel and Perdita, an adaptation of Shakespeare, with the role of Perdita ( heroine of Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale ) in 1779.

Vanquishing the queen represents a triumph of positive forces in the self over vain impulses " and " the active involvement of heroine in the witch's demise communicates to readers that they must take an active role in overcoming their own errant tendencies.

This struggle is made explicit when one of Duncan's roommates expounds on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland as having a " sexual-identity crisis ", then goes on to describe the structure of both Alice and The Edible Woman: " One sexual role after another is presented the heroine but she seems unable to accept any of them.

Richard subsequently found continued success as heroine and matriarch Pauline Fowler on the BBC soap opera EastEnders, a role she played from the first episode in 1985 until the character's death at Christmas 2006.

He eventually turned down the role when Sippy informed him that Sanjeev Kumar would play Veeru if that happened, and would get the heroine.

In 2008, she was given the role of the heroine in Homeroom on the Beachside, Fuji Television's Monday 9pm drama for the summer season.

After a few years of small TV jobs on All My Children and NBC's short-lived Malibu Shores, she landed her first main role as the heroine on Aaron Spelling's daytime soap opera Sunset Beach, where she played the virginal Meg Cummings.