In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Lord Capulet wants his daughter Juliet to obey him and marry Count Paris, but what Lord Capulet doesn’t know is Juliet is already married to her true love Romeo. Getting married might not always be fun or easy, but it is a life-changing event. The types of marriages depend upon people’s culture, beliefs, and background. Arranged marriages are not seen much today, but the practice still exists in some places such as the Muslim culture. Parents should not be able to choose who their child marries because in some cases the child doesn’t know who they are getting married to, the child might feel as they have lost their rights, and the partners might be incompatible.
Arranged marriages could sometimes be harmful to the partner, such as cases of abuse because the partners don’t know who they are marrying. According to The Indianapolis Star, an Indian women who came to visit her family in Indiana, discovered her mother had picked her lifelong partner when she arrived. The Indianapolis Star says the following, “The marriage would soon turn into a violent and degrading four-month marriage. The man whom the woman was forced to marry was really abusive and demanded everything right then and there, such as round-the-clock household labor” (Indianapolis Star 1).
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“The young couple Rita and Deepak married when their parents chose their lifelong partners. They say that their marriage is great. Studies show that arranged marriages come out to be great in the long run. They also show that 40-50% of all American marriages end in divorce because they don’t always work out for the couple” (Modern Lessons from Arranged Marriages 1). Arranged marriages could be healthier for the children than regular traditional marriages because of all the parent involvement going into
There are two major types of marriages in the world, arranged and love marriages. An arranged marriage is when a partner for one of the individuals is chosen by their family, and no love is usually involved. A love marriage on the other hand is when two individuals choose to marry each other because of the love they share for each other. A successful marriage is when both individuals can love, care, trust, and are happy with each other even through the ups and downs. Even though arranged marriages have their pros such as lower suicide and teen pregnancy rates, love marriages are more successful than arranged marriages because the individuals actually love each other from the start, there is the freedom of choosing their own spouse, and there
On the other hand, personal views backed by evidence will be presented throughout this paper. On the issue of marriage Becker puts the foundations of his theory about marriage on the assumptions that almost all the marriages are voluntary and people involving in marriage see a higher utility in being married than remaining single (Becker 1974, 300). First opposition to the basis of this theory can be made so simply that not all marriages are voluntary. For instance, in India (being one of the world’s largest populations), 90% of the marriages are arranged. According to UNICEF, 48% percent of girls in South Asia are forced to be married before they turn 18 even though it is a violation of human rights and against laws.
Many parents in the world today still plan marriages for their children. For example, the members of Indian culture still practices arranged
“I’ll look to like, if looking liking move” (21). The conversation was about the arranged marriage in which Juliet don’t even know whom she is going to marry. Shakespeare demonstrates Juliet’s innocence through dialogue, metaphor and imagery. Juliet’s innocence is proven through the use of dialogue that showcasing her immaturity and obedience.
Why did Romeo and Juliet’s marriage went so wrong at the end? Maybe it's that they were not meant for each other. Maybe it's that they're family hated each other. Maybe it's because they both committed suicide. Whatever reason it was we can both agree they both weren't thinking when they were by each other and never thought about what would happen if they marry or the fact that they are total strangers.
However, today there is growing awareness of how harmful they can be, especially for young women. Arranged marriages lack the element of love and mutual consent, leading to a lack of normalcy for young women. This part of my essay will talk about the dangers of arranged marriages for young women. Firstly, arranged marriages restrict young women’s freedom of choice. In many cases, young women are forced into marriages against their will, often for the sake of financial gain or to maintain social status.
The family controversy between the Capulets and Montagues caused the death of Juliet, Tybalt, and Lady Montague. However, Shakespeare never indicated why the families never got along. Furthermore, Tybalt died, simply because he wanted to duel Romeo, and Romeo won. On the other hand, Juliet committed suicide after seeing Romeo had drunk poison. Also, after Romeo had passed, his mother, Lady Montague, had died from grief.
In India almost all weddings are arranged by parents; As Nanda mentions, “I must let my parents choose a boy for me because here we have a chance to enjoy our life and let our parents to do this work and warring for us” (479), a quote from an educated Indian girl. But in the US, American parents rarely arrange the marriage their children. Nanda compares and contrasts
In the book Romeo and Juliet, we have learned that the opinions of marriage, are different among most people. Many parents have different opinions as well. Some are willing to give their son or daughter away at a really young age. Others are more sceptical about it. These parents want to keep care of their child for as long as they can.
Adults have great influence over the young impressionable minds of children, especially as parents or parental figures. It is their responsibility to help lead and guide them down a safe, successful path. However, many misuse this power, intentionally or not, causing more harm than good. In the play, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet’s lives are ended early due to the poor choices made by two adults they’d trusted: Friar Lawrence and Juliet’s father, Capulet.
Arranged marriages are not a new concept, having been around since the ancient times, nor are they extinct in today’s world. The general idea behind it is guaranteeing the parents’ choice of a spouse for their children and they take into account multiple variables when choosing a potential mate for their children. “The Family” by Alessandra Strozzi reveals the behind the scenes of a proposed arranged marriage in the Italian Renaissance. While today, it seems silly to Western civilizations to have arranged marriages, doing so in that period was common. Whether it was for convenience, power or just simply keeping up the prestige of the family, we know of these types of marriages occurred through these documents.
In Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, the young couple gets married when Juliet is fourteen years old. In the fifteen century, during Romeo and Juliet’s time, marriage at a young age was extremely common, whereas in modern times many people get married close to thirty. Age is not the only wedding custom that differs today. Unlike the fifteenth century, in today’s society people are able to marry anyone they choose, people marry for much different reasons, and what is expected from the couple’s families have changed. Romeo and Juliet shows that marriage in the fifteenth century is between a man and women, and must be approved by the two families coming together in matrimony.
In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Lord Capulet, Juliet’s father, decides that no matter what Juliet says she has to marry Paris even though she’s already married to the love of her life, Romeo. Getting married for a young person is the biggest life-changing event of their life and an important decision. The type of marriage a person has is mainly based on culture. Arranged marriages have evolved over time and are still in use today for certain people. Arranged marriage from the parents of a child is a bad idea because it may turn into a money pit for both spouses, it may restart old family feuds from the past, and it is unfair for a child not to be able to pick their own spouse to marry.
Romeo & Juliet is a classic story but still despite the timeless feel of the story it is hard to comprehend in this time period. This stems for the fact that the story of Romeo & Juliet takes place in 1300’s where things were very different both culturally and socially. Culturally people did not get a divorce because they were not only married in the eyes of the law they were also married in the eyes of God. They also did not marry for love they married for advantage for example like gaining more wealth or power. This is seen in Romeo and Juliet when Paris comes in the middle of the night to the house of Juliet to ask for her hand in marriage despite having previously being rejected a Juliet’s coming out party not even a week before.
In Romeo and Juliet act 2 they about to secretly marry(after less than a week of knowing each other, that annoys me to absolutely no end) its for shadowed that things are gonna go south. The fact that they'ed try to marry after less than a week of knowing each other is already a horrible idea. Not counting they didn't try to build up support in their clans for they're marriage, the marriage itself is a bad idea. I can tell you how bad of a story Romeo and Juliet would be if it was made during modern times. It wouldn't even be a month before it was trashed.