Jessica Harris Drama 110 Professor Karen Baker Play Response: Dead Man’s Cell Phone November 19‚ 2012 In Dead Man’s Cell Phone there were a lot of design elements in that helped express the time‚ location‚ and underlying theme of this play. They were shown through the set and costume design. However‚ costume design is different as to where it is more personal and gives us more information about the character and how he or she contributes to the play. These elements are space‚ line‚ shape
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great nation’s past contains a great leader who sacrificed everything for his or her country. Abraham Lincoln gave his life after striving to abolish slavery. Soon after Lincoln’s murder‚ Walt Whitman wrote an apostrophe poem to Lincoln. In this eulogy‚ Whitman praised Lincoln’s accomplishments and mourned his death. In “O Captain! My Captain!”‚ Walt Whitman uses repetition‚ symbolism‚ assonance‚ and metaphors to portray the theme that every great leader should stand ready to lay down his or her
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Marcus Brutus makes many appeals to rhetoric‚ specifically ethos and pathos‚ in order to get his point across to the audience. Throughout the story‚ in order to express himself‚ Brutus makes many appeals to ethos. For instance‚ at the start of his eulogy‚ Brutus uses the phrase: “Romans‚ countrymen‚ and lovers‚ hear me for my / cause‚ and be silent that you may hear‚ Believe me” (JC.III.ii.13-14). When he uses the specific words “Romans‚ countrymen‚ and
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Alrediny History (Core 102) 06 – 05 – 2012 Professor: M. Swanson Funeral Oration by Pericles In the Aftermath of the Peloponnesian war between Athens and Sparta‚ Pericles‚ Athens’ general and statesmen‚ delivered a powerfully comforting eulogy to the polis of Athens‚ assuring the people that their city state is in good hands‚ and easing the pain of all the families and relatives of the deceased. He uses several rhetorical devices throughout his speech to gain a positive emotional appeal
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Chapter 3 Discovering Self-Motivation Concept Choosing a meaningful purpose gives our lives a direction and creates inner motivation. Many students have not defined a personally meaningful purpose for being in college‚ let alone for being in a particular course. Unfocused‚ these students are more likely to drift from rather than to academic success. By offering them the opportunity to choose personally meaningful outcomes that they would like to achieve in college or in life‚ we assist students
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George Washington: Better General or President? In response to George Washington‚ Thomas Jefferson said‚ “We sir‚ Cannot do without you.” Everyone knows George Washington was America’s first president. He has been called the father of the country‚ the indispensible man‚ and America’s own Moses. Many will agree that George Washington was a great leader and general; this reviewer even had a hard time finding opposing opinions. Therefore‚ was George Washington a better General or President? Washington
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most compelling. In the Symposium‚ each speaker decides to compose his own eulogy of Love. It all starts on page 9 with Eryximachus stating‚ “It’s terrible that people have given serious attention to subjects like that‚ but nobody to this day has yet had the courage to sing the praises of Love as he deserves. Such a great god and so neglected!” They all agree and Phaedrus is the one to speak first. He starts is eulogy by saying that “Love was regarded by humans and gods as a great and awesome
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whether it is a film‚ song‚ poem or speech portrays a distinctive voice. The distinctive voice is usually a result of how the composer wants to get their point of view across to the audience. John F Kennedy’s Inaugural Address‚ 9th Earl Spencer’s Eulogy for Princess Diana and George W. Bush’s 9/11 Address to the Nation are all speeches‚ which makes it easier to hear the distinctive voice within each one‚ along with the numerous language techniques‚ stylistic features and their structures. John F
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Analysis of Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. Chapter 5: Animadversions on Some Writers Who Have Rendered Women Objects of Pity‚ Bordering on Contempt. Eighteenth century philosophical theories popularised an egalitarianism universalism‚ however it is evident such theories did not reach concepts of the female gender and its role. Instead‚ Enlightenment theories supported a social and political system‚ which consigned women to the domestic sphere because of their inferiority
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Augustus calls his friends‚ Isaac and Hazel‚ and tells them to meet him at the church for a pre-funeral. Gus feels that the pre-funeral is important because he doesn’t know if he will be able to attend as a ghost. Hazel and Isaac both read their eulogy for Gus‚ and it is a very touching moment between the three friends. After experiencing his “last good day” as
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