The plot of Love Story focuses on the heroine, complying with Radway’s requirement that a Romance plot should primarily focus on the heroine and her journey to love. Although the “Love Story” does not contain each and every required element of Radway, there are enough to surmise the lacking aspects are consequences of the length of songs.
“And my daddy said, ‘Stay away from Juliet’” – The father tells the hero to depart from the scene and “Juliet’s” life. Although this does not mean that the hero is emotionally scarred previously. We know for sure that he is now. Being told off by the father will have damaged the hero’s confidence and make him more sensitive and susceptible to change.
“And I was crying on the staircase: Begging you, please, don’t go” – The heroine’s social identity is destroyed. Her father has specifically told the hero to leave and not talk to “Juliet”, and she becomes embarrassed. Also, her feelings are completely swallowed by “Romeo” and even in her lowly status she loves him.
“Romeo save me, I’ve been feeling so alone I keep waiting for you but you never come Is this in my head? I don’t know what to think” – This scene hints towards the inexperience and nerves of the romance heroine in this plot. She is very nervous and alone in all things involving romance. She waits for the experienced and knowledgeable man. Radway uses the term “Aristocratic”, but in the modern day and age a rebellious stereotypical “bad boy” might be the easiest comparable person to this character.
“Marry me, Juliet, you’ll never have to be alone” – Hero proposes and declares his love, the necessary aspect of all Romance plots according to Radway. The heroine can be implied to be responding physically with the “Oh, oh.” Similar to Casablanca’s implied sex scene with the fading out of the scene with Rick and Ilsa present.