How Winston Churchill uses language to engage with his audience In this essay I will be analysing and discussing how Winston Churchill manipulates features and functions of spoken language to achieve specific outcomes in different situations and how speech and interaction patterns vary with his different contexts. In Churchill’s speeches‚ he uses language to create a sense of unity and motivation while subtly adding some words of wisdom and witty phrases. Churchill’s short quotes have a very contrasting
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Shakespeare had a very diverse vocabulary which made him talented writer. Many of the phrases that he wrote within his works are still being used today. However‚ the phrases that he created during his time now have a new meaning behind it. As civilizations continue to advance and change with time‚ the language also changes as well which is why the phrases and expressions used back then have some different meanings in present day. For example‚ the phrase‚ "Good riddance‚" can be interpreted as an
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addicted to learning and writing about the Old English language and Anglo-Saxon topics. J.R.R. Tolkien based Fellowship of the Ring‚ on his personal life‚ English Ruins‚ and much of English literature. He got the idea of the dark and contrasting side of Sauron from the times when his home was being refurbished and during the time of the Industrial Revolution. World War I began in 1914‚
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Through “Anthem for Doomed Youth”‚ a well known petrarchan sonnet written by Wilfred Owen‚ the reader sees the horrors of war and how unfortunate it is to die in war. Owen fought in World War I and wrote this poem while in a hospital recovering from shell shock. “Anthem for Doomed Youth” solemnly discusses death in war and shows how those who die in war do not receive the normal ceremonies that are used to honor the dead. Owen was able to express how he felt about those who passed away while fighting
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displays his crude characteristics and language. Perhaps his most revealing declaration at this point is his proud boast `I am not what I am’. Though Roderigo is evidently meant to take this as reassurance that Iago only feigns allegiance to Othello for his own ends‚ the deeper implications of Iago’s words are soon to become apparent to the audience‚ for Iago uses Roderego’s lust for Desdemona‚ and money‚ to his own advantages throughout the play. As Iago’s behaviour changes‚ so does his language. When
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How do the Poets McCrae‚ Kirkup and Owen Present their Opinion of War? Through the poems "No More Hiroshima’s" and "Mental Cases‚" the poets convey their views on the impact of war‚ and the devastation it can cause; Owen’s powerful account of the effect of war on the soldiers‚ and Kirkup’s poignant description of the destruction of Hiroshima‚ is in stark contrast to McCrae’s patriotic language and use of euphemism in the poem "In Flanders Fields. Written from personal experience of war with Owen
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People have foretold the end of the world for centuries‚ illustrating great destruction and dilapidation. The 1920’s‚ a time period full of these conjectures. World War 1 had just ended and the great depression would soon strike. What better time period than this to foresee the end times? One such apocalyptic prediction during this time period surfaced in the form of a poem‚ The Second Coming‚ written by William Butler Yeats.Though a rebellious view‚ the poem depicts a world falling apart due to
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still included diction‚ syntax‚ figurative language‚ and imagery. All of these together created the author’s reflective tone. Blake used a lot of figurative language throughout the poem. When he said‚ ?What the hammer?? he was not actually asking what made us the way we are. Another example was when he asked‚ ?On what wings dare he aspire?? he doesn?t literally mean the wings like those of a bird rather who does he put his trust in. These reveal his complex thinking. The author also used
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How effectively and in what ways does “Anthem for Doomed Youth” by Wilfred Owen capture the experience of war? Aside from his famous quotation about the pity of war‚ Owen also said “I find purer philosophy in a Poem than in a Conclusion of Geometry‚ a chemical analysis‚ or a physical law.”. However‚ was this philosophy and depth present in his own poetic creations? In the poem “Anthem for Doomed Youth” Owen has caught‚ held and retold his experience of war. His liberal use of varying literary
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Does War Affect Literature? Many writers use the environment‚ political issues‚ or social issues as inspiration to their work. During romanticism nature imagery was a common occurrence in literature. However does on particular issue effect writers so much that a new literature movement is sprung from it? I pose the question what were considerable differences between Victorian literature and Modernism and how did the Great War play apart in those differences? Was it because of the war that there
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