Anne Roiphe has published several works including an article written in Family Weekly magazine titled "Why Marriages Fail". This article states several reasons marriages fail in today's society. Roiphe expresses her viewpoints to the readers by using a complex vocabulary, causing the audience unnecessary confusion. Roiphe's use of analogies, throughout the article, compares items that have nothing in common making it lengthy and perplexing to the expected audience. This article would have been more effective if Roiphe had used simpler words and phrases to express ideas to her audience.
The article "Why Marriages Fail" is intended for housewives around the ages of twenty to thirty-five. This article would have been more effective if the author had tried relating to her targeted audience. The vocabulary in this piece of writing is too complex for the intended audience. Roiphe uses words such as "quantifying", "emeritus", and "proverbial" when simpler more comprehensible words could have been utilized to make the article more enjoyable and much easier for the audience to understand. .
The audience is confused by the author's unnecessary use of analogies and her contradictory statements. The analogies cause the article to be lengthy and confusing. Roiphe compares marriage to storms, erosion, volcanoes, and cathedrals; this adds dramatic chaos to the article. Issues expressed in this manner distract the audience from the purpose of the article. The chaos is amplified further by the conflicting views Roiphe expresses about marriage and divorce. The statements made, voicing opposing outlooks about relationships, cause the author to appear indecisive and unreliable to the reader. These differing views and extreme analogies leave the audience puzzled and frustrated at the end of the article.
"Why Marriages Fail" is a lengthy and contradictory article. Roiphe uses complex vocabulary and excessive description.