ORAL PRESENTATION

Hi I’m Laia. Mercè and I would like to talk about the differences between dating and asking someone to marry you, in this century and in the XIX century.

I will concentrate on where we meet our partners, and Mercè will talk about the difference in the clothes, and in the finally we talk about wedding.
In the nineteenth century the places to meed your partner were balls.
They were very formal events, often organised when a woman “come of age”, this means when she turned 18. The aim of the balls was for the woman to meed her future husband. Obviously these balls were expensive and were for the middle to upper classes.
Now the girls go to discos, a much less formal event. They go at an earlier age; they go without their parents; and they dance in a very different way, actually touching bodies!

Hello I’m Mercè, Laia has explianed where we meed our partners, I would like to talk to you about the differences in dress code.

The nineteenth century was a romantic age, women wore expensive, formal dresses. The dresses were always long, to the floor, they were corsets and added details, like rubbons to look their best, accessories were simple, and a niquelase or jewels in their hair. The colours of the dresses were pale, beige, light blue etc. The men also dressed elegantly: jacket, long trousers and a short with a cravat. Normally the suit was black.
Now the style is very different! The girls wear what is in fashion, mini skirts, trousers, jumper or a dress. They are much less formal and of a variety of colours. The less clothes, or the shorter the skirt, the better! Accessories are much more obvious.
The boys style is now very casual, again depending on the latest fashions. The boys also wear fashion accessories, even ear rinigs!

asking someone to marry you in the 19th century was also very formal. The man had to ask the father of the woman if the could marry her. They could only marry within their social class. Money and reputation was very important often marriages were organised by the parents, it was not important if the man and woman loved each other!

Now we normally marry for love, choosing our own partners. Money and reputation are not so important.

In conclusion: In a short thime a lot has changed. Todays society is much less formal that in the nineteenth century. THis is much more confortable for us but we must be careful not become too informal.