I need help: How do I understand this paragraph?

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Hi forum members, this is the last Paragraph of the essay that I need help to understand. This is only one paragraph.

Same essay, "Why First Night Seems Like Last Night" by Cornelia Otis Skinner. It is about an actress who is facing stage fright for she will play a lead role for the first time.

" But the very disappointment and misery seem eventually to rouse a doggedness, a determination to go on and try to make a go for it the next time. I guess what it comes down to is a simple and honest love of one's trade--for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health and even, for some, till death do them part."

The last sentence of the paragraph is the one that I really don't understand. The paragraph before this, she is mentioning how lineup at box office and rave reviews will make her forget all the pain and hardship that she'd been through in the entire process of the broadway.

I hope somebody out there will help me. You are free to message me too. This is really a serious matter for me. Thank you so much for taking time reading this. And I'm sorry for the long paragraphs.

AlpheccaStars · Accepted Answer

LissielI guess what it comes down to is a simple and honest love of one's trade--for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health and even, for some, till death do them part."

These are traditional wedding vows. You and your betrothed say this in front of a religious person or judge:

I, ___, take you, ___, for my lawful wife/husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and health, until death do us part."

It is a solemn promise to be faithful and true to your spouse until the first one of you dies.

The author is saying that an actor is married to their profession..

I need help: How do I understand this paragraph?

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