Comparing Medieval Times Marriages And Buttercups

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Have you ever wondered why women didn't have a choice on who they had to marry? These are some differences and similarities between Medieval Times and Humperdinks and Buttercups weeding. I'm trying to prove the Differences between Medieval Times marriages and Buttercups and Humperdinks wedding.

In the same way Medieval Times marriages and Buttercup and Humperdinck marriages are alike because the woman didn't have a choice on who to marry. The author stats “ Women didn't have a choice as to who they had to marry and, most of the time the woman didn't even know the man before the wedding. “ This supports my evidence because it shows that women didn't have a choice as to who they had to marry in Medieval times. Buttercup didn't have a choice

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