Marriage Topics

It is said that the family molds a person. Hence in everything an individual does he or she reflects the other members of his or her family. It is believed so because it is in the family where one first learns to speak, to think, and to act. It is where one is first taught with life’s values, morals, and...

Marriage is an inevitable stage of our life. However, people debate over the pros and cons of early marriage and late marriage. Some people get married early just because of their environment and culture. Some have to marry their partner due to pregnancy or other social issues. In some parts of the world,...

“True love doesn’t have a happy ending because true love never ends. ” The story “Wedding Dance”, written by Amador Daguio, tells us how a human normally acts in dealing with the beliefs and traditions that evolved in the society. Cultural norms have always been used as an excuse to control the behavior of...

Awiyao and Lumnay, the major characters in Amador Daguio’s short story, Wedding Dance, a long married couple from the mountain tribes. Awiyao, who in spite of being in love with his wife, Lumnay, feels the need to marry another woman in order to have a son. A child who will continue his bloodline to live in...

Section I

Legalization of Same-Sex Marriages

When the Framers of the Declaration of Independence wrote “…all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and The Pursuit of Happiness”, did they...

Once upon a time, there was huge kingdom in the place of Argentina. There live a king and a queen who where blessed by a fairy with a very beautiful daughter, who was named Rhianna. She was very known for her stunning beauty and great intelligence. Because of these characteristics of her, princes from...

Long time ago, women status in China is very low class because men think women is not strong enough, so women just only have to do the house work, take care the kids, cooking and do the laundry. And men can go outside work. In china, men status is higher than the women, and women have to listen the men. Even...

Zora Neale Hurston has come to be regarded as an experienced writer in both African American literature and women's literature, for her use of literary elements such as symbolism, motifs and imagery. One of Hurston’s most celebrated novels is Their Eyes Were Watching God, in which she uses many examples of...

Nichole and I met in August 2008 and instantly fell in love. I have been married twice before; however, this was a completely different kind of love. She and I were friends through and through and could talk about anything. After dating for a few months I believed she was the one for me. I began thinking of...

In today's society and culture we are surrounded by people telling us that we can find happiness by having sex at any time we feel like it. This message is displayed in the media through television, internet, music, movies, video games, and more. People will try to convince you and say "Just try it and...

Honor in marriage is a state of holding supreme levels of respect and self-respect for one self and one another. Honor is earned through esteemed behaviour, benevolent and just conduct, courage and integrity. In both “A Doll’s House” by Henrik Ibsen and Medea by Euripides, the author shows the significance...

Thomas Middleton wrote A Chaste Maid in Cheapside in 1610, which unlike his other plays it was performed in front of a large popular audience. Middleton’s play was considered to be a daring play because of it strongly satirized religion hypocrisy. Middleton takes the sanctity of marriage and creates four...

Abstract

The 1950s was regarded as a watershed in the history of marriage in North America. From 1947 to the early 1960s, an increasing number of Americans started asserting more independence in the realm of matrimony. As a result, the nuclear family emerged. Fewer dependents allowed the nuclear family to...

In Kate Chopin’s “The Storm,” we see a multitude of literary themes. The most important among those is her use of local color. This short story was written in the late nineteenth century at a time when women were to be seen, not heard. Chopin had a different outlook on life and it showed in her writing....

Thesis: Gay marriage has a major impact on today’s society, in regards to its legality, how future generations will be affected, and how it will affect the institution of marriage in the future. Topic Description: Gay marriage is one of the most controversial yet sensitive topics that have been discussed...

“Do you hereby take… as your lawfully wedded husband/wife… to have and to hold.. to honour and to cherish… in sickness and in health? ” This question is posed to couples throughout the world who have decided to take a solemn and permanent vow of marriage. These couples are aware of the implications of...

As time passes, a lot of things change. Speaking about those things, we can broadly categorize them into two groups: values and technology. In my opinion, it is necessary to analyze them separately. The first group, namely values, includes such aspects as moral standards, viewpoints and preferences. Firstly,...

Just as we all know, life is not a bed of roses. Things do not work as smoothly as we expect them to. Sometime, we often change ways, make compromises, stand stubbornly and let things fall apart. Marriage is the most beautiful relationship that happens to everyone at some point of time. Life is the way we...

Key characters in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice are affiliated with misconstrued opinions of them by fellow members of the society, naturally due to their first impressions. Whether they may be shallow opinions or opinions which highly regard one’s character; it is safe to say that their impressions are...

In the play “A Doll's House” by Henrik Ibsen, a women named Nora struggles with lies, marriage, and the forever long journey of finding herself. It was a great step for feminism in the time period and caused quite the commotion. Critics at the time, mostly men, tore it to shreds because of the independent...

Labeled as the father of modern short story and of modern play, Anton Pavlovich Chekov wrote the short story “The Grasshopper”, an ingredient to his collection of critically-acclaimed writings. During the golden time of his career, 1886-1887, he began writing stories that demonstrate his ability to render...

Evaluating Adultery

Bonnie Steinbock in her essay “What’s Wrong with Adultery?” starts by quoting the data from studies to show that the number of women who have committed adultery has significantly increased. Despite this increase in female adultery, it is in some degree due to the attitudes changing...

If members of the church that I served for more than three decades were told I would be writing an article in defense of marriage, they wouldn't believe it. My reputation was that when people came to me for counsel about getting married, I tried to talk them out of it. More about that later. We are now in...

Have you ever had what you love taken away from you? What did you want to do about it? In “Lamb to the Slaughter”, Roald Dahl gave an example of what love will do to someone if it is taken away. Love is a powerful feeling and key element to irony, conflict, and foreshadowing in “Lamb to the Slaughter”.
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