Although Victor liked Victoria, Emily had now began to like Victor because she had recovered from her heartbreak of her former fiancee who killed her. So he knew he had gotten himself into a messy situation when he tries to leave Emily. .
In this Victorian era women and men were expected to elope staring at the age of eighteen For young women that reached this age during this time period were most likely already arranged to be married to someone of their class.
In the film Alice in Wonderland nineteen year old Alice Kingsleigh is arranged to be married to Amish Ascots, son of Lord and Lady Ascots. Her mother thats still remained alive unlike her father who passed away when she was a little girl arranged a marriage with her fathers former business partners son Hamish. There was lots of pressure that Alice was put under not only by her family but mostly by society. It was an expectation that you must marry someone of your class when you have reached the certain age and then have children. Alice thought very different from the expectations of society and had a hard time understanding why she had to marry Hamish if she did not love him. She believed she was not ready for a marriage at her age, neglecting all the rules that others around her had been following. Her sister Lorina tried telling her that life would be easier if she would marry Hamish because their would never be money troubles and she would maintain her social status. Lorina also pointed out that this was probably the only time she would have to get married for now, and if she didn't take it she could end up like aunt Imagine. Their aunt who is lonely, never married, and became delusional thinking she had a boyfriend that was a prince. .
Manny marriages at this time were never intended to be for love but more for the money and status, for few marriages it was entirely for love. Luckily for Victor and Victoria they had found love for each other , and Alice had come to realize that she didn't need to marry someone immediately to be socially accepted.
