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50 Shades of Love – Popular Tropes in Romantic Fiction

50 Shades of Love – Popular Tropes in Romantic Fiction

A romance story always involves the same thing – two characters falling in love (and making readers fall for the pair as well). But the way these stories are written differs greatly. One pair may go from hating each other to falling in love, while the other may be childhood friends still pining for each other. This difference is precisely what the literary world refers to as tropes. A trope is a blueprint for the actions that will help move the characters’ stories forward. While it is present in almost every genre, the romance tropes are more familiar and well-known…
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