english

I (name) take (name) as my wedded wife/ husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do us part. Those are the vows taken in a marriage and should be respected. Unfortunately that is not the case in real life. Many stories reflect the everyday problems faced by the society when it comes to marriage. Three stories that I’ve read talk about one common theme: marriage. The three stories see marriage differently but mostly for one reason or another, directly or indirectly, they are against it or have negative thoughts concerning it. Margery Kempe’s “The Book of Margery Kempe”, Gregory Corso’s “Marriage”, and Jeanette Winterson’s “The Green Man” all have marria...