Essay on Love and Marriage in Gallant's The Other Paris

A marriage proposal is an occasion where one person in a relationship asks for the other's hand in marriage. Overtime, marriage proposals have changed in virtually all cultures. In the 1800s, marriage was more for social gain or monetary gain. However, marriage for love wasn’t unknown. William Collins proposal to Elizabeth Bennet in Jane Austen’s novel, Pride and Prejudice and Bradley Headstone’s proposal to Lizzie Hexam in Charles Dickens's’ Our Mutual Friend are perfect examples of two different types of marriage proposals that may have been giving during the 1800s. Analyzing Mr. Headstones and Mr. Collins’ techniques and the language used in their proposals reveal the weaknesses and strengths of their proposals.

In these passages of marriage proposals the speakers address a different variety of approaches in a proposing marriage to his proposed. What the speakers use for the rhetorical devices in these passages are arguments, and diction. In the Jane Austen passage the reverend delivers a point of view that is more for convenience, while in the passage of Charles Dickens he distributes a type of view for passion. Mr. Collins who is speaking in Jane Austen’s passage has a tone that appears to be overconfident. He makes it seem in the passage that he supposes his cousin will say yes to the proposal even though he is not interested in her.

While the lustful lover of Marvell’s poem also bases his “love” on physical beauty, the speaker in Herrick’s poem neither condones nor condemns this societal standard, but simply acknowledges its existence. Because he realizes beauty plays a huge role in society’s standards for marriage, he urges the virgins he addresses to “go marry” (14). He explains that they “may for ever tarry” if they do not marry “when youth and blood are warmer” and they are in their “prime” (16,10,15). After all, who wants to marry some gnarly old woman?

Women are taught from a young age that marriage is the end all be all in happiness, in the short story “The Story of An Hour” by Kate Chopin and the drama “Poof!” by Lynn Nottage, we learn that it is not always the case. Mrs. Mallard from “The Story of an Hour” and Loureen from “Poof!” are different characteristically, story-wise, and time-wise, but share a similar plight. Two women tied down to men whom they no longer love and a life they no longer feel is theirs. Unlike widows in happy marriages Loureen and Mrs., Mallard discover newfound freedom in their respective husband’s deaths. Both stories explore stereotypical housewives who serve their husbands with un-stereotypical reactions to their husband’s deaths.

In both Judy Brady’s “I want a wife” and Rebecca Curtis’s “Twenty Grand,” the reader is given a glimpse into the lives of two families living in different worlds but sharing many similar situations. Both families in the two-story show the environment that they are living in. Through the author’s use of irony, repetition, and tone, it becomes clear that I feel more sympathy for the mother in the story “Twenty Grand”.

Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” and Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Birthmark” examine the complex relationship between a husband and wife. The two works take two different approaches to convey the same message: Marriage is not a fairytale, it requires sacrifice and unselfish behavior in order to work. Relationships are difficult to begin and harder to maintain. Mr. and Mrs. Mallard and Aylmer and Georgiana are two relationships that shatter the surreal perception of marriage and expose readers to the raw truth, marriage is not a fairytale.

Gallant’s use of sarcasm establishes narrative voice, and it turn provides social commentary on the shallowness of modern marriages. Gallant states that “From a series of helpful college lectures, she [Carol] learned that a common interest, such as a liking for Irish Setters, was the true basis for happiness,... Similar economic backgrounds, financial security, belonging to the same church - these were the pillars of the married union.” Gallant uses sarcasm to convey that these college lectures were not helpful at all. In fact, the college lectures - a symbol for society - spouts absurd facts about happiness in a marriage.

“That Old Cape Magic” by Richard Russo elaborates the main theme of marriage and professional choices. The book gives a clear demonstration of marriage, family and various ties that bind the two together. This is illustrated through the lead character middle-aged Jack Griffin, a professor and a frustrated scriptwriter at the New England College who has been married for over 30 years. “That Old Cape Magic” is a novel story that openly employs readers to be wary and careful of all that they wish for in life. This paper, therefore, seeks to analyze the theme of Marriage and professional choices in the novel.

A young woman, Hannah, is soon to be married to William Drew of Isle of Wight County. Her family has been planning the wedding for years, and preparing her to be appreciated as a member of society and a successful housewife, being as Hannah has trained her whole life to be a wife and mother, and is less concerned about love in marriage than about how it will affect her socially. Hannah has courted William Drew as many other young women in the society of England around the 1800’s have also done in order to take their first step into adulthood; marriage (Elizabeth Maurer). Hannah is an example of a young girl who lived in England during the 1800’s and went through courtship and marriage. Courtship and marriage during the Victorian days compared to today’s relationships varies tremendously and can be encompassed into general information, courtship, the effect of social class, and divorces.

The setting takes place in the very romantic city of Paris, France, a familiar setting for so many love stories seen in movies and read about in novels. The “moonlight” and the “Eiffel tower” are what recently engaged Carol imagines

The newlyweds represent the reason many marry on impulse: the physical pleasure. This is the euphoric stage of marriage. The couple that sleeps outside on the terrace to escape the heat has come to a physical and emotional crisis. On the other hand, the Thornwalds obviously despise one another. These two stages are blurred, but concern the disillusionment of the idea of marriage and the resentment that follows being trapped by your spouse.

Introduction marriage is my common theme Attention getter (Attention getter) Thesis (in my paper i will be talking to you about the roles that women had in marriages back in the 1800’s and Women's Social Classes based on marriage.) The role of women in Pride and prejudice is to be a homemaker.

Through Kate Chopin’s use of limited setting with Mrs. Mallard’s room, the staircase, and the window of this house, an idea of Victorian Era marriages is displayed. Mrs. Mallard’s room, being one of the three locations in this short story,

The path to marriage initiates in the very first paragraph of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. This courtship novel begins with the premise that “a single man in possession of a fortune must be in want of a wife” (pg. 5) Throughout the competition for the single men, characters are naturally divided by the norms of their social standing. However, the use of social conventions and civility further divides them. The characters in need of the most moral reform remain unchanged, leaving a path for the reformers to travel to each other’s company. Austen uses the stagnant characters and their flaws as a line that needs to cross in order to achieve a dynamic marriage of mutual respect.

Charlotte and Mr. Collins’ marriage is purely transactional in order for each of them to find a suitable spouse while love is not a vital part of their relationship. Charlotte uses Mr. Collins’ proposal as a way of changing her status by having control of her own household once she has a husband to provide for her. Charlotte speaks about how little