Realism broke the tradition, partly by getting rid of the hampering formal plot, with its formal 'hero'and formal 'heroine'.
Certainly Poppy, the antically joyful heroine of “Happy-Go-Lucky,” was a radically free spirit, almost violent in her expressions of good feeling.
To Gaskell, her "dear friend" Charlotte was the heroine, with the rest of the family - eccentric Patrick, masochistic Branwell, pious Anne and violently mystical Emily - left in her shadow.
In this love story, the heroine seemed to have extraordinary strength, all difficulties will be nothing difficult.
The x-rated advertisement, for Jamieson's Raspberry ale, depicts the fairytale heroine blowing smoke rings while lying in bed with seven semi-clad dwarves.
For a shrinking and retiring person, our heroine had been liberal of her favors.
South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has delivered a eulogy at the funeral of the anti-apartheid activist, Albertina Sisulu, calling her a "national heroine".
No man is a hero to his valet; and no woman is a heroine to her children's nanny .
The heroine in the video turned out to be a 58-year-old scavenger named Chen Xianmei.
MTV’s 1991 Aeon Flux cartoon morphed into a big-budget action vehicle for Charlize Theron, who took on the wiry heroine after winning her Best Actress Oscar.
The actress ACTS the part of the heroine.
He identifies with the heroine of the novel.
