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Love and Marriage

This research considers the question of whether one should get married or for more practical reasons. The research will discuss what kind of love if one if one does marry for love, and what reasons should be in the background of a more practical decision.

We begin with the last issue first. Aside from extreme cases, in which it turns out that a marriage partner is iresponsible or pathologically materialistic, it seems inconceivable that one could plan to marry solely for practical reasons. It is within the realm of possibility that one might wish to avoid marriage for practical reasons. But--except in the cases of fortune hunters or gold diggers--planning a marriage only around practical concerns is inconsistent with a marriage rite that anticipates togetherness as the decisive feature of living in wealth and poverty, sickness and health, with the partners expected to cooperate in whatever practical issues might arise. That idea is summed up in the musical film Funny Girl when the mother of Fanny Brice discourages Fanny from helping her husband Nick financially. Instead: "You should talk together what he should do."

The notion of togetherness is embedded in all concepts of love. The Greek word philos, which means dear or friendly, combines to form the word philosophy (in Greek love and wisdom), and wisdom conveyed to one's fellow human being can be construed as an expression of love.

Eros, the name of the Greek god of love, denotes sexual love. It finds ubiquitous expression in poetry and literature but is problematic because it is not a singularity. For example, in Romeo and Juliet, Romeo exacts a price from Juliet for his declaration, i.e., the exchange of his vow of love for hers. Juliet understands from the beginning that true love cannot be parsed. She remarks that she would like to withdraw her vow of love, just to be able to give it again, but adds quickly: "And yet I wish but for the thing I have: / My bounty is as bou...

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