II February 1‚ 2012 Funeral Blues Explication In W.H. Auden’s “Funeral Blues”‚he uses a sort of calm or sorrowful tone. The woman in this poem says‚ “Stop all the clocks‚ cut off the telephone‚”(1) She is wanting to give respect to the dead. She says to get rid of the noises that may be distracting from the process of mourning. Auden creates a mood or sense of respectfulness. The first stanza is stating to get rid of the regular things that a funeral is about and get on with it
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In the play‚ Julius Caesar‚ Mark Antony and Brutus go head to head‚ at Caesar’s funeral. They both give important and interesting speeches‚ revealing much about their character and personalities. Brutus appealed to the peoples logical mind‚ while Antony took a more emotional approach to persuade the people of Rome. When Brutus spoke at Caesar’s funeral‚ he appealed to the people’s logic. His speech was formal and more directed towards the Romans. He spoke to the audience with superiority
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Funeral Blues Summary Stanza 1 Lines 1-2 Stop all the clocks‚ cut off the telephone‚ Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone‚ The song begins with a series of harsh commands : stop the clocks! Cut off the telephones! The speaker sounds forceful and even angry. These seem like physical representations of time and communication to us. He wants everything to just stop. In the next line‚ he ask for silence. He wants dogs to stop barking too. On the other hand‚ the speaker is addressing an audience
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Driving to The Funeral By Anna Quindlen Writer Anna Quindlin was born in Philidelphia‚ Pensylvania‚ in 1952‚ and now lives in New York City. At the New York Times she became a regular op-ed columnist‚ winning the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1992. If someone told you that there was one behavior most likely to lead to the premature death of your kid‚ wouldn’t you do something about that? The four years of high school grind inexorably [inevitably] to a close‚ the milestones passed.
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From what I observed in the speeches‚ Anthony is the more persuasive speaker. Anthony used ethos‚ pathos‚ and logos in his speech while Brutus only used pathos and logos‚ Anthony also connected with the crowd showing he had the same emotions as them while Brutus only challenged the crowd. Ethos is a persuasive speech tactic that speakers use when persuading the audience by using ethics. It focuses on the ethics of either the speaker or the audience. Brutus and Antony both used ethos in their speeches
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PERICLES’ FUNERAL ORATION PERICLES’ FUNERAL ORATION THUCYDIDES (c. 470–c. 400 BC) During a twenty-year exile from Athens which he incurred as the leader of a failed military campaign in 423‚ ucydides spent his time writing a history of the Peloponnesian War. In the first book of his History‚ he tells us about his method and purpose: Of the events of the war I have not ventured to speak from any chance information‚ nor according to any notion of my own; I have described nothing but what I either
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Caesar. The citizens of Rome find their guidance in the two fellow Romans Mark Antony and Brutus who use the repetition of meaningful words “honor” and “ambition” to Manipulate the Plebeians to siding with both of them. To begin‚ I would like to identify the speakers in the occasion of Caesar’s funeral which are Marcus Brutus and Mark Antony who are speaking to the audience of Plebeians or the people of Rome. Both Brutus and Mark Antony have a different purpose over the subject of Caesar’s tragic
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Take him‚ get him to safety. Leave me behind. Survive this hell by remembering me.” With tears streaming down my face‚ I took him into my arms and stood up‚ trying to carry on. I stumbled on‚ trying not to listen to the scream as the gunshot hit its mark. The tears froze on my face as i walked. Holding him close to me‚ not to let any of us freeze. It took a while for me to realize momma was gone. When it did i never stopped crying. Not once. Not even when we stopped for the night. The people around
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A PARODY OF MARC ANTONY’S FUNERAL SPEECH Author-A Maths FearingStudent Friends‚ Scholars‚ And Fellow-Sufferers‚ Lend Me Yours Ears‚ I Come To Criticize Mathematics‚ Not To Praise It. The Evils That Former Geniuses Invented‚ Lives After Them; The Good Is Lost In The Sands of Time; So It Is With Mathematics. The Noble Maths Teachers Have Told You‚ Mathematics Is Interesting‚ If It Were So‚ I Have Failed to Appreciate It- And Failing To Appreciate‚ Have Failed In it. Here‚ Under The Leave
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Casey Anthony Trial Patricia Saylor Donna Dansey Computer Forensics November 25‚ 2012 Casey Anthony Case There have been many murder trials in the United States which have gripped the nation‚ OJ Simpson‚ BTK‚ Lee Harvey Oswald. But more shocking to the consciousness of America is the story of a child which has been killed. Such would be the case of Caylee Anthony‚ and the trial of Casey Anthony. In this assignment the discussion will focus on this case‚ exposing
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