2007-06-11 21:31:29 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
It is the juxtoposition of the words Marriage and Affair
Marriage is a formal bond between two people, who promise to love and have a relationship with each other to the exclusion of others.
An "affair" in this context is a relationship between two people by definition outside of wedlock, and is often the term applied when someone is breaking their marriage vows and having a relatioship with a third party i.e. Having an "Affair"
Therefore the author is being ironic by calling "marriage a private affair" as it is not an "affair" in the above context at all, and using the other sense of the word affair (eg affairs of state) justified by the word private.
She could have said "Marriage a private matter" but that would have lost the irony
2007-06-11 22:05:45 · answer #1 · answered by Dalek Supreme 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The juxtaposition of marriage and affair in the same description. If u were married and having an affair it would be private, wouldn't it ? What U and ur spouse get up to in ur marriage is also private, right? Hope this helps
2007-06-11 21:58:34 · answer #2 · answered by SKCave 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋