Romeo & Juliet - Journal # 3

There has been many different views on marriage expressed so far in the play, some include marrying for wealth and status, others for alliance, some for love and happiness, and another for repuatation and children.The only ones I agree with are Romeo & Juliet's views. He believes you should marry for love, no matter how good or bad it gets! While Juliet thinks quite the same, she wants to be in love with the one she marrys, and be able to meet him and get to know him before it all happens. You should be able to choose your own spouse, not an arranged marriage! All the others think marriage should have a meaning other than love; love is the last thing it should be about, but I think that's a horrible view, which is why I'm thankful we're not living in Elizabethan times, or else almost all women would have arranged marriages; so no choice allowed!That's what I think about the views on marriage so far in the play.