“You can’t rush something you want to last forever” (Unknown). In the Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare, there are a various amount of themes which still relate to today’s society. Some of the topics being identity and deception, gender roles, and sibling rivalry. One theme that is focused on is courtship and dating, which plays a big part in the story’s plot. In Taming it is demonstrated that dating makes up an essential part of courtship, which was shown through the characters’ relationships and values of marriage.
Even though dating didn’t exist during the time period, it still holds true that courtship needs another stage before a marriage should occur in order for it to be successful. In the play, Baptista, the father of the two …show more content…
Online dating has revolutionized the way people meet and even get married. People can now meet other people that have the same interests, which is more efficient and time saving. While this is true, Amy Loudon, a social media manager argues that online dating has “truly left behind traditional values of courting and matchmaking” (Loudon). Online dating can be seen as a negative addition to our system, but when compared to arranged marriages they aren’t as bad because you usually are matched with people who are like you, unlike other people choosing for you. Although there are other negative things that come with online dating such as catfishing, endless searching, and unreliability, it still has the core of normal dating of meeting and building a relationship, even if most of it is done on the internet. One the other hand, Cynthia David, a recently married woman who used eHarmony, tells us her story about how she “was having a hard time managing my time, with work, family, and [her] social life”(David). Dating online has changed many people’s lives who handle a busy lifestyle, and will continue to help single men and women find love. Overall online dating has taken over this century 's dating system, there will always be traditional dating, and online dating is there for the people who can’t find the time to search for their true …show more content…
Courtship started with parental control, where their kids had no chance to pick who they married and couldn’t really build a relationship. It wasn’t until 100 years ago when dating came to existent, which we added to our system of marriage. Then recently internet dating was created, and people could now meet people without having to spend as much time going out. With all this change in such little time, it is scary to think what else could change in the coming years. It is argued that that . It is argued that courtship could not be what it is today without dating, and I would have to agree, because dating is a key part of building relationships today and has been proven that people who date longer have a more likely rate of staying together happily. Even though online dating is also starting to be an essential part of dating for young people, I disagreed with experts who say online dating is better, because it does take away from traditional dating and removes the other experiences from meeting people outside of the
Even though dating didn’t exist during the time period, it still holds true that courtship needs another stage before a marriage should occur in order for it to be successful. In the play, Baptista, the father of the two …show more content…
Online dating has revolutionized the way people meet and even get married. People can now meet other people that have the same interests, which is more efficient and time saving. While this is true, Amy Loudon, a social media manager argues that online dating has “truly left behind traditional values of courting and matchmaking” (Loudon). Online dating can be seen as a negative addition to our system, but when compared to arranged marriages they aren’t as bad because you usually are matched with people who are like you, unlike other people choosing for you. Although there are other negative things that come with online dating such as catfishing, endless searching, and unreliability, it still has the core of normal dating of meeting and building a relationship, even if most of it is done on the internet. One the other hand, Cynthia David, a recently married woman who used eHarmony, tells us her story about how she “was having a hard time managing my time, with work, family, and [her] social life”(David). Dating online has changed many people’s lives who handle a busy lifestyle, and will continue to help single men and women find love. Overall online dating has taken over this century 's dating system, there will always be traditional dating, and online dating is there for the people who can’t find the time to search for their true …show more content…
Courtship started with parental control, where their kids had no chance to pick who they married and couldn’t really build a relationship. It wasn’t until 100 years ago when dating came to existent, which we added to our system of marriage. Then recently internet dating was created, and people could now meet people without having to spend as much time going out. With all this change in such little time, it is scary to think what else could change in the coming years. It is argued that that . It is argued that courtship could not be what it is today without dating, and I would have to agree, because dating is a key part of building relationships today and has been proven that people who date longer have a more likely rate of staying together happily. Even though online dating is also starting to be an essential part of dating for young people, I disagreed with experts who say online dating is better, because it does take away from traditional dating and removes the other experiences from meeting people outside of the