What is the opposites attract trope?
The rich heir and the street thief, the rule-follower and the rogue, the scientist and the mystic. Opposites attract works when each character's strengths fill the other's gaps — and when both change a little, not just one.
Common variations
- Class opposites
- Personality opposites
- Mortal and supernatural
What to watch out for
- One partner doing all the changing
Classic examples
- North and South (version 2) by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
