Forced or love marriage?

The „Forced Marriage Awareness“ homepage of the British National Health Service (NHS) gives a definition as follows:

“Forced Marriage is an issue which is often misunderstood and misrepresented. In partiucular there is sometimes confusion between arranged marriage and forced marriage. The distinction between arranged and forced marriage is however clear and lies in the right to choose.”

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(1) Parents start to think about their child getting married.
(2) Parents begin to talk about their child´s marriage, perhaps suggesting or looking for potenial partners.
(3) The tropic of marriage is freely discussed, resulting in a mutual accepteance or rejection of ideas or options.
(4) An agreement to marry is made. Whilst the Family of those who are marrying are involved in the process.
(5) Marriage is discussed, but with no mutual acceptance or rejection of ideas.
(6) There is pressure to marry, which may take the form of emotional blackmail or appeals to conform with traditional family roles and values.
(7) Demands to accept a marriage proposal are accompanied by physical, mental and /or emotional pressure and violence.
(8) The people concerned are manoeuvred into going through the marriage ceremony against their will. Forced marriage takes place.

1. Explain the difference between forced and arranged marriages.
2. Using the scale above, classify the level of force / arrangement for
- Manny´s marriage
- Harry´s and Ranjit´s marriage