Student’s Name Instructor’s Name Eng 102_002 2/13/2018 William Shakespeare Sonnet 116 William Shakespeare composed Sonnet 116 in 1609. The sonnets he wrote at the time to his male friends indicate that he was troubled by the decisions he was willing to make in a time where marriage was centered on the obedience of the unequal wife to the husband. The seventh-century laws were greatly influenced by the Church. The Church designed the law to govern each partner’s lifestyle and values, including their moral aspect. Times as such were meant for strategic alliances to aid the spread of religion. The seventh century required that marriage took place in the church; it is only under such that...
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