January26,2016
Period#6
ResearchPaper
TheElizabethanEratookplacearound1558to1603(Unknown,Elizabethan
EraTheLostColony).ItiscalledtheElizabethanErabecauseQueenElizabeththe
firstwasinchargeofthethroneinEngland(Unknown,ElizabethanEraTheLost
Colony).Theeraismostfamousfortheatre(Unknown,ElizabethanEraTheLost
Colony)andsomeplayswrittenbyshakespeareoneofthemostfamousplayswrittenat
thistimeperiodwasRomeoandJuliet.Thecommunityculturearoundarranged
marriageduringtheElizabethanEradidntinfluencedRomeoandJulietandthe
decisionstheymade.
WhatwasexpectedofwomenduringtheElizabethanErawhenarranged
marriageswerehappening?AllwomenduringtheElizabethanErawereexpectedto
marrysomeone
(Alchin,ElizabethanWomen)
.Womenalsowereexpectedtobring
somethingintomarriage,forexamplemoney,goods,orproperty
(Alchin,Elizabethan
Women)
werethetypeofthingstheybroughtintotheirmarriage.Theywereexpected
tofollowwhatevertheirhusbandsaidtodo,itdidntmatterthetypeofclassinsociety
(Alchin,ElizabethanWomen)
thatwomenwerein.AllElizabethanwomenwerevery
dependentontheirmalefamilymembers
(Alchin,ElizabethanWomen)
fortheirwhole
life.Anexpectationofupperclasswomenduringthiserawasthattheywereusedto
makepowerfulalliancesbetweenfamilies
(Alchin,ElizabethanWomen)
whenthey
werearrangingamarriage.
HowwerethepeopleofcommunityduringtheElizabethanEraaffectedby
arrangedmarriagesandcourtship?Youngmenweretreatedasimilarwayaswomen
duringthiseraintheircommunity
(Alchin,ElizabethanWeddingCustoms)
.Women
weretreatedaspropertyinmarriagebecauselawswereinplacethatgavethehusband
fullrightsoverhiswife
(Alchin,ElizabethanWeddingCustoms)
.Arrangedmarriages
alsobenefitedthefamiliesbecausetheygainedmorewealthandlandinwhentheir
childrenweremarried
(Alchin,ElizabethanWeddingCustoms)
.Foramarriageto
happenacouple'smarriagehadtobeannouncedinthechurchonthreesundaysorholy
days
(Alchin,ElizabethanWeddingCustoms)
.Itwasdonesoifanyonehadareasonto
preventthemarriagetheysaidit.Ifthiswasnotdoneitwasillegalforacoupletoget
married
(Alchin,ElizabethanWeddingCustoms)
.Anotheraspectaboutthe
Elizabethaneracommunitywasthateveryonewasawareofanywedding(unlessin
secret)andpeoplewouldjustattendthewedding
(Alchin,ElizabethanWedding
Customs)
.
TheircommunityculturedidntinfluencethedecisionsRomeoandJulietmade
whentheywereliving.RomeoandJulietmarriedinsecretandthatwasillegalbecause
duringtheElizabethanEratheentirecommunitywastoldaboutwhowasgoingtobe
marriedandpeoplesaidthisthreetimesatChurchandwhattheydidtotallyviolated
theircommunitiesbeliefs.Alsointheresearchcollectedmarriagesaresupposedto
benefitbothfamiliesandtheirsdidntbecausetheirfamilieshadreallybadrivalrywith
eachotherandtheirdeathsdidntbenefitanyoneintheirfamilytbecausetheyjust
causedgriefsinceboth(RomeoandJuliet)ofthemweredead.Sotheircommunity
basicallydidntinfluencetheirdecisionsbecausetheirdecisionsbasicallywentagainst
theircommunitiesbeliefsfrommarriageannouncementtobenefittingboththeir
families.
Yes,mycommunityandculture,doinfluencethedecisionsImake.My
communityinfluencesmeasapersontotrytomakethebestdecisionstobenefitmyself
andifpossiblethepeoplearoundme.Ialsoseepeopleinthecommunityaroundmenot
makethebestdecisionsintheirlives.SometimesitruinstheirlivesandthatswhyI
wanttomakethebestdecsionsforme.MyculturedoesalsoinfluencethedecisionsI
makebecauseIdontwanttodooffensivethingsthataffectotherpeopleinanegative
way.Imlikethisbecauseofthewaymycultureaffectedmegrowingsofar.
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