Pride and Predudice Mini Essay #2

     What we value today in marriage is very different than back in 1813. They married according to social status and money. We now value  marrying for love, and not so much for money.

  Social status was a very important thing in the 19th century. If you were planning on marrying somebody, you had to take social status into account. Usually the people with the best social status had better benefits to marrying.

   Money was  usually important.  If your future in-laws had a lot of money, they might offer you money to marry their daughter. Nowadays you don't have to take that into account. There are still some marriages where you get monetary benefits but many are married for love, not money.

  Marriages were a binding matter, Divorces back in the 1800s were a serious matter, and you basically became a social outcast if you had to get one. Plus, all your money went out the window and you had to move back in with your family. Now you can get divorced for good reasons, and nothing all that bad will happen. Sometimes its better to separate from someone than it is to stay with them.
     There were HUGE differences between now and then in the marriage cycle. We don't need to worry about the money, the social status, or the permanent binding of people getting married. We don't need to marry for money, because love is worth more than that. Social status doesn't matter that much, and you can get divorced. You deserve to be happy. Marry for love, not money, or social status.