Kategorier: Alle - belonging - metaphor - alienation - court

af Aleksandr Thwaite 10 år siden

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The text delves into the themes of belonging and alienation as portrayed in Shakespeare's "As You Like It." It contrasts the natural world with the material world, questioning where true belonging lies.

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As You Like It

Main topic

Belonging to the Natural World

Duke Senior’s Men, Act II, Sc V: “Here shall he see No enemy But winter and rough weather”

Through song/verse, Shakespeare presents the favourable image of the forest, subtly suggesting that there are worse enemies within the court.

Juxtaposition through verse
Duke Senior, Act V Sc IV: “…returnèd fortune”

This ‘fortune’ is a great gift: the gift of being able to return to the court and their other material belongings. Through this metaphor,Shakespeare highlights the sense of belonging he himself truly finds at court-so is it in the natural world, or the material world that we truly find belonging.
 

Metaphor
Duke Senior, Act II Sc I: “Hath not old custom made this life more sweet than that of painted pomp?” AND/OR “Are not these woods more free from peril than the envious court?”

By asking this of the audience (presenting juxtapositionwithin question), Shakespeare is persuading/positioning them to believe thatexile/the natural world is preferable to court.

Juxtaposition through Rhetorical Question

Belonging to Place

Adam Act II Sc III: “ this house is but a butchery


 Negative connotations re:Orlando’s home (not Adam’s!)- ‘butchery’ highlights the peril provided within.

Duke Senior, Act II Sc I: “ the envious court”


Envious’ provides a  negative connotation about his home inparticular referencing the ‘envy’ of his brother that resulted in his exile,again alienation.

Rosalind, Act I Sc II: “Unless you could teach me to forget a banished father, you must not learn me how to remember any extraordinary pleasure”


Negative connotations to current ‘home’ – she has no pleasure due to her father’s absence = sense of alienation.

Negative/Positive Connotations