Where is the best to find a spouse? Depending on when one was born, some would say a hometown, church, or even college. Although the world’s view of love and marriage has changed substantially in the past century, there are still similarities between the Grover’s Corner in Thornton Wilder’s play Our Town and my home church, Rose Drive Friends. Like in Grover’s Corner many people end up marrying from within our community and staying close by to continue contributing to keep our community afloat. Although many people within my church throughout the years have continued to find their spouse in the church community they have grown up, the area we live in has allowed for people to see other options. I believe that it makes more sense for people in my church to marry within our community because we are not confined to only our church. Since our church sits right in the center of one of the most densely populated in California there are endless options available. In Grover’s Corner there are only around three thousand people but people choose to marry within their community, one example of this is George and Emily. They both grew up in houses right next door to each other and before they even graduated high school they had already decided to marry each other. “It’s July 7th, just after High School Commencement. That’s the time most of our young …show more content…
people jump up and get married.
Soon as they’ve passed their last examinations in solid geometry and Cicero’s Orations, look like they suddenly feel themselves fit to be married.” (Wilder 48). Before George and Emily even know what it is like to
not be in school anymore they have already committed themselves to another for the rest of their life. Emily and George not only limit themselves to each other, they eliminate the possibility of exploring the world by choosing to stay in Grover’s Corners. In my home church even if people grow up in our community they are still exposed to two thousand or more people at high school where George and Emily might have only been exposed to five to seven thousand in Grover’s Corner throughout their lives. Many people live their life this way, sheltering themselves to only what they have known their whole life. Unless we take ourselves outside of the world we know we will never know the possibilities that await us. For the many couples in my church that have chosen to marry within the community they have gone away to see different parts of the world or gone away to larger colleges to get degrees. As they each make their way back to Rose Drive Friends Church, it is exciting to see them reacquaint themselves with the people they grew up with and to watch as they realize that someone they knew before is the one they chose to spend the rest of their life with. In Our Town right before George and Emily’s wedding Emily say to her father, “Why can’t I stay for a while just as I am? Let’s go away… There must be lots of places we can go” (Wilder 79). This shows us that there was a desire in Emily’s heart to see the world outside of Grover’s Corners. Instead Emily chose to confine herself to one person and never even go outside of town to see what else might have been waiting for her. The world’s view of love and marriage is an ever-changing topic. One hundred years ago people seemed to settle down more easily, but in this day and age I believe that people believe that the world has endless possibilities for who and where their spouse might be. We as a society have overall begun to promote a new way of finding your spouse. If you aren’t satisfied with the options you are surrounded with you can go online or move more easily. Although I do still believe that the truest love you can find will be in a place close to home I do think that it is important to expose us to more possibilities.
In the article “Grounds for Marriage: How Relationships Succeed or Fail” by Arlene Skolnick talks a lot about how the attitudes towards marriages now a days is much different then what peoples attitudes have been in the past. The article talks about how there are two parts of every marriage “the husband’s and the wife’s”. This article touches on the affects cohabitation, and how cohabitation is more likely to happen among younger adults. This article talks about how the younger adults are more inclined to cohabitate before marriage, and that currently the majority of couples that are interring in to marriage have previously lived together. The article stats that some of the Possible reasons for couples to live together before marriage might include shifting norms
Human beings are not isolated individuals. We do not wander through a landscape of trees and dunes alone, reveling in our own thoughts. Rather, we need relationships with other human beings to give us a sense of support and guidance. We are social beings, who need talk and company almost as much as we need food and sleep. We need others so much, that we have developed a custom that will insure company: marriage. Marriage assures each of us of company and association, even if it is not always positive and helpful. Unfortunately, the great majority of marriages are not paragons of support. Instead, they hold danger and barbs for both members. Only the best marriages improve both partners. So when we look at all three of Janie’s marriages, only her marriage to Teacake shows the support, guidance, and love.
In the end, readers are unsure whether to laugh or cry at the union of Carol and Howard, two people most undoubtedly not in love. Detailed character developments of the confused young adults combined with the brisk, businesslike tone used to describe this disastrous marriage effectively highlight the gap between marrying for love and marrying for ?reason.? As a piece written in the 1950s, when women still belonged to their husbands? households and marriages remained arranged for class and money?s sake, Gallant?s short story excerpt successfully utilizes fictional characters to point out a bigger picture: no human being ought to repress his or her own desires for love in exchange for just an adequate home and a tolerable spouse. May everyone find their own wild passions instead of merely settling for the security and banality of that ?Other Paris.?
Marriage in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen In pride and Prejudice there are many different marriages that occur. There are also, various, different incentives for these marriages. In comparing Elizabeth and Darcy's relationship with, Lydia and Wickham, and Charlotte Lucas and Mr Collins the reader begins to see the different reasons in which the partners marry. The reader can base their views on the priorities of each relationship. If a reader was to read of a marriage based on financial security like Mr Collins and Charlotte Lucas' they may have preconceived ideas about how the relationship will work if love is not involved, they may form prejudices on the marriage based on their own beliefs and ideals.
The theme of the play has to do with the way that life is an endless cycle. You're born, you have some happy times, you have some bad times, and then you die. As the years pass by, everything seems to change. But all in all there is little change. The sun always rises in the early morning, and sets in the evening. The seasons always rotate like they always have. The birds are always chirping. And there is always somebody that has life a little bit worse than your own.
People has times that they are looking forward to. The times such as childhood, schooling help lead us through our life. While this way of thinking has many positive side, we forget the appreciation of all details of the moments. We see the moments in Thornton Wilder's play “Our Town”. This play takes us to a small town in New England and we see how simple it is, to the point where we may get bored to our lives. After looking through the events in the play we might have see as big and important described as relatively simple and straightforward, we begin to question how important that these events are in our life. Not like Emily realize how much of life was ignored until death. But after death, she can see how much everyone goes through life without noticing the events that are occurring all the time.
Kaisha and I wanted to express our unity in this sort of way because we felt inspired by God to because of how attached Christ was to the church and how marriage should be like Christ (the husband) is with the church (the wife). By no means do Kaisha and I take on the privileges of marriage early on, but we do see each other as married by faith (meaning in the future and something that we hope for, but we don’t have marriage over us in the present time). I wouldn’t ever dare say that to be married and have children involves never physically letting go or always at least being in the same vicinity as one’s partner, but it certain...
Thorton Wilder’s Our Town is a play set in the early 1900’s and was first performed without scenery. The opening of the play consist of the stage manager telling all about Grover’s Corner, which is the small town where the play takes place. Wilder’s intention was to make it sound like any small town in the United States.
When Thornton Wilder wrote Our Town, he violated many of the rules of traditional play writing. Wilder introduced innovations in characterization, dramatic structure, and stagecraft in this landmark play.
In the New Testament, we are told that Jesus attended a wedding in Cana of Galilee and miraculously provided wine when their supplies were exhausted. The Apostle Paul also had a great deal to say about the covenant that God ordained between man and woman. Paul assumed that elders and deacons would be married and bare children. Paul also encouraged younger widows to marry and he claimed the right as an apostle to lead about a wife. Therefore, the Bible views marriage as the norm, and the single life as the exception. Marriage is viewed as holy, righteous, and good. So, as we approach I Corinthians chapter 7 and Ephesians chapter 5, we must do so in confident that marriage is a gift from God, and a blessing that many Christians gratefully receive and enjoy.
single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife'.
Fairfax, “Marriage is one of the core values of society. Almost 20 years ago, the well renowned black scholar and psychologist Dr. Na’im Akbar (1991) penned the following: ‘‘marriage is such an important lesson in manhood (womanhood) development. It is no wonder that every society requires some form of it’’ (p. 13).” This coincides with the values that I stated above that were considered important in my culture. Marriage is important to more that my culture obviously but in my culture there is always this well-known quote from the bible: “He who finds a wife, finds a good thing (NKJV Proverbs 18:22). That is basically religion and love in the same
On Wednesday, October 28, my class and I attended a play called “Our Town” written by Thornton Wilder. It was shown at the Northern Stage in White River Junction, VT. I think the main message of this play is that everything changes gradually. Throughout the play, we are reminded that nothing is permanent. At the beginning of each act, the stage manager reveals the subtle changes that take place over time. The population of Grover’s Corner grows. Cars become commonplace while horses are used less and less. The adolescent characters in Act One are married during Act Two. During Act Three, when Emily Webb is laid to rest, Thornton Wilder reminds us that our lives on Earth are temporary. The Stage Manager says that there is “something eternal,” and that something is related to human beings. However, even in death, the characters change as their spirits slowly let go of their memories and identities.
A major aspect of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is marriage, more particularly, the characters’ motives for marriage. The novel bases its story around it, and how some have different views of what marriage should be as opposed to others. Whether a couple gets married for money, physical attraction, or true love and affection for one another, all examples are carried out in this book. All of the marriages in this book including the marriage of Bennett 's, Charlotte and Mr. Collins, Lydia and Mr. Wickham, Jane and Mr. Bingley, and Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy have similar but also very different characteristics to their motives for marrying each other. This novel has a lot to say about normal views of marriage in society back in the Regency Era, as well as modern day society 's perception of marriage. Austen challenges the normal perspective many have when it comes to this topic, which is shown in each character’s decisions in this book.
Church members should be able to use the church for weddings. Marriage is one of the most significant events of life, and it should be conducted with the blessings of the church. Young people contemplating marriage should know that their church wishes to join them in this special event. Each church should