Marriage Summary

Marriage and Family—Central Asia "A person separated from the family will be eaten by wolves." This Central Asian proverb reveals much about the pervasive belief system in this re... Read more

Marital Status, Family, and Living Arrangements Regardless of their composition, families are generally regarded as a cornerstone of society. For many years, particularly when the United States was pr... Read more

Marital Adjustment Marital adjustment has long been a popular topic in studies of the family, probably because the concept is believed to be closely related to the stability of a given marriage. Well-... Read more

Remarriage Remarriages have become almost as common as first marriages in contemporary America. In fact, in recent years, almost half of all marriages involved at least one spouse who had been married... Read more

Lisa Hopkins, Sheffield Hallam University The most outstanding feature of Shakespearean comedy is its pervading obsession with marriage. In many instances single or multiple marriages are used to... Read more

In the following essay, Gossett examines the tensions between romantic love and political expediency in Shakespeare's portrayal of arranged marriages in such plays as Love's Labour... Read more

Over the last 30yrs there has been rapid changes in the structure of family life in Britain, arising from increasing divorce, remarriage, lone parenthood, cohabitation and numbers of elderly people. N... Read more

When you find that special person to share the rest of your life with, you feel very excited. And you must be looking forward to what will be the happiest day of your life, your wedding! But in case y... Read more

"Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window shut, and a woman who can't sleep with the window open" (Shaw). According to the Random House Webster's College Dictiona... Read more

Many people believe that marriage is important in this day and age, but it holds little significance compared to the importance of marriage in the Victorian era. In the Victorian era women were to get... Read more

The sacrament of Marriage is when two loving souls bond together to become part of each other's lives. In the Roman Catholic tradition we recognize marriage as a Sacrament. That is, a practi... Read more