Rhetorical Techniques Used In Arthur Neville Chamberlain's Speech
Arthur Neville Chamberlain was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1937 - 1940. He signed the Munich Agreement in 1938. When Hitler continued his aggression on Poland, Chamberlain promised to defend Poland's independence, therefore Britain declared war on, and Chamberlain led Britain through the first eight months of World War II. “On the Nazi invasion of Poland” speech was announced hours after Hitler's troops had invaded Poland. He died of cancer after six months of leaving the premiership and was replaced by Winston Churchill. This speech was announced to show the cruelty of the Nazi government and to stop the Germans aggression
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In addition, he used techniques to improve his speech as metaphors. And we can see examples of metaphors in the phrases “Nor have we neglected any means of making it crystal clear” “we shall stand at the bar of history of knowing that the responsibilities…” and many other metaphors. Firstly, he started his speech by saying descriptive positive words as “crystal clear” and then he continued using negative words to inspire the audience to war as “terrible catastrophe” “hesitated” “neglected” and many other words and phrases Neville used in the middle and at the end of the speech describing the cruelness of the Nazi government.
Also chamberlain accustomed other rhetorical techniques to grab the attention of the audience as alliteration in a sentence in his saying “the Army and the Air Force are in the fortunate position of having almost many men as they can conveniently handle at this moment” and in the phrase “in that there is today…” and finally the use of hyperbole in the sentence “That appeal has been anticipated by many months”
Last but not least, the speech announced by Neville Chamberlain led Britain and British people into the Second World War. The Second World War damaged all Europe and its economy and led Germany and Britain into bankruptcy. And the United States flourished the European economy after WW2. In my point of view, this speech was a useless speech that hit Britain and France into a war against
This text was announced in the first point of view by the repetition …show more content…
In addition, he used techniques to improve his speech as metaphors. And we can see examples of metaphors in the phrases “Nor have we neglected any means of making it crystal clear” “we shall stand at the bar of history of knowing that the responsibilities…” and many other metaphors. Firstly, he started his speech by saying descriptive positive words as “crystal clear” and then he continued using negative words to inspire the audience to war as “terrible catastrophe” “hesitated” “neglected” and many other words and phrases Neville used in the middle and at the end of the speech describing the cruelness of the Nazi government.
Also chamberlain accustomed other rhetorical techniques to grab the attention of the audience as alliteration in a sentence in his saying “the Army and the Air Force are in the fortunate position of having almost many men as they can conveniently handle at this moment” and in the phrase “in that there is today…” and finally the use of hyperbole in the sentence “That appeal has been anticipated by many months”
Last but not least, the speech announced by Neville Chamberlain led Britain and British people into the Second World War. The Second World War damaged all Europe and its economy and led Germany and Britain into bankruptcy. And the United States flourished the European economy after WW2. In my point of view, this speech was a useless speech that hit Britain and France into a war against