Question #1

Question #1

Marriage in these movies is given a mysterious context. The author shows marriage as the main purpose and not necessarily the result of romance. The presumption that marriage has two parts, which are the final union and the legal fact, then, leads to its use as a term being finally seen to be significantly restricted to the legal aspect.  The lack of marriage as an end result is clearly highlighted in the arguments above. The factors that oppose marriage are more than those that are for it since we also see the act as being considered traditional. It is considered to need approval as much as it is an approval in itself.

Question #2

The approach describes a relationship that is based on physical appearance as insufficient. Heterosexual romantic relationships are reimagined in the sense that the approach rejects patriarchal sexuality and romance replaces it with the compassionate fun and friendship of the playroom. The author is trying to show that different relationships depend on the relation of the parties involved. Traditional gender roles are altered in the sense that it does not matter who does what not like in the olden days where men were supposed to play the lead roles. The patriarchal society is left with very few members with many having gone to a utopian world.

Question #3

From the book, we see that a happy conclusion can easily be assumed or demystified. The endings of the books and the movies do not show clearly the end part of the love affairs. We do not know whether they end well or the persons break up. The lack of a concrete conclusion leads us to assume that there exists a happy ending to the story and the characters get married. This is because the overall themes of the stories are about love and marriage thus they would not conclude in the persons breaking up