Attempting to belong can be described as a balance between upholding and sacrificing individuality in order to facilitate acceptance.
Gaita's text reflects how being dedicated to one's convictions and identity, instead of conforming to external expectations, impacts a sense of connection. From the text's onset, Romulus' identity is prominently established and maintained through his work; a metaphor for his character. His work is driven by choice, providing him with a sense of affiliation, as it is completed to "exacting standards", "unsurpassed in quality." This work ethic is projected through Gaita's unique expression of the onomatopoeic rhythm of
Romulus' hammer, "tap tap bang, tap tap bang"; a skill which later serves as a vehicle Romulus …show more content…
Elliot's artistic allusion, "There will be time... to prepare a face to meet the faces that you meet," and repetition of, "...the women come and go, talking of
Michelangelo," is symbolic of Prufrock's sculpting of a superficial identity at the expense of his dignity and individuality. By utilising a crab as a metaphor for Prufrock; an animal stuck in a lateral state of motion,
Elliot reflects Prufrock's struggle to gain acceptance through this constant revision of his identity, “a pair of ragged claws. Scuttling across the floors.." and that fact that he has completely forsaken his former identity in a futile attempt to be accepted. Both Romulus an Prufrock exhibit two extremes; Romulus possesses an erudite, rigid sense of individualism, whilst Prufrock completely lacks any sense of identity; undefined, thus emphasising the importance of this balance that belonging denotes to a person's ability to connect. Hence,
Elliot's, and Gaita's texts mutually explore the notion of identity, challenging and reinforcing this concept through their different representations of
Gaita's text reflects how being dedicated to one's convictions and identity, instead of conforming to external expectations, impacts a sense of connection. From the text's onset, Romulus' identity is prominently established and maintained through his work; a metaphor for his character. His work is driven by choice, providing him with a sense of affiliation, as it is completed to "exacting standards", "unsurpassed in quality." This work ethic is projected through Gaita's unique expression of the onomatopoeic rhythm of
Romulus' hammer, "tap tap bang, tap tap bang"; a skill which later serves as a vehicle Romulus …show more content…
Elliot's artistic allusion, "There will be time... to prepare a face to meet the faces that you meet," and repetition of, "...the women come and go, talking of
Michelangelo," is symbolic of Prufrock's sculpting of a superficial identity at the expense of his dignity and individuality. By utilising a crab as a metaphor for Prufrock; an animal stuck in a lateral state of motion,
Elliot reflects Prufrock's struggle to gain acceptance through this constant revision of his identity, “a pair of ragged claws. Scuttling across the floors.." and that fact that he has completely forsaken his former identity in a futile attempt to be accepted. Both Romulus an Prufrock exhibit two extremes; Romulus possesses an erudite, rigid sense of individualism, whilst Prufrock completely lacks any sense of identity; undefined, thus emphasising the importance of this balance that belonging denotes to a person's ability to connect. Hence,
Elliot's, and Gaita's texts mutually explore the notion of identity, challenging and reinforcing this concept through their different representations of