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    marriage, whether they would be well-treated or ill-treated. I also acknowledge that girls’ marriages were used as peace treaties and agreements, that their marriages were arranged and happened in an early age. However, the information about the maturity and protection of the girls and wardship are irrelevant to my topic. The three articles altogether contributed sufficient information on my topic of the marriage of a noble woman in High to Late Medieval France, having one emphasizes in the popularity

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    Arranged Marriage in Romeo and Juliet In Romeo and Juliet, Lord Capulet arranges a marriage between Juliet and Paris despite Juliet’s opposition to the marriage and her previous marriage to Romeo. The reason that arranged marriages are so controversial is because they take a life changing decision and and allow it to be influenced by things like wealth and greed. Therefore, parents should not force their children into arranged marriages because they give the bride and groom no choice in who they

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    Marriage is considered to be an institution in which people commit to spend a lifetime together. People across the world can seek love through arranged marriages or through love marriages but the concept of spending a lifetime with your companion remains the same in each. There are different customs and traditions that are followed in different societal set-ups. For instance, arranged marriages is a common practice done in Japan. Parents feel as if their child have no consent in deciding who they

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    Be it resolved, arranged marriages do work for many, however arranged marriages is not a healthy way of life for the majority of young couples today. According to the oxford dictionary an arranged marriage is, “A marriage planned and agreed by the families and or guardians of the bride and groom who have little to no say in the matter themselves.” In my perspective arranged marriages can lead to different kinds of abuse weather it be physical or emotional, women becoming domestic slaves, and ultimately

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    An arranged marriage is a commitment involving two people agreed upon by other individuals, typically both sets of parents. This is not to be confused with a forced marriage, where the parents put together an arrangement involving their kids, without them having a say in it. In Anjula Razdan’s “What’s Love got to do with it?” she discusses the reasons on why our methods of seeking a partner do not work; this includes focusing on our emotions and pleasures, which often result in divorce. Furthermore

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    Marriage is the supposed “vow of love”, that roots stem from traditional and oppressive gender roles. In the older days, men would head the entanglement and the women followed behind, leaving substantial room for incorrect ideas of partnership to fill the couples’ values. Many men and women still marry today but, more younger generations are realizing that it is not necessary to live a successful life with your partner. With the newer ideas of feminism circulating many women are realizing that it

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    Arranged Marriage vs. Free-choice Marriage"Happy marriages begin when we marry the ones we love, and they blossom when we love the ones we marry" (Tom Mullen, 2005, p.1). It is argued that free-choice marriages based on love or romance, offer more independence and freedom as compared to arranged marriages where the man and woman are chosen by the parents and so there is pressure and is not so suitable and independent. However, no marriage is necessarily an ideal sort of marriage. Therefore, it becomes

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    An ugly, inhuman, act like forced marriage has been practiced throughout history for centuries in one way or another; men and women, especially women, were forced into marriages by their parents, guardians, authorities or rulers for various reasons, and they went through inexplicable sufferings. Up until the late 18th century and early 19th century, when the literary and intellectual movement of romanticism presented new and progressive ideas about love marriage and which started to gain acceptance

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    February 28, 2017 Forced Arranged Marriage It was a bit difficulty for me to choose a topic for this assignment as I had many in my mind. At the end I decided to write on forced arranged marriage after I came across a news article that one of my friends sent to me. The news article, which was published on the news-press.com, talked about how a 13 years old Florida girl was married to a man and it was not a love marriage but an arranged marriage. The girls wedding was arranged by her parents when she

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    Marriage has always had one meaning from the beginning of time, which is a union between a man and a woman. However, more recently this definition has been changed to a marriage between two people no matter what their gender is. There are many opinions on marriage which can be seen in the scripture, the YOUCAT, in society, as well as in modern movies. These all have different point of views which portray marriage very differently. The scripture is very clear on the roles of men and women in a marriage

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