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of a place to live; the emotional security of being in a relationship and the material security of having access to financial means. I am unsure how the heroine can get power with subordination unless it is emotional power over the male. Generally, the heroine of romance fiction would be seen as the opposite to feminist role models; the heroine being the victim of the story. Feminist role models are seen to be independent women who control their own lives.
staurants or unexpected places and would fall in love and get marry with him. Unlike this, Bridget’s mother brings her to parties which can meet unmarried single men but she doesn’t impose marriage. She concerned about Bridget’s physical age. Bridget can choose her suitable husband without a financial problem.
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That it is an expression of female unrest and dissatisfaction with contemporary society, particularly female/male relationships and gender roles.
That women who are involved mostly in domestic work use their reading time to resist the demands constantly put on them in their patriarchally-defined role.
That romantic fiction asserts the ‘female values of love and personal interaction to the males values of competition and public achievement.’
That the readers’ familiarity with the plot gives her an assurance of her own ability to understand both texts and human behaviour.
That the violence coded into these texts as sexual desire ‘innoculates’ readers against violence they encounter in their own lives.
That the ending of the romance is a utopian projection which expresses a critical evaluation of the contemporary patriarchal order.
Romance fiction is not only talk about love story but issue about desire and success of women in modern society. Many women, especially

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