As You Like It Belonging Essay

Essay on Belonging
The need to belong in an integral part of the human psyche. All people, on some level, desire to feel a
sense of belonging that will emerge from the connections made with people, places, groups,
communities and the larger world. Belonging cannot be achieved without an understanding of
oneself and their surroundings.
Belonging encompasses many different themes, several of which are explored in Romulus My
Father. Throughout Romulus My Father the characters are either developing or not developing, an
understanding of themselves and their surroundings through the connections made with people,
places, groups, communities and the larger world. That is the characters are either developing or not
developing a sense of belonging. The...show more content...
They share a deep connection from the time spent together alone at Frogmore. Romulus says to a
friend that "My son is everything to me." This is similar to the relationship between Chris and
Christopher in The Pursuit of Happiness. Shortly after Chris' wife leaves him she picks
Christopher up from day care but instead of bringing him home at six o'clock, like they had
arranged, she keeps him for the night. Chris confronts his wife the next day saying "Hey, don't
you ever take my son away from me again. You hear me? ... Don't you take my son away from me
again." Chris, like Romulus, feels that he belongs with his son and from this belonging he is able
to overcome the many obstacles he faces in life as a single father. Although there is no filial theme
explored in the song the World at Large, the line "I like songs about drifters– books about the same.
They both seem to make me feel a little less insane." Indicates that for the songwriter, a sense of
belonging is found in people that are similar to him, through the connections he has with other
people.
As Bourne is searching for information of his past he learns that he lived in Paris. At once he
knows this is true, and from this understanding a sense of belonging to a place, Paris, began to
emerge. He then travels to Paris, which is the setting for the majority of the text. When Marie says to
Bourne, that they should leave Paris, that they could start another life somewhere else, he replies
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As You Like It is love: The Language of Love
The most obvious concern of As You Like It is love, and particularly the attitudes and the language
appropriate to young romantic love. This is obvious from the relationships between Orlando and
Rosalind, Silvius and Phoebe, Touchstone and Audrey, andCelia and Oliver. The action of the play
moves back and forth among these couples, inviting us to compare the different styles and to
recognize from those comparisons some important facts about young love. Here the role of Rosalind
is decisive. Rosalind is Shakespeare's greatest and most vibrant comic female role. She is clearly the
only character in the play who has throughout an intelligent, erotic, and fully anchored sense...show
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It activates her. She takes charge of her life. She knows what she wants, and she organizes herself to
seek it out. If she has to wait to pursue her marriage, then she is going actively to enjoy the interim in
an improvised courtship and not wrap herself in a mantle of romantic attitudinizing. She initiates the
game of courtship with Orlando and keeps it going. She has two purposes here. This gives her a
chance to see and court Orlando (in her own name) and thus to celebrate her feelings of love, but it
also enables her to educate Orlando out of the sentimental pose he has adopted.
Orlando, too, is in love with Rosalind. But his view of love requires him to write drippy poems and
walk through the forest hanging them on trees. He sentimentalizes the experience (that is, falsifies
it), so that he can luxuriate in his feelings of love rather than focusing sharply on the reality of the
experience. In their conversations, Rosalind/Ganymede pointedly and repeatedly deflates his
conventional rhetoric. This comes out most clearly in her famous reply to his claim that, if Rosalind
rejects him, then he will die.
No, faith; die by attorney. The poor world is almost six thousand years old, and in all this time
there was not any man died in his own person, videlicet, in a love–cause. Troilus had his brains
dashed out with a Grecian club, yet he did what he could to die before,

Identity and Belonging Essay
IDENTITY AND BELONGING
'Knowing where you belong is essential to our sense of identity'
The quest for personal discovery is a journey which every individual must undergo. The
development of a sense of self is one of the greatest achievements one can derive from life.
Identity is made up of a constellation of characteristics, none more essential than the sense of
belonging we feel with others. Humans by nature are social creatures and as such, we all have an
instinctual desire for acceptance and community. This is part of the human condition. However,
belonging is also dependent on our own sense of identity. Where we belong will often be
determined by who we are which is why what we truly search for is a delicate equilibrium between
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Frankie attempts to change her identity by changing her name, in the hope that it will allow her to
better connect with the people she wishes to be with. The ideas expressed in this novel show that an
individual must form an identity before following their innate compulsion to belong.
This novel coincides with Abraham Maslows hierarchy of needs, which maintains that the sense of
security and self–esteem associated with belonging is essential in the pursuit of 'self actualisation'.
Maslows theory suggests that 'belonging' is far more important than individuality. This theory
demonstrates that we must satisfy various 'meta–needs' including discovering where we belong, on
the long search for our identity. TheAmish community in the film Witness, directed by Peter Weir,
is seen to prioritise belonging over individuality. All the Amish people dress 'plain' which
symbolises their high regard for affinity. Rachel is threatened to be shunned from the Amish
society if she continues to be involved with an "English" man. It is not conventional for an Amish
woman to have feelings for a man form the city, or at least to act on them, and it would result in her
becoming an outcast in the community. This is not supported by the rest of the Amish people in the
film and Rachel is forced to choose between belonging and individuality. In this film it seems
knowing where you belong is crucial in knowing who you are. John Book is the

How Does Shakespeare Show Love In As You Like It
Love in As You Like It
Throughout the centuries, men have pondered many great questions. Among these is the question:
"What is love?" There is no doubt that the greatest name in English literature, Shakespeare, sought to
answer this question for himself. Indeed, Shakespeare recorded his answer in many of the sonnets
and plays he wrote, including As You Like It. AsShakespeare learned in seeking to answer this
question, love is many things, which in this play he observes through the characters of the play, but
most directly through Silvius:
It is to be all made of fantasy,
All made of passion and all made of wishes,
All adoration, duty, and observance,
All humbleness, all patience and impatience,
All purity, all...show more content...
Risking his own life, he tells them not to eat any food, then explains why:
There is an old poor man,
Who after me hath many a weary step
Limp'd in pure love: till he be first sufficed,
Oppress'd with two weak evils, age and hunger,
I will not touch a bit (II.vii).
Orlando is not merely being selfless, he is being selfless to help out a servant, a member of a
lower social class. There are few names with such a reputation, and one of them is the legendary
Robin Hood. In this way Shakespeare shows the selflessness of love.
Shakespeare through Orlando again shows selflessness, this time not for a loving subordinate,
but for his hateful brother. Orlando is walking through the forest, and catches a glimpse of "a
wretched and ragged man, o'ergrown with hair" asleep at the base of an old oak tree (IV.iii). A
snake crawls down from the man, then slithers under a bush, where a lioness crouches, ready to
leap at the first movement of the man. Orlando see the man to be none other than his elder
brother. "Twice did he turn his back and purpos'd so [to leave him there]/ But kindness, nobler
ever than revenge ... Made him give battle to the lioness" (IV.iii). Orlando chooses to save his
brother at great risk to himself, and is indeed injured in the process. By placing the good, and even
more paramount, the life, of another before the his own good and life, Orlando shows the greatest
possible display of selfless love that he can. It is interesting to note

Not Belonging In Shakespeare's As You Like It
To belong is to have an affinity to a place or person. In this way, not belonging may be even more
important than belonging as often individuals must be alienated in order to truly accept and
understand their own identity. Such a notion is explored within the Shakespearean play, As you
Like it, written in 1603. The text clearly illustrates the way in which not belonging to people, place
and society is even more important that belonging as it allows an individual to gain a heightened
understanding of the value of belonging and identity. Not belonging to people can lead individuals
to gain a deeper understanding of the value of belonging. As seen in As You Like it, several
characters are forced to experience alienation in order to understand...show more content...
This idea is evident in the play as several characters who are isolated from The Court are able to
deepen their understanding of identity. Shakespeare uses the character of Duke Senior to illustrate
such an idea. The Duke is banished from the court by his younger brother and placed into exile in
the Forest of Arden. It is through this displacement into the natural world and his experiences in
"tongues in trees, sermons in stones, books in running brooks and good in everything", that the
Duke is able to truly develop his identity. The personification of nature as the 'teacher' implies that
the Duke has been taught about a new sense of identity. This demonstrates that the Duke's
alienation from the court has allowed him to become a part of the natural world and in turn enrich
his own identity and sense of self. In a similar way, the character of Jaques is able to deepen his
understanding about the values of belonging through his alienation from the court. However, this
alienation is by choice not force. As the rest of the group prepare for marriage with dance and food,
Jaques chooses not to return to the court believing he is "for other than for dancing measures". This
juxtaposition of behaviour illustrates to the audience the deeper meaning Jaques is determined to
find not only in himself but in a world away from the court. Not belonging has allowed Jaques to
understand the truth about the court of "painted pomp". The use of the alliteration highlights to the
audience the realisation that Jaques has come to about the artificial nature of the court. Shakespeare
uses this melancholy character to demonstrate that not belonging to a place allows an individual to
gain a better perspective of the world and their purpose on it. It is through the alienation from the
court that the Duke is able to develop his identity as part of the natural world and Jaques is able to
gain a better

HSC English Essay
How have your set text and two chosen texts represented different perceptions of belonging or not
belonging? Obtaining a sense of belonging is an intrinsic desire inextricably linked to our human
nature. However, the inherent yearning to identify with a society, personality or context; can
ironically lead to the compromising of one's values that in turn hinges our sense of belonging.
Such paradoxical interplay between a sense of connection and a loss of self is evident in Emily
Dickinson's poems I Died for Beauty; I had been Hungry all these Years and This is my Letter to the
World, David Grossman's reflective essay Writing in the Dark and Jason Reitman's film Up in the
Air. All three composers highlight the impracticality of humanity's...show more content...
Dickinson's This is my Letter to the World raises tension between exclusion and the human
conditions' longing for belonging. Dickinson's "letter to the world" is an extended metaphor of her
deliberate attempt to establish an affinity with her society through art– her literature just like
Grossman's essay. Her vulnerability and isolation, is evident in her personal tone with "my letter"
being exposed to the wider "world". This disclosure juxtaposed with the next line "that never wrote to
me" further emphasizes her reality filled with isolation. The juxtaposition encapsulates her position
as an outsider, interplaying the themes of inclusion and exclusion, seen through her desire for her art
to be reciprocated and appreciated by the open distant world. Furthermore, Dickinson covets for a
sense of connection through the reoccurring motif of the natural world, personifying "her" as a
feminine persona with a nurturing capacity emphasizes through the accumulation of endorsing
imagery "tender majesty... hands I cannot see...for love of her". Despite her lack of relationship with
her environment, she elevates nature to be majestic further denigrating her own self status as her
writing will still be "judged" no matter how "tenderly". Thus Dickinson seeks a sense of belonging
through nature deriving from the human condition, yet in this driving process towards inclusion is
met by exclusion from her sense of identity

Essay On As You Like It
As you like it is one of a famous comedy plays of Shakespeare. Rosalind is one of his most
inspiring female characters, also she has more line than any female of Shakespeare characters,
Rosalind, the daughter of exile Duke falls in love with Orlando the son of a nobleman who recently
died. When she is banished from her usurping uncle, Duke Frederick, she takes her cousin Celia and
Touchstone with her to the Ardenne forest where her father and his friends exile, she pretends as a
boy. Themes about life andlove, death, made friends and family. By the end of play Rosalind
marries Orlando, Oliver becomes a good man and he marries Celia. Act II, Scene 7 features a large
Monologues by William Shakespeare, which begins as follows:
"All the...show more content...
Literature review As you like it, play written by William Shakespeare. It is believed to have been
written in 1599 or early 1600 and first published in 1623 the play setting at France court, but the
most of it in Ardenne forest. Rosalind dominates As You Like It. So fully realized is she in the
complexity of her emotions, the subtlety of her thought, and the fullness of her character that no one
else in the play matches up to her. Rosalind, daughter of Duke Senior, a witty, self–possessed young
woman, she disguises as a young man named Ganymede, she is the most important character in
the play, smart, kind, witty and hero, she is dominated (As you like it), also she has complex
emotions and feelings. She falls in love with Orlando. She runs away to the Ardenne forest after
she banished by her uncle Frederick. Orlando, the youngest son of Sir Rowland de Boys, second
important figure in the play. Who ill treated by his oldest brother, he is gentle, with feelings of
emotion to his love for Rosalind. Which he is capable is evident in his concern for his faithful old
servant Adam, as well as in his fidelity to his lover. He escapes from his older brother after he
knows that he is planning to kill

Belonging
Belonging can be a possible path to an individual's self–actualisation. A sense of identity can be
identified by belonging or not belonging to a particular group or place. A person can portray
different values of belonging through different situations and settings, like in Shakespeare's period
and the period in 'Fight Club'. Maslow's Hierarchy of belonging suggests that belonging is one of
the basic needs of human existence. All humans aspire to belong but only a few are able to
transcend this basic human need and become self–actualised individuals who rise beyond their social
expectations and go against the conventions that define them. This is portrayed through the
characters in 'As You like It' that flee to the Forest of Arden but
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Afterwards we all felt saved".
The concept of belonging not only deals with acceptance, but also rejection and alienation. This
concept can influence our belonging to a place or group. This is explored through Shakespeare's
play "as you like it". Throughout the novel, 'as you like it' explores the idea of belonging to place.
The title
itself gives the play to the audience, implying belongs to those viewing it. Throughout the novel,
we can clearly detect the characters desires to belong as dictated by the social religious hierarchy
of the renaissance drawn out by the church and king in the form of the chain of being. According
to Shakespeare text and his context, everyone has their rightful place. If one place is altered or
disturbed, there is chaos and anarchy. Hence, 'As You like It' is a reaffirmation of the chain of
being where Duke seniors dukedom has been altered by his younger brother Frederick, and this
causes the chaos that leads to many of the characters fleeing to the place they belong to into the
forest.
In As You like It, the traditions of society push characters to play certain roles. Rosalind, the
protagonist, has no control over society and gender expectations presented to her. Even though she is
the most interesting, intelligent and active character in the novel, she is confined into the expected
female role. This suppresses her personality to be expected to fit into and belong at

Belonging Essay
Peter Skrzynecki Belonging Essay
Significant moments in time shape an understanding of belonging.
Explore how this is evident in you prescribed text and at least ONE other related text of your own
choosing.
Belonging is defined as fitting in to a particular environment or having the right personal or social
qualities to be a member of a particular group. Our belonging to or connections with people, places
and groups allows one to develop a distinct identity characterised by affiliation, acceptance and
association. To gain a full understanding of belonging, it is essential to experience some significant
moments in time as it shapes and develops our understanding of belonging. This is captured in the
poems of Peter Skrzynecki's,...show more content...
"Birds of passage" navigate from one destination to another which emphasises the absence of a
fixed home for the migrants. The constant change of the hostel prevents Skrzynecki from finding a
place of belonging, leaving him feeling lost and confused about his sense of self. The hostel
provides a prison–like life and community group to which the migrants belong. The "barrier at the
main gate" is a metaphoric and literal barrier, giving the impression of imprisonment, sealing off the
migrants from the rest of the world. This isolation permits the migrants to a group, but not a country.
Skrzynecki uses alliteration such as, "hunger and hate" to demonstrate the migrants emotions of
other groups after their own suffering. Skrzynecki, like other migrants who would have started out
their journey with hope and optimism, feels as though he does not belong in the new land because of
the impermanent, instable environment, however he and the other migrants have certain things in
common which unite them, consequently creates a place where they belong.
In contrast with Skrzynecki's disconnection through place and identity, Anh Do's, 'The Happiest
Refugee' elucidates a more positive sense of belonging. Through the use of anecdotes, he explains
that it didn't take long before his father found a job and moving out of "East Hills Migrant Hostel"
within weeks, depicting that his family was trying to fit into their new country, their new culture,

Sexuality in As You Like It
In a romantic forest setting, rich with the songs of birds, the fragrance of fresh spring flowers, and
the leafy hum of trees whistling in the wind, one young man courts another. A lady clings to her
childhood friend with a desperate and erotic passion, and a girl is instantly captivated by a youth
whose physical features are uncannily feminine. Oddly enough, the object of desire in each of these
instances is the same person. In As You Like It, WilliamShakespeare explores the homoerotic
possibilities of his many characters. At the resolution he establishes a tenuous re–affirmation of their
heterosexuality. In this essay I will show how individual characters flirt with their homoerotic...show
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Charles, the wrestler, compares the Duke's lifestyle to the idyllic age of Robin Hood and reports
that 'many young gentlemen/ flock to him every day and fleet the time carelessly as they/ did in the
golden world' (I.i. 101–103). In his article, 'Queering the Shakespeare Family,' Mario DiGangi
explains this reference to the 'golden world' as being an allusion to the Renaissance myth of
Orpheus, the misogynist who establishes an all–male community in order to avoid the dangers of
female seduction and sexuality. In describing the lifestyle which is alluded to by Shakespeare's
phrase, 'the golden world,' DiGangi explains that Orpheus and his comrades, living in isolation, did
'utterly eschew/ The womankynd' and 'taught the Thracian folke a stewes of Males to make/ And
of the flowering pryme of boayes the pleasure for to take' (Ovid bk. 10, II qtd. in DiGangi 277–280).
This description bears unmistakable similarities to Duke Senior's lifestyle, and makes the
homosexual implications of his society undeniable. The solely masculine society of Duke Senior's
woodland retreat is pleasing and attractive to the male characters in the play. This contentment with
purely male companionship, coupled with the undeniable allusion to a well–known homosexual
society, create a fertile ground for planting the argument that Duke Senior's lifestyle is as much
alternative as it is 'sweet.'
Another, and more commonly analyzed, example of

Relationships in As You Like It
"Pronounce that sentence on me, my liege. I cannot live out of her company"(Shakespeare quoted
in Norton Anthology 1611). Who made these remarks about the dear Rosalind, was it Celia, the
one whom she calls 'coz', or is Orlando the man that she is in love with? The question then becomes
if Celia said these words what was her meaning. Is it that Celia is attracted to Rosalind as more than a
friend or is this just an example of the female friendships of the time? This is a look at the different
dynamics of relationships during the Renaissance. Those relationships of female friends, male
bonding and homoeroticism in "As You Like It".
During the Renaissance the friendship between females...show more content...
One can see the intense friendship that Celia and Rosalind share in the passage when Celia agrees
that Rosalind does have a good reason to cry. The bond that is between female friends is analogous
to the autonomy valorized in ideal male friendships (Shannon 658). Celia and Rosalind's friendship
can also be example of the phenomenon of female friendship. The phenomenon of the female
friendship that is so elusive in the writings of the Renaissance appears as an extraordinary dramatic
effect, linking marriage and tyranny and enhancing the otherwise familiar disapprobation towards
the absolute power of the patriarchal society (Shannon 658).
The bonding between males is something that is not an obvious in the writings of the Renaissance
as other types of relationships. It has been noted that the structures of a patriarchal society have an
"obligatory homosexuality" built in the male dominated kinship systems (Sedgwick 3). It is
apparent in "As You Like It" that there is a bond between Adam and Orlando. The question is
whether this bond is that of male bonding, master/servant, or homoerotic. The relationship really
can't be categorized as homosexual because at no point in the play is there any actions taken in that
manner. In Act 2 scene 3 Adam and Orlando are discussing Orlando's money issues. Adam offers his
support in lines 39–41: "But do not so. I have five hundred

Essay about Belonging
Essay "A sense of belonging requires an understanding of one's past." Although the main aspect of
this quote is referring to the past; in other words time, it could also mean features of the past, such
as people, places, past experience etc. These aspects of belonging are extensively shown within
Peter Skrzynecki's 'Immigrant Chronicle'; in particular the poems 'Feliks Skrzynecki' and 'in the folk
museum'. Belonging and all of its aspects are also shown through the movie 'Dead Poets society' and
particularly through the characterisation of Mr Keating and Todd Anderson. Although they all have
belonging placed within their storyline; they all have different aspects of connection whether it is
positive or negative. In the poem 'Feliks...show more content...
This poem overall shows how choosing not to co–exist with the society around you does not mean
you lose a sense of connection with yourself or your past. In the poem 'In the folk museum' the poet
is mainly just visiting the local museum and not really enjoying it. The tone all throughout the
poem is mainly dull suggesting he is not really interested at all, also suggesting that he has no
connection with the place. If anything throughout the whole poem he emphasizes the boredom and
dullness through the lack of descriptive language in stanza 2 where the poet just lists the items he
sees. But considering this is a museum and is mainly there to express history, the main reason why
he is so bored is because of the fact he cannot connect with this past. He states this in the following
quote; "To remind me of the past which isn't mine." To also state this fact; in stanza 4 he begins to
talk about church' "In the town hall next door they sing to Christ." This emphasis his religious
culture and the fact he cannot connect with this museum. However even though he can't connect to
the museum; he also emphasis that he doesn't want to be part of it at all in the following quote;
"Would you please sign the Visitors' Book?" So overall with the quotes and the overall descriptive
language of

Analysis Of ' As You Like It '
"As You Like It", is a Shakespearean comedy that is believed to have been written around the
1600's. This play holds onto many strong motifs throughout the entire play. One of the most obvious
motifs would have to be the concept of exile. Many of the characters in the play have been
intimidated away from their homes, while others left voluntarily to live in the forest of Arden. This
separation from their homes in the court aids in helping Shakespeare's major themes come alive. The
major themes evident in Act 4 Scene 3 is the malleability of humans through experience, the effects
of love, and a comparison of city life to country life. It is important to note the malleability of human
nature through an individual's life experience. According to some psychologists, "what is built in
[to humans] is this capacity to learn and change according to the world [they] find [themselves]
in" (Dweck, par. 3). This is supported in Shakespeare's play through the character of Oliver. At his
home in the court, Oliver finds himself blessed with the riches and power that his father handed
down to him. This inheritance is known as the right of primogeniture. The system in which a
father's riches and title is handed down to the eldest son, leaving the rest of the siblings with
nothing. Oliver is a petty and jealous individual who treats his younger brother Orlando as if he
were just another servant. The root of this hatred is made clear in Oliver's monologue at the end of
act one scene one, in

Identity and Belonging Essay
Our perception of our identity is constantly changing, the groups we belong to, the people we talk to
and the way we connect with others help to form our identity. There is one thing we all have in
common despite our individual identities, is the need to belong. There's no obligation to belong to
only one group, you can belong to many. An individual can belong to many groups, which will then
create multiple identities; hence our understanding of identity is never constant. Belonging to a
loving family, group of caring friends that help us to develop our own sense of self. However,
belonging can have a negative side. For example our families might have an expectation of us to do
something that might alter our ambitions and interfere with...show more content...
We all want to stand out of the crowd and be something special, but not all of us have the
potential. However, it doesn't necessarily have to be about education, parents can be very
protective over us and hold us back from socializing with friends, especially from the opposite
gender, which makes it harder for us teenagers to belong to a group.
Media has a major influence in shaping our identity. It brain washes us by telling us what to do and
because we are constantly surrounded by it, we allow it to create stereotypes, and change the way
we act and think. Popular TV shows such as the Simpsons are constantly making us use and believe
stereotypes. Mainstream media create images of perfect girls on magazines, to brainwash young
girls into believing that they have to be as thin and perfect, as the 'Photoshoped' images of the
girls in magazines to be accepted and to fit in groups and be happy and loved. The pressure to fit in
and to be perfect leaves a psychological effect on young girls which influences and changes their
original identity. Half of our identities today are completely based on what we see in the media.
Although our names, cultures and religions determine otherwise, Mainstream media determines our
dress, behaviour, hobbies and interests. What we see in magazines and on television dictate the way
we run our

Social interactions are an essential part of all relationships; they are the determining factor of one's
perceptions of the world around them as well as their own identity. This idea is presented in
uniquely an array of texts including, William Shakespeare's As You Like It, Shaun Tan's The Lost
Thing and The Blind Side produced by John Lee Hancock. Society and its expectations can make a
significant impact on one's ability to fit in to an environment. Some individuals' however challenge
society and break down social barriers in order to improve or limit an individual's aptitude to
assimilate. Being affiliated with a particular individuals or groups can leave a person feeling accepted
as they can gain a new sense of perspective of the...show more content...
Consequently portraying the characters lack of belonging in the court as well as heightened tension
in the environment after Rosalind and Celia's banished from the "public court [for] twenty miles".
Celia represented this status alteration by changing her name to "Aliena" in reference to her feeling
like an Alien in her new environment. Both societies create a solution for displaced characters in
contrasting ways, excluding individuals and restricting their capability to belong.
An individual can challenge society by breaking down the social barriers that were once in place
restricting ones potential to belong. This can alter an individual's way of thinking leaving them
with a sense of connectedness. The depiction of the protagonist Michael Ohers in the blind side
as being a large uneducated black African American adolescent coming from a broken home
creates the context for the rest of the film. There are many barriers restricting his comfort and
disconnecting him from "White" Society. It is obvious that Michael doesn't belong and this is
emphasised by his soliloquy type poem stating he "see ['s] white everywhere. White walls, white
floors and a lot of white people" However John Lee Hancock creates the character Leigh Ann who
rebels against society's expectations to include Michael into society by "opening her home to him
"and "change[ing] [his] life" this is shown through dialogue as she openly defends Michael.

Belonging Essay
Belonging Essay Concept, perceptions and ideas to belong or not to belong differ from person to
person. This is due to experiences that shape ones personality that come through personal, cultural,
social and historical context. The idea of belonging allows one to have some sort of connection and
communal with people, places, groups, communities and the wider world. In contrast not belonging
causes one to suffer from alienation, exclusion and marginalisation. As a result these factors can
cause an individual to be at different states of depression depending on one's personality and
situation. However in society, belonging has become and essential to life. Many texts have explored
the notion of belonging and not belonging; the play Rainbows...show more content...
This is very evident throughout the play, Rainbows End as different perceptions of belonging are
conveyed through conversations and incidents that occurs from characters of different social and
historical background. An example of such is the conversation that Errol and Dolly have about
the differences in their families. Errol attempts to convince Dolly that he is willing to give her a
better life, if she agrees to marry him but away from her family. Dolly does not agree with Errol
Fisher's views on a better life and continues to question his thoughts through the repetition of his
words. DOLLY: You want me to leave here for ever? ERROL: I'm offering you a better life.
DOLLY: A better life? ERROL: In the city there's department stores so big that you can spend all
day in them. Why in the city there's even little restaurants you can eat spaghetti, just like Italy.
DOLLY: Spaghetti? This conversation portrayed Errol and Dolly's different perceptions of
belonging. The use of the repetition is ironic as Dolly has her family and place does not understand
the meaning of "better life". The connection that dolly has with her family and place has created her
to feel comfortable there regardless of all the discriminatory acts of the time. Errol and
Dollydiffering opinions come through their social and

Theories Of Belonging
A fundamental part of human existence and interaction is the notion of belonging or identifying
with a group. Groups form and exist for various reasons and purposes, comprising of individuals
similar or diverse in nature, that often work together toward a common goal (Stanhope &
Lancaster, 2014). In 1902, the American sociologist by the name of C. H. Cooley, made
distinction between primary and secondary groups. Cooley (1902) classified primary group to have
intimate and comparatively permanent associations as one might find in a cohort of close friends,
or a family. The groups or associations in which individuals related to each other through formal
and often legalistic rules, were classified as secondary groups (Nolen, 2010). The group

As You Like It Belonging Essay
ENGLISH ADVANCED BELONGING ESSAY
An individual's sense of belonging can be shaped by numerous elements of their interactions with
other people and places. To obtain a true sense of belonging, these elements must work to support
and accept the individual in their discovery of a fulfilled and contented existence. These essential
concepts of belonging are displayed within William Shakespeare's comedy As You Like It,Mark
Twain's novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and A.B. Patterson's poem Clancy of the
Overflow. Through the composers' use of dramatic, language, poetic and literary techniques, we are
able to explore the various aspects and ideas which lead to a deep sense of belonging.
One of the fundamental concepts of belonging...show more content...
However, Shakespeare uses this couple to further satirise the Petrarchan tradition of love and display
that although pure unadulterated love can lead to a sense of belonging, so can a connection of a
less noble manner; thus highlighting the numerous avenues of belonging. Through the dialogue "as
a walled town is more worthier than a village... the forehead of a married man more honourable
than the bare brow of a bachelor" and "I do desire with all my heart... to be a woman of the world",
Shakespeare contrasts the affection of Touchstone and Audrey and that of Orlando and Rosalind and
emphasises the different levels of belonging. This contrast between the morals and ethics of
relationships reflects how true love, however also materialistic love establishes a deep sense of
belonging and builds understanding between the individuals involved.
Another key aspect of belonging is the relationship to a place or setting. In As You Like It, the
two symbolic settings that the characters inhabit are vastly juxtaposed, as we see the natural
essence of the Forest of Arden contrasted with the supposedly civilised Courts of Duke Fredrick.
Shakespeare's use of contrast, imagery and dialogue reflects the different states of belonging which
the courts and Forest of Arden represent. The use of hyperbole by Orlando in Act 1 when he asks
Oliver "Shall I keep your pigs and eat husks with them" emphasises the extent of which Orlando does

As You Like It Thesis
I.Introduction Shakespeare feminist?
a.Hook
b.Thesis statement
c.How you're going to prove the thesis
Body Paragraph Topic Sentence– Shakespeare's take on masculinity. In As You Like It, it seems that
Shakespeare believes that it is a man's natural instinct to romanticize women. While Celia is
reading Orlando's poem to Rosalind, all of the women mentioned had something disastrous happen
to them. (Act 3 Scene 2 Lines 143 through 156) Tie to the topic sentence. Another thing a man
needs to be is tough. When Rosalind, as Ganymede, is talking to Oliver, Orlando's brother, she
faints at the sight on Orlando's blood on the handkerchief. In response, Oliver tells "him" that he
needs to act more like a man. (Act 4 Scene 3 Lines 12)...show more content...
Shakespeare believes that women are more prone to crying and that they are the weaker gender.
When Rosalind is talking to Aliena, she says "I could find in my heart to disgrace my man's
apparel and to cry like a woman, but I must comfort the weaker vessel, as doublet and hose ought to
show itself courageous to petticoat". (2.4.4–8) In the past, it was believed that because of the fact
that women give birth, they are the fairer sex. Most people believed that women could not protect
themselves, and that they needed courageous men to protect them. Shakespeare also portrays
women in a stereotypical manner, in the sense that it was believed that women normally rave over
males, making them seem foolish. In Scene 3 Act 2, Rosalind is giddy over Orlando, perpetuating
the stereotype that woman go crazy over guys. (3.2.198–208) Tie to the topic sentence. Another
stereotype that Shakespeare brings up is the stereotype that women don't think before they speak,
and that they talk all the time. Rosalind says in Act 3 Scene 2 "Do you not know I am a woman?
When I think, I must speak". This was a common view, resulting in woman always being told that
they were nagging.
II.IV. Body Paragraph Topic Sentence There were times in the play when Shakespeare defied gender

Belonging Essay
Belonging consists of a struggle with opposing pressures. A desire to belong also consists of
emotional conflicts and struggles between being acknowledged while also remaining as an
individual and retaining personal ideals which may ultimately result in a connection. This is
explored in Emily Dickinson's selected poetry I died for beauty, but was scarce and I had been
hungry all the years , as well as Scott Westerfeld's novel Uglies. These texts all depict a struggle
between being recognised and accepted in society and the desire to remain true to one's self,
exploring the paradoxical nature of belonging which, on one hand, provides fulfilment, but also
removes a sense of personal identity.
Dickinson's I died for beauty, but was scarce...show more content...
Struggles between opposing pressures of conformity and individuality which can also bring about
connection is successfully explored by Dickinson through the depiction of the persona's conflict
between a desire to belong yet desiring individuality as an artist, which ultimately results in a
harmony between the two personas due to similar desires.
Scott Westerfeld's Uglies also explores the struggle with maintaining individual identity while
wishing to be accepted society through the perspective of protagonist Tally Youngblood. В¬Tally and
Shay display conflicting perspectives towards the 'pretties' where Tally's desire to join the
community evident in a positive tone that is used when describing them such as "beautiful" is
contrasted with Shay's views of the society in "doing what you're supposed to do is always
boring", where a struggle between opposing views is illustrated through the two in which Tally
shows a wish to be accepted while Shay instead only wants to remain herself rather than have her
ideals forcefully removed.

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