For example‚ they talked about what love was. They also talked about the purpose and relationship through love. Lastly‚ if Love was worth praising? The two speeches that got my attention were the ones given by Phaedrus and Eryximachus. Phaedrus’ speech mainly focuses on the self-sacrifice and the beauty that comes with Love. Phaedrus comprehensively explains Love by illustrating self-sacrificial acts through stories. One story that Phaedrus illustrates is that of Alcestis and Achilles. Alcestis
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Ronald Reagan‚ the 40th president of the United States of America (Bio Reference Bank)‚ delivered his “On the 40th Anniversary of D-Day speech” on June 6th 1984 (Academic Search Premier). This day was the 40th anniversary of D-day‚ when 150‚000 men charged the beaches of Normandy to retake Europe from the Nazis (American History Online). The speech was also delivered during the Cold war‚ an arms race between the USA and USSR (American History Online). President Reagan uses logos‚ pathos‚ and anaphora
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and complicated presidential elections in all of American History. One of the major highlights of the election was William Jennings Bryan’s “Cross of Gold” speech that sparked the people’s interest for the Democratic representative. This speech not only had a firm and well defined meaning‚ but its delivery was also delivered superbly. The speech itself was concerned with many problems‚ such as growing class divisions that later were the cause of many violent outbursts among the people. Money was the
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First‚ tone serves as a prima facie aspect of Rudy Giuliani’s speaking given that the sole purpose of his speech was to comfort the American public through the eyes of the United Nations. Essentially‚ Rudy Giuliani directs his speech towards the UN General Assembly as a symbol to adopt more counterterrorism measures in order to prevent attacks like 9/11 from occurring in the future. Despite him addressing the UN General Assembly‚ it seems as if he uses the United Nations to channel his message to
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On January 20‚ 1961‚ the world turned on their television to see how the newly elected American President‚ J. F. Kennedy‚ would address the issues of proliferating weapons and the propagating “iron tyranny” (7). Kennedy delivers a speech that aims to ameliorate their many fears and also establish himself as a capable president –one that would take a strong stance for democracy in a war against communism. By employing well-crafted syntax‚ specific diction‚ and explicit tone‚ Kennedy is able to eloquently
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English Speech This vital speech by Iago taken from Act 2 Scene 3 occurs just after the brawl between Cassio and Montano‚ where Othello is disgusted with his lieutenant’s behavior and dismisses Cassio. From the beginning Iago behaves in this way because of his intense jealousy he has at Othello for promoting Cassio over him. His motivation develops further due to jealousy of both Cassio and Othello‚ and their happiness. These projections of hate are a result of Iago’s own insecurities and his obsession
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4) Haya through speech---Sofea had been always kind‚ sympathetic and soft towards her parents‚ friends‚ sister and towards the strangers. Who never negotiates any decision or thought against her rules she takes the decision to marry Imran whom she does not want to do. Sofia is a polite and soft-hearted lady. She started dreaming of Naim‚ thinking of him on every special occasion and she supposed to share this feeling with him. At that very moment she could realize that Naim still had the relation
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own voice to fight their battles. The Rainbow Coalition was brought up to showcase a group trying to unify the nation‚ and as a way to tie in President Reagan plus all the ways that the Democrats feel his presidency wronged them. The majority of the speech goes on to list all the things that went wrong in the last presidency according to his opinion‚ however he
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The Context The occasion for this speech was one which might discomfort a less experienced speaker than Noel Pearson. He was invited to address a distinguished academic gathering at the University of Western Sydney. His host was his former history professor‚ the Chancellor‚ Professor Derek Schreuder. His topic‚ inspired by High Court decisions and political statements at the time‚ was Australian history. In particular‚ the way Australian history presented the historic relationships between the European
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Golding’s Lord of the Flies‚ a school group of boys stranded on an island‚ attempting to create order have the same matter of the consequences speech and silence creates. Before the group even begins to know each other two boys‚ of the names Ralph and Jack‚ take control over the silence and gain power. Throughout the novel‚ Golding demonstrates how speech or lack thereof‚ in a life or death situation influences who the leader is‚ what the group fears‚ and who will fall victim to the consequences
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