Happiest Refugee Belonging Essay
Sam Zammit English Essay Task 1 Term 4 HSC
As an individual grows the end result is a person’s identity or sense of self. An individual’s perception of belonging is built upon their personal experiences and the affiliations they have forged within their own world. Experiences and relationships fabricate one’s personality and identity including their choice to belong, or not to belong. William Shakespeare’s As You Like It and Anh Do’s The Happiest Refugee delve into how belonging through relationships and the development of individual autonomy is influenced by personal, cultural, and social contexts, as the characters strive to identify what constitutes their own personality and sense of belonging to people and community.
The relationship an individual has with others is immensely vital to whether they believe they have obtained a sense of belonging and the development of their identity. Shakespeare demonstrates Celia and Rosalind’s inseparable natures of constantly …show more content…
When Celia proclaims to Rosalind “Now go we in content, To liberty, and not to banishment” is an example of this. Shakespeare’s application of the rhyming couplet here with “content” and “banishment” accentuates the words that have juxtaposing ideas. Individuals are not meant to be content when being banished from their community. This idea is reinforced by syntactically exercising an oxymoron, partnering closely the words “liberty” and “banishment” within the rhyme. Celia’s loyal personality is established by choosing to leave the negative, heartless aura of the court for something better with Rosalind, further demonstrating how not belonging to the court influences the strengthening bond between them as they share this commonality in their lives due to their similar personalities. This loyalty shows the acceptance that the two show with one another thus strengthening their notion of
As an individual grows the end result is a person’s identity or sense of self. An individual’s perception of belonging is built upon their personal experiences and the affiliations they have forged within their own world. Experiences and relationships fabricate one’s personality and identity including their choice to belong, or not to belong. William Shakespeare’s As You Like It and Anh Do’s The Happiest Refugee delve into how belonging through relationships and the development of individual autonomy is influenced by personal, cultural, and social contexts, as the characters strive to identify what constitutes their own personality and sense of belonging to people and community.
The relationship an individual has with others is immensely vital to whether they believe they have obtained a sense of belonging and the development of their identity. Shakespeare demonstrates Celia and Rosalind’s inseparable natures of constantly …show more content…
When Celia proclaims to Rosalind “Now go we in content, To liberty, and not to banishment” is an example of this. Shakespeare’s application of the rhyming couplet here with “content” and “banishment” accentuates the words that have juxtaposing ideas. Individuals are not meant to be content when being banished from their community. This idea is reinforced by syntactically exercising an oxymoron, partnering closely the words “liberty” and “banishment” within the rhyme. Celia’s loyal personality is established by choosing to leave the negative, heartless aura of the court for something better with Rosalind, further demonstrating how not belonging to the court influences the strengthening bond between them as they share this commonality in their lives due to their similar personalities. This loyalty shows the acceptance that the two show with one another thus strengthening their notion of