Mother About to Wash Her Sleeping Child: Mary Cassatt Lauren Eddie Gierard Art History 318 Professor Enholm April 2nd 2015 Mother About to Wash Her Sleeping Child‚ is an oil painting by Mary Cassatt painted in 1880.1 It is currently on display at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art‚ on the third floor of the Art of the Americas Building. 2As the title states the painting depicts a motherly figure bathing a sleepy child. The arrangement and treatment of these figures embody many of
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cannot be true democracy unless women’s voices are heard.” In 1995‚ Aung San Suu Kyi delivered the speech “Keynote Address at the Beijing World Conference on Women” through a video‚ attempting to gain the rights women. Similarly‚ Margaret Atwood presented the speech “Spotty-handed Villainesses” to numerous conventions in 1994‚ with the idea of increasing the dimensions of feminism. These powerful speeches use a large variety of language forms and techniques specifically pathos‚ ethos and logos to express
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In the summer of 1969‚ Edward M. Kennedy proposed a speech to the American citizens to “apologize” for his actions and unsuccessful attempt at trying to rescue his dear friend Mary Jo. On July 18th‚ Edward Kennedy‚ the current president‚ hosted an annual cookout on Chappaquiddick Island‚ inviting Kennedy campaign secretaries‚ one of them being Mary Jo Kopechne. Around 11:15 P.M.‚ Edward offered to drive Mary Jo home‚ despite the “possible” alcoholic drinks he may have had. She accepted‚ and not soon
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In his speech at Georgetown University‚ Bernie Sanders elucidated democratic socialism and painted his vision of a reformed America— an America that is economically equal; healthy; employed; educated; and‚ unified with Muslim nations against ISIS. Sanders’ speech highlighted pervasive social programs that accentuated the dire need of middle class Americans for economic security and equality. Sanders correlated his desire to redistribute wealth among the top 1 percent—the ruling class—and the middle
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President Nixon begins his speech by declaring that America is finally in a state of peace. Nixon says that the wars are over and America can now focus on its internal issues‚ instead of the exterior war problems. This intro is effective‚ because the fixing of internal American issues is an issue very central to many Americans and for the people the Senators represent. Next‚ Nixon moves into describing the positive effects from his five years in office. Some of these positive effects include increased
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Frederick Douglass was invited by the Rochester Ladies Antislavery society‚ to deliver a speech. He delivered his speech on July 5th‚ 1852‚ at Corinthian Hall in Rochester‚ New York. In Douglass’s speech‚ he established himself to the audience. He praised their importance of the occasion before them and claims to be humble‚ yet he shrunk with fear and nervousness. Although he deceives his audience‚ His use of rhetoric‚ religious‚ and historic statements‚ achieves common ground for his argument and
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president‚ Franklin Delano Roosevelt in his speech‚ “Pearl harbor Speech December 8‚ 1941 To the Congress of the United States” ‚ Address Congress regarding The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor His purpose is to respond to the actions of The Japanese empire and earn the support of the people. Roosevelt adopts a serious tone in order to Express the Effect of Japan’s attack on America and That joining world war two is now inevitable. Roosevelt Opens his speech by Utilizing potent diction to express the
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The speech I chose to analyze is Steve Jobs’ speech at the Stanford University Commencement Ceremony in 2005. The speech was available for viewing online and was about 15 minutes long. Steve Jobs’ speech was captivating‚ effective‚ and relevant in many ways. Jobs’ exercised an effective use of organization‚ tone and rate‚ and audience awareness. Jobs use of clear organization provided for a speech that was easy to follow and maintained the attention of his audience. From the beginning‚ Jobs got
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we used thoughts of superstition. These thoughts were later seen as ineffective and not credible. To emphasize the use of reason and logic Patrick Henry states in his speech‚ Speech in the Virginia Convention‚ “I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past. (Paragraph 2)” Today‚ we use history as a resource thus‚ using the past to answer modern day questions. We also use history to learn from our past mistakes as a nation. This can be seen in the end of World War II‚ we did not punish
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I believe that I believe that Shakespeare intended a speech for his audience that exalted humanity. Shylock spoke about humanity and held it at a high regard defending that being a Jew does not make you less as a human than a Christian. In his speech Shylock exalts humanity instead of speaking of it in a cynical or sarcastic manner. In his speech such Shylock did not use sarcasm whatsoever when comparing a Jew to a Christian. “ If you prick us‚ do we not bleed? If you tickle
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