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“How does Shakespeare use the pastoral setting to instil a sense of belonging in his characters?”
Belonging is to be or have the feeling of being accepted by a certain group, person, place or community. In As You Like It Shakespeare uses a pastoral setting, The Forest of Arden, to instil a sense of belonging in his characters. The Forest of Arden is a place where the characters find a sense of belonging in some sort of way, in most cases through a relationship. Belonging has a large impact on each character in their own individual way and the Forest of Arden shapes a new identity and inner-self to most characters.
Through the use of the pastoral setting, The Forest of Arden, there is a connection to a place creating a sense of belonging. This is established for the characters through comparison to the court. The forest is depicted as a less restrictive world that promotes harmony and congeniality. Duke Senior says “more sweet the painted pomp… more free from peril than that of the envious court”. Duke Senior describes the court as a resentful place, a place of wrong values and where the natural order is upset. A sense of belonging is represented through the use of the pastoral setting as the characters feel they belong to a place, resulting in belonging to a world within itself.
The Forest of Arden is represented as a place where the characters can go to escape their worries. This is shown when Rosalind is banished from her home, the court life. She finds the forest as a way to regain a sense of belonging, becoming a part of a new world. Rosalind says “To you I give myself, for I am yours”. This demonstrates that she dedicates herself to the new world she has become a part of the new pastoral world.
The Forest of Arden is a setting for the development of relationships between the characters. This pastoral setting portrays partners who truly belong together. This is shown when Hymen says “You and you no cross shall part”. The Forest of Arden is the...
Belonging is to be or have the feeling of being accepted by a certain group, person, place or community. In As You Like It Shakespeare uses a pastoral setting, The Forest of Arden, to instil a sense of belonging in his characters. The Forest of Arden is a place where the characters find a sense of belonging in some sort of way, in most cases through a relationship. Belonging has a large impact on each character in their own individual way and the Forest of Arden shapes a new identity and inner-self to most characters.
Through the use of the pastoral setting, The Forest of Arden, there is a connection to a place creating a sense of belonging. This is established for the characters through comparison to the court. The forest is depicted as a less restrictive world that promotes harmony and congeniality. Duke Senior says “more sweet the painted pomp… more free from peril than that of the envious court”. Duke Senior describes the court as a resentful place, a place of wrong values and where the natural order is upset. A sense of belonging is represented through the use of the pastoral setting as the characters feel they belong to a place, resulting in belonging to a world within itself.
The Forest of Arden is represented as a place where the characters can go to escape their worries. This is shown when Rosalind is banished from her home, the court life. She finds the forest as a way to regain a sense of belonging, becoming a part of a new world. Rosalind says “To you I give myself, for I am yours”. This demonstrates that she dedicates herself to the new world she has become a part of the new pastoral world.
The Forest of Arden is a setting for the development of relationships between the characters. This pastoral setting portrays partners who truly belong together. This is shown when Hymen says “You and you no cross shall part”. The Forest of Arden is the...