Belonging is the feeling of security and support when an individual is accepted through the relationships and connections made with other individuals and groups. The Shakespearean play ‘As you like it’ explores the innate human nature to connect. This is illustrated by the characters desire to belong within their respective family, gender and location. Shakespeare utilizes language techniques in order to express the notion of belonging through three concepts: Belonging through a shared experience, belonging within a family and belonging through love
By having a shared experience, individuals are able to belong to one another due to the understanding brought about through the common experiences. The forest of Arden is a tabular rasa representing transformation through unity. Throughout the play, there is much juxtaposition between the Forest of Arden and the royal court. The forest is presented in a more favourable light in that the Duke Senior and his court, reside there. All of the good characters in the court are banished or exiled to the forest at the start of the play. Duke Senior describes the court as “painted pomp…the envious court”. He goes on to say that in the forest the dangers are real but natural and are preferable to those in the court “The …churlish chiding of the winter’s wind… even till I shrink with cold, I smile and say This is no flattery” The alliteration used in the Duke’s speech suggests the harsh conditions of the forest are preferable to the pomp and false flattery in the court: That at least in the forest, things are honest. The forest of Arden has been alluded to that of the garden of Eden and the people residing in it (Duke and his court) as Robin Hood and his merry me: “…there they live like the old Robin Hood of England” This reinforces the sense of belonging of the men in the forest of Arden through their experiences of banishment.
Family is the fundamental unit to which individuals belong. It is the first and the most important group in which we belong. As you like it opens with Orlando complaining of being robbed of his birthright and being disrespected by his brother. Orlando’s use of animal imagery ‘his animals on his dunghills are as much bound to him as I’ reveal the discord of the Orlando’s family. Orlando’s repetition of negatives ‘I have nothing’ connotes emptiness and portrays his feelings of alienation. As a result, Orlando is left to feel hopeless and useless. This highlights the consequences of the negation of filial discord and lack of
weeks later they ban kite fighting. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (LOTF) ➢ “Seems to me we ought to have a chief to decide things.” (Ralph, 1, pg 18) ➢ “I was chief, and you were going to do what I said.” (R, 4, pg 74) ➢ “All sit down. The boys ranged themselves in rows on the grass before him but Ralph and Piggy stayed a foot lower, standing on the soft sand. Jack ignored them for the moment, turned his mask down…
Shakespeare’s play “As You Like It”, where certain characters savour the opportunity to transform their identities and beliefs in favour of a new personality. However, in the novel “Life Of Pi” by Yann Martel, the journey of Pi is filled with tragedy and a disaster serves as the catalyst that offers the opportunity to reinvent his life, but at great cost. A journey provides the opportunity for reconciliation and redemption. This is particularly evident in Shakespeare’s play “As You Like It”, where Oliver…
Gender Roles in Twelfth Night and As you Like It Much of the comedy in Twelfth Night and As you Like It emerges from Shakespeare’s distortion of traditional gender roles, as both plays contain strong female leads who disguise themselves as males. Though both Viola and Rosalind help their less-than-ideal beloveds woo their own objects of desire, and both disguises emerge party from the loss of a male familial figure, the women inhabit their male facades in drastically different ways. In both plays…
A guy can like you one minute, and then forget you afterwards. When a guy says he doesn’t understand you, it means you’re not thinking the way he is. Cant admit there wrong There are two types of males: Dishonorable males and honorable men. Honorable men are protectors and will guard your heart, protect your emotions, defend your honor and support you for your spiritual, mental and physical well-being. .Dishonorable males treat sex as a sport and for fun, females as trophies. Don’t judge…
I would like to start by telling you a story. Eight years ago my best friend lost her ex-husband, the father of her two children to murder. For three months her oldest child would not speak. You see her children were in the house asleep when their father passed. This event happened in August. In October of the same year, October 31st to be exact, I held a healing ritual for the family and friends. When it came time for the family to speak the young son stepped forward and spoke. He was able to release…
Anthropomorphism: Does your Dog Like You? If you have to ask that question, the answer is: Probably not. LOL! Most of us have had several dogs cross our paths. Based on experience we usually know how a relationship with any particular dog is going to turn out. This of course is not because of any “special” communication skills one may possess; it is simply from the familiarity of circumstances in having dogs throughout your life. Is this knowledge from dealing with dogs, or knowledge from dealing…
How does Shakespeare present a picture of life at court in Act 1? Act 1 of ‘As You Like It’ primarily serves as an establishment of conflict and as a means to set the overarching mood of the play. Setting this opening scene in the court aligns with Shakespeare’s general structure of comedies, which commence in the court, ensued by transcending to the ‘green space’ and ultimately returning to the court. Similar to the pastoral perception of the court as a domain of corruption and conflict, Shakespeare…
A number of initiatives and innovations have been successfully implemented over the years to alleviate poverty. There are examples of countries including Brazil, Korea, China, and India who have experienced rapid advancement, with some achieving a position where they are providing aid to other developing countries. The greatest economic growth rates are seen in some of the least developed places in the world, primarily Asia and Africa1. The mortality rate for children today is 13% lower than it was…
You Know a Good Essay When You See One, and You’ve Seen Many What makes an essay good? Most of you probably think you rarely encounter essays in your daily lives; you may think you have no fixed conviction about what makes one essay better than another, but my hypothesis is that we all encounter essays every day and that we have a remarkable level of agreement on what makes an essay good. Each time we tell someone what we think and why we think it we are producing an essay, though it may be in spoken…
Assignment Templates Don't be surprised if writing a personal essay is one of the first assignments you get upon returning to school. You know, "What I Did on My Summer Vacation." Be prepared. Personal essays are actually one of the easiest assignments, but like all other kinds of writing, there are specific aspects of the essay form your teacher will be looking for. Like not ending a sentence in a preposition. The personal essay is helpful to teachers because it gives them a snapshot right up…
