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    idea of a companionate marriage. The novel does not support a companionate marriage because it involves characters marrying for the economic realities of marriage and for the benefit of their social class rather than for love and equality. Marriage in the novel can be seen as more than the act of falling in love and making the most serious commitment in one`s life. It requires characters to enter a legal contract, not just for the economic realities that come with a marriage but because society…

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    During this semester of the class “Sex and Dating” we had discussed a variety of topics which include chastity and abstinence, pornagraphy, cohabitation, dignity and respect, love marriage, family, dating, and lastly two movies, “Groundhog Day” and “The Emperor 's Club.” With all of these topics comes a huge debate from the teachings of the church to the stance if the people. The discussions that we have had in class based on these topics have really influenced the classes thought process about…

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    In the canterbury tales by Geoffrey Chaucer marriage is a very important topic. Most of the tales mainly focus on marriage, and also focuses on how a women should be in marriage. However the tales focus more on women 's role in marriage, not men. In most of the tale the men do no wrong, and they will not be judge. But women like the wife of bath, who had five husbands, is judge and is wanted by society. In the middle ages women are likely to be judge on their actions. Women were suppose to be…

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    In Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, Olivia, a noble woman in the land of Illyria, is sought after for marriage by more people than any other character in the play. Even with multiple choices for a husband, she still ends up dissatisfied with love. Some of these men who seek her hand in marriage range from servant to nobles just like her, but not one of them can satisfy her. Even though love is one of the most central themes in the play, Olivia still cannot find a two way relationship. She can…

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    distress or love. This made me become more familiar of pieces of literature like Jane Eyre from Charlotte Bronte, The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton and poems like What thing is love from George Peele. Each of their styles of writing were different, but despite their prominent differences I also began to realize their similarities the more that I was exposed to them. I noticed that a common component that these authors had was that they were trying to express what it meant to be in love to…

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    “Whats Love Got To Do With It”? A legendary song of the twentieth century and a well-fit slogan for the eighteenth century. Looking into the roots of our ancestors and the maltreatment of love has made me think of the recent generations definition of love and also the meaning of marriage. Today’s meaning of marriage include a deep and profound love between two people. Surprisingly it was nothing of what I had imagined. I always watched the movies where the daughter or son was basically given to…

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    health, to love and to cherish, till death do us part, according to God’s holy ordinance; and thereto I pledge thee my faith [or] pledge myself to you.” Catholic Wedding Vows Catholic wedding vows are similar to protestant vows. They include promising to work through the good and the bad, stay committed for rich and for poorer and both parties pledge themselves to the marriage until death. The main purpose is establishing both permanency and faithfulness in a way that displays mutual love.…

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    This is revealed prior to his failed wedding when he is conversing with Jaques. He replies to Jaques’s questioning of his marriage by saying, “As the ox hath his bow, sir… so man hath his desires…” (3.3, 56-58). Thus, his love is transcending societal boundaries, and is based solely off of his animalistic desire for sex. His rational for getting married in the woods and not officially in a church also plays in to his motive for marrying her. “I am not in the mind but I were better to be married…

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    regarding his position on gay marriage. He states, “Having been nurtured in the Christian faith from childhood and having served a lifetime as an ordained Baptist minister, I feel obligated first to address the religious controversy concerning the nature of marriage” (Moody 146). Understandably, Moody has the skills and training necessary to be a valid source on the subject of gay marriage. As a minister, one is granted the privilege to have the authority on marriage. Moody feels that even…

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    and losing sight of the bigger picture. For 18th century woman wealth was the main goal reached only through marriage. With wealth came privilege, credibility and even stability. All things that weren’t guaranteed without a marriage proposal given by a prosperous man. Marriages during this time were considered based on economic and social backgrounds rather than compatibility. Why fall in love when money could take all your worries away? Money stood as a huge factor in the future of woman…

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