Medea communicates with the chorus in a rash way in the Jeffers adaptation. Furthermore‚ instead of being cunning and well spoken‚ she uses fear to provoke the response she desires from the women. In fact‚ her speeches do not seem well-thought out in this version‚ they just appear to say what is on her mind at the moment. Consequently‚ the speeches of this version are significantly shorter than her speeches in the Norton version. She quickly says what she wants to say and quickly gets to the next
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citizens of America elected their first African American president‚ Barack Obama. This was a huge stepping stone for America‚ but it also brought upon many different reactions from American citizens including reluctance‚ but also a sense of faith. During his first Inaugural Address‚ President Obama vows to rebuild America by forgiving its past and helping them rebuild their future. In order to gain his country’s trust Obama appealed to his audience through emotion and credibility and used rhetorical
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Patrick Henry’s Speech Analysis In the speech‚ “Give Me Liberty‚ or Give Me Death‚” Patrick Henry set out to convince the VirginaVirginia delegates that war with England was inevitable and the longer they waited the harder the war would be to win. Patrick Henry displays immaculate persuasion skills that disarm his audience from favoring reconciliation with Britain. Henry uses rhetorical strategies‚ such as‚ allusions‚ parallelism‚ and repetition to captivate his audience and appeal to their emotions
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Student 2/22/13 Dr. Chambers Arts & Humanities 2 sec. 5 Extra Credit: Obama State of the Union Address On February 12th of this year President Barack Obama gave his State of the Union address to the congress and people of this nation. In this address Obama would touch base on manufacturing‚ climate change‚ raising minimum wage‚ expanding pre-k‚ etc. Our lives are changing each day and most of us are lost and depend on the government to provide us with new information. It’s essential to do
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Hunter Hodges AP English 3-2 10/31/11 RFK Speech Rhetorical Analysis Robert Kennedy’s speech on the Vietnam War on March 18‚ 1968 addresses the dire consequences of the war. His speech criticized the actions taken by Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson. RFK’s speech uses parallel structure and other rhetorical devices to appeal to the audience’s emotion‚ logic‚ and ethics. The use of parallel structure throughout the speech contributes to RFK’s views of the Vietnam War. “.. a year when we choose not simply
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RFK Speech Analysis Discuss RFK’s use of positive and negative and his response to the occasion/What makes it effective? Kennedy’s speech is very effective in calming a volatile America‚ and is so primarily due to his ability to establish credibility and common ground with his audience. He balances the amount of negative and positive segments of his speech in a manner that allows the speech to be ultimately hopeful for the future‚ yet aware of the challenges that they all must overcome. That he
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Cassidy AP Language Speech Analysis One of the top 100 speeches of all time was said by Bill Clinton‚ when he was addressing the memorial of the Oklahoma Bombing. This was said in 1995 when tragedy struck the lives of hundreds. Innocent women‚ men‚ and children were murdered for no apparent reason‚ and people needed someone to turn to. This person was Bill Clinton‚ he responded in ways of composure and emotion that just added to his already powerful speech; he addressed the issues the correct
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The 1960’s as depicted in the film “Berkley in the 60’s” was a moment in history in which there were much social movement by groups of people in America. Tarrow’s cycle of contentious acts and social movement is definitely depicted throughout the entire film but especially during the start of the free speech movement on the UC Berkley campus and during the anti-Vietnam movements as shown in the film. It is during both of these onerous demonstrations that Tarrow’s cycle is
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I am Prepared to Die Nelson Mandela Nelson Mandela’s “I am prepared to die” speech‚ was spoken in South Africa on the 20th of April 1964. Here is a famous extract from the speech: “During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination‚ and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which
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would not be known to the world as the defining speaker of the March on Washington 50 years ago. I Have A Dream‚ his speech about injustice and hardship was delivered to inspire change in both‚ black and white citizens of the United States during the Civil Rights era‚ and to this day his speech is an important part of American history. On August 28th 2013‚ Barack Obama held a speech to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the great March on Washington‚ which reached a climax in one of the greatest
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