Comparing Marriage In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

With a wide bright smile he gets down on one knee and asks for your hand in marriage. Without thinking twice you say no. You say no because you just met this man three days ago. The man instantly frowns because the woman he thought he loved just turned him down. Today in society woman are able to make choices depending on how they feel. Marriage is now about love. It's about choice. No one could say that you had to marry someone or you couldn't marry a certain person. Your father and the community had no choice in who you marry. In the past a father would choose who their daughter marries. A son had a bit more of a choice but they couldn’t marry anyone that would make their status worse. Meaning they can’t marry anyone below them. Marriage was never an individual choice. Their is proof in this because marriage was never legally binded it was just accepted by society, the community needs to approve of the marriage, the community was always a huge part of the marriage. …show more content…
It was just accepted by society. In Romeo and Juliet only the nurse and friar lawrence knew about it. This means that since only two people knew about it it may not be categorized as a binding marriage. Also since Juliet's father never approved of it or talked to Romeo it may not be a marriage and Juliet may have to marry someone else. This means it was never Juliet's decision to marry Romeo because her father never approved of Romeo which means it's not her individual choice. Nowadays the man does not have to get permission from his future wife's father, but it is respectful to do so. Society does not have to accept the marriage in today's time