Christopher Morales Mr. Bertok ENG9H, Per. 4 5 May 2014 Shakespeare’s Love Life In the 16th century there was a man named William Shakespeare. Shakespeare was an author that wrote many plays and poems. Shakespeare was also even an actor and acted in some of his own plays. Some of his plays and poems are more famous than others. William Shakespeare was not really famous but then became really famous after he died. Some of his plays and poems are romantic. His love life was strange because he was forced to marry someone at the age of 18 due to an arranged marriage. Some of his plays and poems are probably about love that he never got to feel and or wish he had. William Shakespeare’s love life affected the way he wrote his plays and poems. Wedding customs in the 16th century were very different than now. In the 16th century woman had very little, if any choice in which her husband might be. Marriages were mostly arranged so that both families involved would benefit. Marriages would be arranged to bring value or wealth to the family. For example the children of property owners would be expected to marry someone with property to increase the size of their land. Many couples would meet for the very first time on their wedding day due to the arrangement their parent did. Amongst the upper classman, people often got married quite young, perhaps in their early teens age, and marriages were often arranged by the families. A bride is usual not wearing a white dress to get married. The bride usual wears any fashionable or modern color. A bride did not wear a white color as a wedding dress until the 19th century. Depending on the popularity of the families. The bride might have a new gown made, or simply wear her best clothes. The bride’s f... ... middle of paper ... ...yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080210094349AAyDB83>. "Shakespeare in Love - on William Shakespeare." Shakespeare in Love - on William Shakespeare. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Apr. 2014. . "More Wedding Customs." Life in Elizabethan England 62:. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Apr. 2014. . "Marriage in Elizabethan Times - Nothing But Shakespeare." Marriage in Elizabethan Times - Nothing But Shakespeare. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Apr. 2014. times>. "Elizabethan Wedding Customs." Elizabethan Wedding Customs. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Apr. 2014. . "Shakespeare's Biography." Shakespeare Resource Center -. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 May 2014. .
As of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, global standards followed the Western tradition of a bride dressed in white or off-white, with a head-covering, whether a veil or head-piece, and carrying flowers or some other object. The bride would be recognized by her dress, and it could be regarded as bad luck to be married in anything but white.
Weddings were always a religious ceremony, conducted by a minister. The religions varied but the legal process prior to the wedding was always the same. There were no Registry Office marriages or marriages conducted by a Justice of the Peace. The first stage was Crying the Banns, announcing a couple's intention to marry. The same procedure still applies to Church marriages in England today. The Elizabethan Wedding custom dictated that the couple's intention to marry had to be announced in the church three times on three consecutive Sundays or Holy days. This allowed time for any objections to be raised or pre-contracts to be discovered. Any marriage not published beforehand was considered clandestine and illegal. Wedding invitations were not issued. People lived in small communities
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It was also common for richer families to marry off their daughters sooner than poorer families. This was because poorer families needed as much help doing work as they could. Women had no choice in deciding who they got married to, and once married they would be controlled by their husband (Trueman, “Medieval Women”).
Marriages during the Renaissance shared common customs such as “crying of the banns” ceremonies, a dowry or gift for the husband’s family, special clothes, and a wedding feast. Commonly, marriages were arranged although Shakespeare’s was not. William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway followed some traditional wedding customs and disregarded others.
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Marriage was very different in the 1400s than it is today. In the 21st century, it is hard to comprehend what kind of marriage traditions they had in the 15th century. While many people toady marry for love, in the Renaissance Era, marriages were primarily arranged by the families. In addition, when a couple did marry the ceremonies and customs were also very different.
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Property was a central concern in most marriages. Among the upper classes, marriage meant the transfer of a great sum of money through the dowry. Renaissance England lacked a well-defined mode of marriage. They followed canon law, which "declared marriage a sacrament dependent only upon the consent of the man and woman to be wed, secret marriages - marriages without the presence of parents or other witnesses and even without priests - were legal" (Diefendorf 670) and allowed for much ambiguity and personal freedom. Even though such marriages were legal, sanctions were often imposed against priests who performed secret ceremonies as well as the couple. Renaissance parents took preventative measures to ensure the security of the family name and property by ...
causes more pain than it does happiness. This concept of love, as portrayed by countless works,
Many women in this period would engage in “arranged” marriages which were widely accepted and indeed, one of the most practiced forms of marrying at this time. Usually a marriage of convenience rather...
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The film Shakespeare In Love is a very complex but straightforward plot. Where William Shakespeare was mandated to compose a play right at the moment when his imagination was minimal. Frustrated and looking for inspiration, he met a beautiful lady with the name of Viola de Lessups bumping his creativity giving birth to the so famous play “Romeo and Juliet.” The set of the events along with the actions Shakespeare and Viola take and the reactions they produce form the narrative of the film a long with the mise-se-scene made out of the movie a hit in Hollywood by capturing the attention of the audience with the combination of different artistic choices.