Lauren Richards Unknown Australian Soldier Speech Analysis: The purpose of Prime Minister Paul Keating’s speech ‘Funeral Service of an Unknown Australian Soldier’ was to affirm Australia’s culture and values through reflection on the symbolic power of the sacrifice of the Unknown Australian soldier in World War One. In this patriotic speech he explores the paradox that an ordinary person can achieve the same kind of greatness as the unknown Australian Soldier. He says “It was a lesson about ordinary
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until we arrived at the funeral that it finally sank in. The emotions hit me like a tractor-trailer hitting a squirrel on the highway. The stabbing pain in my heart and the cloudiness of my vision caused by tears just made me weep harder. I observed my mom standing by the casket‚ looking at your lifeless body‚ staring into eternity. She appeared there physically‚ but you could tell her mind raced elsewhere as an unsettling darkness nestled in her eyes. At the end of the funeral‚ people I had never met
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President John F. Kennedy was the 35th president of the United States. Ironically Kennedy had visited Arlington National Cemetery and during his visit made the statement “I could stay here forever”. On November 22‚ 1963 JFK was assassinated in Dallas Texas. His wife Jacqueline Kennedy made linal decision to have JFK buried at Arlington gravesite with burials of his children also beside him(Ashabranner 59-67). Eternal Flame was placed at JFK’s memory that will go on forever( Ashabranner 60). Senator
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Funeral day I‚ Emily Marie Williams‚ believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge‚ that myth is more potent than history. I believe that dreams are more powerful than facts‚ that hope always triumphs over experience‚ that laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death. Love is stronger than death even though it can’t stop death from happening‚ but no matter how hard death tries it can’t separate people from love. It can’t take away our memories either
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father telling her as a child to always go to the funeral. She started her essay by describing the first time she had to go to a funeral by herself. Her fifth grade math teacher passed away and she really did not want to go to the funeral. Her father said‚ “Always go to the funeral. Do it for the family‚” and with that‚ she went to pay her respects. As an adult‚ she has gained a new appreciation of her father’s saying‚ “Always go to the funeral.” It means more than just getting in your car and
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September 11‚ 2001‚ two planes crash into the World Trade Center‚ people diving out windows to their deaths‚ a plane crashes into the Pentagon‚ hijackers overtaken by passengers and crash the plane into a field in Pennsylvania. December 2003‚ mass graves uncovered in Iraq‚ compliments of Saddam Husayn. May‚ 2004‚ a web page shows terrorists cutting off the head of Nick Berg. August 2004‚ over 350 children are executed by terrorists in a school in Russia. Democracy is being threatened by enigmatic
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night‚ and how she is drowning in her sorrow‚ arms open‚ waiting for help without ever explicitly saying that depression is ruling her life. In her poem‚ I felt a funeral‚ in my brain‚ Dickinson uses metaphors and imagery to communicate the feelings of one experiencing the paralyzing effects of depression. Dickinson’s I felt a Funeral‚ in my Brain‚ is filled with metaphors offering insight into the fading brain of a person suffering with depression. A successful metaphor takes two unlike objects
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During Antony’s funeral speech he utilizes sarcasm‚ repetition‚ paralipsis‚ elevated diction‚ and emotional appeals to help build his argument and achieve his ultimate goal of mutiny. Antony decides to lead his argument delicately with “Friends‚ Romans‚ Countrymen” (1) to make his presence known and inviting‚ without negating anything Brutus had said. He also chooses to address Brutus as “noble” (5)‚ even though it goes against his true feelings‚ because in order to get the people to listen to him
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welcoming her on occasional visits to court. When Elizabeth was twenty years‚ Edward‚ who was just sixteen‚ died on July 6‚ 1553‚ probably of tuberculosis. Elizabeth‚ who was fond of Edward‚ grieved the loss. However‚ Mary declined to attend Edward’s funeral because it was a Protestant service. She‚ instead‚ remembered him in a private Catholic Mass. (Archer n.p.) Mary was the new Queen despite a widespread concern that she would insist on restoring Catholicism. Mary was a kind woman‚ but her predilection
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In book VI of Polybius’ Histories (53-54)‚ it covers a funeral procession as a form to educate and teach Roman youths. Various values and qualities range throughout this extract‚ and these values reflect the lives of the ‘Roman Society’‚ such values would include; Passion‚ Nobility‚ Immortality‚ Excellence‚ etc. These values of the funeral procession are produced in the text‚ as a way to ‘inspire’ the youth of Rome. However certain historians are suspicious when it comes to Polybius’ point of view
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