1 English 101 Dr. Brucie March 6‚ 2012 A Critique of “The Radical Idea Of Marrying For Love” by Stephanie Coontz In the beginning of the twentieth century‚ George Bernard Shaw portrayed marriage as the reason for two people to come together. His comments were comical about being marriaged and that a couple was suppose to become married because of specific reasons‚ one being profound love. He believed that intense‚ profound love‚ and being married until death do them part was
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Jane Doe Mrs. Harris ENG 111 18 March 2*** “The Radical Idea of Marrying For Love” Stephanie Coontz’s essay on “The Radical Idea of Marrying for Love” demonstrates her opinion that the expectations of marriage are unrealistic based on George Bernard Shaw’s theory. Shaw believed that marriage was “an institution that brings together two people ‘under the influence of the most violent‚ most insane‚ most delusive and most transient of passions’” (qtd. In Coontz 378). According to Coontz‚ “For
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Composition II 20 June 2013 Marrying for Love‚ Is it worth it? The way woman are perceived is constantly changing. In our culture there are so many aspects of the role woman portray. In the Book‚ “The Radical idea of marrying for Love” Coontz explores the many different cultures and how the way perceive marriage has changed. Their was a time when we looked at marriage as a need for survival to society and to our race‚ in some coutries marriage is still seen this way. Our culture today
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Summary of “The Radical Idea of Marrying for Love” In the essay “The Radical Idea of Marrying for Love”‚ Stephanie Coontz surveys the history of marriage throughout the world‚ revealing its historical purposes and the philosophies surrounding it. Coontz gives examples of how once people married for utility‚ necessity‚ and social advantages. She explains how over time and through the changing ideas about love and the sexes that people now marry for love‚ companionship‚ and personal happiness.
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08/30/2008 Summary of “The Radical Idea of Marrying for Love” In the essay “The Radical Idea of Marrying for Love‚” Stephanie Coontz examines the history of marriage around the world and details its transformation from a necessity for the survival of society to becoming a tool for personal fulfillment and happiness. For most of history marriage has been a tool of survival. Romantic love played little or no part in a marriage and was even discourages at times. Even today in some cultures
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Stephanie Coontz’s essay on “The Radical Idea of Marrying for Love” shows her opinion that the expectations of marriage are unrealistic based on different societies around the world in different time periods. For example in George Bernard Shaw’s theory‚ he believed that married was “an institution that brings together two people under the influence of the most violent‚ most insane‚ most delusive and most transient of passions” (qtd. I’m Coontz 378). In our history all of the world marriage has been said
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In the essay “The Radical Idea of Marrying for Love”‚ Stephanie Coontz discusses the change marriage has made among the different cultures around the world and how it went from being an act that was necessary to something that was done for personal joy and fulfillment. For most cultures marriage was an act that was done as a necessity. Couples married because they needed to reproduce and ensure that their family continued to have money and power. The romance of marriage did not exist and it was
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In the article” The Radical Idea of Marrying for Love “the author gives a global interpretation of what marrying for love means to different cultures. While Americans strive to focus on the love connection before marriage‚ the writer of the article Stephanie Coontz points out that other countries practice the total opposite. Although marriage is an institution that brings two people together‚ Coontz describes this as being “under the influence of the most violent‚ most insane‚ most delusive and most
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Loves’ Illusions In the essay “The Radical Idea of marrying for Love‚” Stephanie Coontz voices her opinion on George Shaw theory‚ the expectations of love and how it has changed over time. Shaw believes that marriage is “an institution that brings together two people under the influence of the most violent‚ most insane‚ most delusive and most transient of passions (Coontz 378). Marriage overtime had different variations depending the time frame in which it was in‚ and the culture that influenced
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ENG 112-250 Summary Final Draft Love Actually Author Stephanie Coontz writes about the ideas of love and marriage through out history in the article “The Radical Idea of Marrying for Love.” Early in the article Coontz quotes an early twentieth century author by the name of George Bernard Shaw‚ who states‚ “marriage is an institution that brings together two people under the influence of the most violent‚ most insane‚ most delusive‚ and most transient of passions. They are required to swear that
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