The woman's face was marked with grief.

The grieving woman was consoled by her friends.

I say that, for thousands of years, women have lived, exemplified, met in intimacy, the archetype of Avalokitesvara, of Kuan Yin, she who perceives the cries of suffering in the world.

The two men are tossing her back and forth over the course of the main series, each trying to keep and take possession of the 'Damsel Ball'.

But what about modern games? Has anything changed in the past 10 years?

Time cured her of her sorrow.

The hero's fight to retrieve his stolen 'property' then provides lazy justification for the actual gameplay.

She abandoned herself to grief.

Unlike Peach, Zelda is not completely defined by her role as Ganondorf's perpetual kidnap victim and in a few later games, she even rides the line between Damsel and Sidekick.

For I account your loss as my loss, and your grief as my own.

He was the agent of her grief.

We didn't notice her sorrow.

Great was the sorrow of her parents.

His talk distracted her from grief.

She bore her sorrow well.

I heard a woman scream.

To slay the dragon use the magic sword.

Grief drove her mad.

The sad story came home to her.

The girl was overcome with grief.

The girl was struck with grief.

And these women,

She is a woman of singular beauty.

ROMEO Bid a sick man in sadness make his will,

Very interesting. Lots to read.

Okay, the lady in red... guess.

Her sadness was written all over her face.

Grief has silvered her hair.

I saw sorrow's print upon her face.

The woman is reading.

She kept her sorrow in her bosom.

This brings us to the other famous Nintendo princess.

This brings us to one of the core reasons why the trope is so problematic and pernicious for women's representations.

She mourned over the death of her only son.

Her anger gave way to sorrow.

Her grief expressed itself in tears.

I couldn't find a teacher.

They all came together.

I didn't want to go I love my life.

signs of their anger ... and signs of their grief.

Twinged in sadness.

An end to sorrow, grief...

The lady looked sad, also tired.

She spent her later life with a hidden sorrow.

Her heart broke when her husband died.