Arranged marriage

Through the essays, “Us and Them”, “Matrimony with a Proper Stranger”, “An Indian Father’s Plea”, and “Dave Barry Does Japan”, the authors prove that a person’s culture informs the way he or she views others and the world through traditions, marriage, education, and communication. The way a person views the world can have a lot to do with their culture, and cultural background. Tradition for example, can have a major impact on the way someone views the world around them. In the essay “Us and…

religious and worship multiple gods and reincarnation. Women aren’t always treated equally (“Froiland”). Many of the Ibo people farm. Their main cash crop is yam (“Fourie”). The Ibos practice arranged marriage and polygamy. Sometimes a man can request to marry a woman, or their families arrange their marriage. Most marriages aren’t meant for loving your spouse (“Refworld”). Polygamy is also called polygyny. This is when more than one woman can be married to a man at one time. Some ethnicities…

because Pakistani couples that one of them is a non-citizen are not allowed to live in Denmark right away. Many of these Pakistani couples have an arranged marriage often to someone they are already related to in some form, “Zagib…had married Sara, his paternal cousin, in Pakistan in 2004.” (PG.91) But if the spouse is not a Denmark citizen it makes the marriage difficult because the other non-citizen spouse may not become a citizen right away. So many couples have thought about moving to…

Introduction What is culture? It the knowledge and characteristics of certain groups of people which are defined by language, food, music, art, social habits and religion. In this essay, marriage practices of three different cultures will be discussed. The first marriage practice will be from the Indian culture. I chose this specific culture as I love the bright colours and it is very different from my own culture. The second will be a Greek wedding as this is my own culture therefore I can…

adapting in the different time periods, or changing completely. During Elizabethan times, marriages were arranged so that both families would benefit from the relationship. The age at which it was deemed legal for a person to get married has drastically changed as time has passed. Love was not a huge factor in a marriage, and a bride was required to give the groom and his family a dowry. After their marriage she would have to live her life subordinate to her husband, but before the actual…

century are quite different than what would have taken place in the time of Romeo and Juliet. Marriage has changed tremendously since Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet; arranged marriage has vanished, marriage customs have changed, and how much goes into preparing a wedding. In the fifteenth century most marriages were arranged by parents or relatives not by marriage. The purpose of arranged marriage was to transfer land and ownership or peace treaty between two families or groups. Now the…

Under Hypergamy marriage, the women marry a person from equal or higher social status, higher education and higher caste. Hypogamy marriage is nothing but, a man marries a woman from higher caste, higher status and higher education than himself. Here, after marriage woman gets husband’s caste and status. This helps them to lead a prosperous life. The offspring’s have better opportunities. Isogamy: Marriage occurs mostly among different sex that is hetero sexual unions, but marriage can be…

Lensey Namioka, the young Ailin’s marriage is arranged when she is only five years old. The two stories are culturally different, but aspects make the stories similar such as the idea that the parents just want what’s best for their daughters, even if that isn’t what they want, arranged marriages, and choosing to leave your comfortable…

unhappily married women in it but in others they are excused for the same thing because of their circumstances. The woman in Yonec represents a social reality that was prevalent in the twelfth century among the noble and high bourgeoisie. Marriages were frequently arranged by parents for social ties or money benefits within these classes. In these two lays Marie de France leaves no uncertainty that the women have not married by choice. Their husbands are old and jealous and have gone as far…

The cost of marriage One of the major reasons that couples wait until they are older to get married in today’s society is because marriage is a financial responsibility. “Marriage itself was regarded as much more than an agreement to live together. The laws and financial arrangements attached to it show that Mesopotamian society intended marriages to involve lifelong commitments.” (Wenham, 7) It is very interesting to learn that marriage had a cost in those days. Prior to this paper I…