An Analysis Of Jane Harrison's Rainbows End

‘An individual’s interaction with others and the world around them can enrich or limit their

experience of belonging.’

Discuss this view with detailed reference to your prescribed text and ONE other related text of

your own choosing.

As people fill their life with experiences the way they are perceived is altered and as a result they will

find these past experiences to either assist or deter them from belonging. Belonging is the act of

acceptance as a result of a positive relationship with past experiences and geographical contexts.

Rainbows End a play composed by Jane Harrison delves into the way the indigenous people were

treated by white Australians. In a like manner Christina Rossetti composed a poem At Home which

explores

The speaker whom “only, I had

passed away” holds a significantly sombre and melancholy tone. This is juxtaposed to the living

people who’re constantly looking to “tomorrow”. The two tones form a metaphor that conveys to

the audience that life is joyous whilst death is full of turmoil and hardships. The final line states “that

tarrieth but a day” which is symbolic for her not being welcome in the lane of the living as she was

‘staying too long’ which is contradictory to how the home greeted her previously. Communities

often share a long history of past experiences with one another. These past experiences have a

significant impact on how they relate to places as their ideals and desires change.

People who share positive experiences at places will often belong although without either these

occurring belonging will be significantly more difficult. The social contexts that these interactions

occur in often decide whether someone belongs in a place or ostracised. The mental marks left on

people from interactions within places often controls how they’re accepted by others in that place.

Communities often share a place that’s sentimentally valuable to them that’s shared with