As You Like It - Dr Seuss Oh the Places You'Ll Go
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People experience belonging in different ways, whether it is belonging to a person, group, place, or belonging to the world. Earnest Hemingway once said “It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end” (Hemingway 1950 pg. 123). Here Hemingway explains that while the destination in life is important, it is what happens on the journey to belonging that makes the difference. In William Shakespeare’s comedic play As You Like It (1603), and Theodor Seuss Geisel’s (pseudonym Dr. Seuss) cartoon picture book Oh, the Places You'll Go! (1990) the ‘final destinations’ are different. In As You Like It belonging is seen through love, staying true to the conventions of the Shakespearean Comedy genre. In Oh, the Places You'll Go! belonging is seen through successfully finding your place in the world. While the texts differ on their definition of belonging, the both explore how the path the characters follow— the challenges, choices and perseverance— ultimately define where they belong. In As You Like It, Shakespeare uses 5 act structure, tone, personification, repetition and dramatic irony to shape the audiences sense of belonging. Likewise Seuss uses rhyming scheme, tone, emotive language, and visual language including; Illustrations, gaze, vectors and colour palette, to explore the journey to belonging. In both texts, the author’s choice of language shapes, and is shaped by, a sense of belonging, love and success. Through the use of mode, form, features and structure, both texts explore how life's journey is imperative in deciding where one belongs and how language can drive the path of characters and readers.
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Challenges, are a key theme in both As You Like it (AYLI) and Oh, the Places You'll Go! (OTPYG). Both texts present the view that challenges, while at first seeming negative, often have positive outcomes in peoples lives. In As You Like It, many challenges arise that the protagonists need to overcome, all lead to a...
People experience belonging in different ways, whether it is belonging to a person, group, place, or belonging to the world. Earnest Hemingway once said “It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end” (Hemingway 1950 pg. 123). Here Hemingway explains that while the destination in life is important, it is what happens on the journey to belonging that makes the difference. In William Shakespeare’s comedic play As You Like It (1603), and Theodor Seuss Geisel’s (pseudonym Dr. Seuss) cartoon picture book Oh, the Places You'll Go! (1990) the ‘final destinations’ are different. In As You Like It belonging is seen through love, staying true to the conventions of the Shakespearean Comedy genre. In Oh, the Places You'll Go! belonging is seen through successfully finding your place in the world. While the texts differ on their definition of belonging, the both explore how the path the characters follow— the challenges, choices and perseverance— ultimately define where they belong. In As You Like It, Shakespeare uses 5 act structure, tone, personification, repetition and dramatic irony to shape the audiences sense of belonging. Likewise Seuss uses rhyming scheme, tone, emotive language, and visual language including; Illustrations, gaze, vectors and colour palette, to explore the journey to belonging. In both texts, the author’s choice of language shapes, and is shaped by, a sense of belonging, love and success. Through the use of mode, form, features and structure, both texts explore how life's journey is imperative in deciding where one belongs and how language can drive the path of characters and readers.
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Challenges, are a key theme in both As You Like it (AYLI) and Oh, the Places You'll Go! (OTPYG). Both texts present the view that challenges, while at first seeming negative, often have positive outcomes in peoples lives. In As You Like It, many challenges arise that the protagonists need to overcome, all lead to a...