The Key Role Of Marriage In The Elizabethan Era

Marriage is a big part of life today and it has been for a long time. But despite how important it is, marriage hasn’t always been done the same way it is today. In fact, marriage used to be played out in a lot of ways, and those differences were shown in William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. One way that those differences were key is how marriages were set up in the Elizabethan Era, the setting of Romeo and Juliet. Another way marriage played a key role in Romeo and Juliet was how the actual marriage went down. The way Romeo and Juliet wedding would have actually resembled Shakespeare’s own wedding. The normal and legal marriage ages were all over the place at the time of Romeo and Juliet from modern day. The bride and groom actually didn't really get to pick who they would get married to. There were a lot of things about marriage at the time that varied from today’s ways that
In Elizabethan times, the bride would bring high dollar things and money to the marriage, in return for political or social status. This was key in Juliet’s arranged marriage to Paris, in which there are some main reason for the marriage, Paris and the Capulets would benefit from this marriage in wealth and status. One other marriage tradition about what each person brought to the marriage that impacted Romeo and Juliet was the rights the bride had. Comparing Elizabethan times, the time which Shakespeare lived, to the modern day, a lot of things in society have changed majorly. Some are extremely a like, as well. However, today, in different parts of the world, customs could be more similar to Elizabethan times than in the US. Marriage and the role of women have made some serious changes to what they can do. In many countries, women can do anything from ruling the nation to having full time job work. Divorce papers litter the offices of government