Basic Trope: A relationship hits a roadblock because of issues with the bride's dowry.
- Straight: Emilie and Edward are madly in love, but Emilie's family can't afford a dowry that satisfies Edward's family.
- Exaggerated: ???
- Downplayed: ???
- Justified:
- Emilie and Edward live in a time period where dowries are part of the norm.
- Edward's family disapproves of the marriage for whatever reason but won't openly say so, preferring to use the dowry issue to both find an excuse to veto it as well as maintain their "asking price" for Edward's hand in marriage to a family who can afford it.
- Inverted: Emilie's family raises her dowry so Edward will want to marry her.
- Subverted:
- When Edward proclaims that the dowry doesn't matter to him, Emilie's family reveals themselves to be Secretly Wealthy. They wanted to make sure their future son-in-law wasn't pursuing their beloved daughter for the dowry and happily produces a generous dowry for the lovebirds...
- During one of their clandestine meetups, Emilie worries about her lack of a dowry, but it is never brought up again and the two marry with no issues...
- Double Subverted: ???
- ...A month before the wedding, Emilie's family loses all their money, so it's a problem issue again.
- ...Until it turns out Edward's mother despises her for not bringing money or resources into her marriage with Edward.
- Parodied: ???
- Zig-Zagged: ???
- Averted: Dowries are not mentioned as obstacles to a relationship.
- Enforced: The editors think that Emilie is just hanging around being Edward's girlfriend, so they insist that the dowry she mentions become a focal plot point.
- Lampshaded: ???
- Invoked: Alice sets Emilie up with Edward knowing Emilie's family couldn't afford an acceptable dowry if the two would ever want to get married.
- Exploited: The villain tempts Emilie with resources to afford a dowry.
- Defied: Edward says he doesn't want to be one of those romantic leads that worry about dowries, he's marrying Emilie no matter what his family thinks!
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
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