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    the institution of marriage changed in the United States during the past sixty years? Cherlin starts with the changes in marriage that come from many things and that mostly has to do with the long term changing in culture and morals of people. Recent decades have seen a development of individualism and an increasing importance in marriages. The increase of women into the workforce and the need for wage labor are the beginning of the trends brought on by transition of marriage. The development of

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    made which reinforce or challenge responder’s perspectives on universal values. Universal truths carry meaning which are able to transcend changes in social, cultural and historical context in order to continue influencing responders of today. The importance of relationships within the lives of individuals within society has been both supported and challenged as a social landscape has developed into a more independent one. Identity and what constitutes an

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    Prior to the twelfth century, marriage law was perceived as being secular, however, the declaration of Church authority over marriage in the twelfth century meant that its rules were highly important in the period 1100-1500. The Church claimed control over the ‘definition’, ‘formation’, ‘validity’ and ‘qualities’ of marriage, with these rules being assimilated into the lives of Western people. While it can be argued that this authority was inconsistent, with insubordination being rife, the sheer

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    people’s stupidity’, it is ludicrous to even propose that The Importance of Being Earnest is anything other than a satirical play, as the characters relishing in the upper class of the Victorian period unknowingly mock their own habits acquired to them due to the luxury they are spoilt with. Despite this, it is evident that the use of satire is feckless and lacks a moral point of view, in contrast with the moral

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    the importance of marriage in society, even if they do so in different ways. Written sometime in the late 1500s, A Midsummer Night’s Dream follows the story of a complex love triangle in which a forbidden relationship exists. The play reveals the importance of familial relationships in creating marriage, and shows that marriage serves a specific social function. In some ways, Shakespeare highlights that marriage is seen as more of an arrangement. This is illustrated with the political marriage between

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    Marriage may not be as simple as just falling in love and living “happily ever-after” with that special partner. It may become complicated when superficial values, such as social standings, money and ones name, become more important than love. Without that thumping in the heart and special someone, marriage may encompass cheating, lies and dominance. These dishonest and threatening tendencies may doom a marriage to fail. In the play Importance Of Being Earnest and the poem My Last Duchess, both Oscar

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    Maverick Yabut Professor Tina Regan ENGL 200 June 18, 2017 Satire in the Importance of Being Earnest Introduction Throughout Oscar Wilde’s play “The Importance of Being Earnest”, Oscar Wilde routinely uses satire throughout the story amongst character dialogue and actions to scorn the Victorian society audience. Oscar uses satire to mock love, and the concept of marriage as well as the Victorian-aristocratic class system and society mentality. The play is described as “A trivial comedy for serious

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    Oscar Wilde once said, “To define is to limit.” If one attempts to define love for the entirety of their life, they would only be looking for one way how love is expressed, not the other shapes and forms that intimacy comes in. In The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde uses many forms of figurative language to make fun of social beliefs of that era, which has lessons can be carried into today. This comedic piece of writing takes place in England during the 1890s. Jack Worthing, the protagonist

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    The huge issue that ‘The importance of being earnest’ raises is whether marriage was based on love or whether it was to just used to achieve a higher social status. Wilde portrays the different views on marriage through the characters of the play. Whilst Algernon is rather negative about marriage and doesn’t see it as anything more than a business deal, the character Gwendolyn seems to respect the values of marriage. Wilde keeps on ridiculing the social traditions and disposition of the noble class

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    between love and financial security in marriages. Similarly, Fay Weldon’s postmodernist epistolary novel Letters to Alice (1984) argues for the importance of morally instructive texts as well as supporting the importance of finding a balance between love and financial security within marriage. (CONC SENT) By examining Austen’s Pride and Prejudice in conjunction with Weldon’s feminist assessment of Regency values, an enhanced understanding of the institution of marriage is achieved. Austen, influenced by

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