Both Pericles “Funeral Oration” and George W. Bush’s address to the nation after the 9/11 terrorist attack were given at times of grief and mourning. Pericles “Funeral Oration” was given in 431 BC after the end of the first year of the Peloponnesian War. Pericles gave this speech to pay tribute to the people lost in battle. Pericles was chosen to give the “Funeral Oration” by the city of Athens as he was a leading citizen of Athens‚ as he was an orator and general during the Golden Age. This was
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Igbo Funeral Rites Kaila Jacobson Among the people of the Igbo tribe in southeastern Nigeria‚ death is usually a highly ritualized event filled with deep mourning. There are usually two funerals‚ whose intention is to safely escort the deceased from the realm of the living to the spirit world. Only after a successful second funeral can the deceased pass the line of “ita okazi”‚ a period of torment‚ into a state of peace. Immediate Preparations When an elderly man or woman dies‚ they are immediately
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about in "The Sculptor’s Funeral". Cather does a magnificent job of showing how society will look down on the necessary but minor things in life‚ or Harvey Merrik. It must take personal insight to show the true meaning of every person. She show’s how beauty and art actually have a place in the business world. Willa demonstrates how great people overcome great obstacles‚ and states how prophets are not recognized in their hometown. These are all shown in "The Sculptor’s Funeral". Beauty and art will
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Funerals are never a good thing. You can ask anybody and they will tell you the same thing. People that have never been to a funeral don’t understand how sad and demoralising they can be. I’ve been to two funerals and I’m going to tell you about one of them. This took place three years ago‚ when I learned that you should never take life for granted. When I wasn’t born yet‚ my grandpa was really active. He went fishing with my brother‚ shopping‚ and he even drove one of those huge pickup trucks one
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The following afternoon‚ the day of Leese’s funeral‚ Taran found himself standing beside her funeral boat‚ but could not recall anything that happened prior to that moment‚ not the discussions he must have had with people the previous day‚ not getting bathed and dressed in dark furs for the funeral… nothing. All he knew was that he stood at the edge of the lock with a burning torch in his hand in the warm winter sun. Leese would have loved the weather today. He glanced down at her body‚ wrapped
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I can’t tell you how many times Doe Doe asked whose funeral we were at‚ but it never seemed to become easier to tell her that it was her beloved husband’s. Not only was I not allowed to sit with my parents‚ but unfortunately I had the chance to sit beside some stuck up distant cousin who didn’t even know Papa. The hardest part of this whole agonizing week was watching Doe Doe’s face throughout the funeral realizing over again whose funeral it was. Even though it was one of the hardest days of my
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I’ve always wanted to know what a funeral home really looks like‚ TV pretty much has it pegged but I just never really realized how boring a funeral home really is. I mean sure‚ the stench of death follows you everywhere you go and the eerie feeling of dead bodies waiting to be buried is still there but there isn’t a shady old guy working there or spiderwebs consuming the walls. In fact‚ it pretty much looked like a grandmother’s house. Plastic covered furniture‚ wax flowers‚ and the lingering smell
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The two rituals I picked are the western practice known as a funeral and the traditional practice known as the Nukil‚ or Hemmukuwin that is a mourning ceremony practiced by the Cahuilla‚ a Californian Native American tribe. In my culture‚ an experience of a funeral consists of first a wake the night before the service where close family and friends can look at the body and tell stories about experiences with the deceased. Then the next morning is the service that is pretty similar to a Christian
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their twin’s funeral. They did not know each other‚ but the death of the one’s they held dearest brought them together. Aurum and Aura were twins‚ like many twins they were as close as the shore is to the ocean. Completely inseparable‚ it was like they were glued to each others side. Both stood far from the ground at six foot seven inches. This was extremely uncommon for a girl
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Doth he Speaketh the Truth? Nay say I. While reading the Funeral Oration made by Pericles‚ son of Xanthippus and a Athenian General‚ I realized that he made some statements about Athens that did not seem quite right‚ in fact down right boastful in certain places. So I did some research and found a few other sources that wrote about that same speech to include my history textbook to see if what I was reading/thinking was correct. My objective with this essay is to show three instances of the speech
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