According to Aristotle (335BC)‚ an essential element in the ‘good or fine’ character of every great tragic hero is ‘hamartia’‚ the fatal flaw. The tragic hero’s fatal flaws inevitably lead to negative consequences in his life. The character of Romeo‚ the tragic hero[1] of William Shakespeare’s cautionary tragedy Romeo and Juliet‚ contains three key fatal flaws that condemn him and others to death. Through employing the dramatic techniques of meaningful dialogue‚ soliloquy‚ narrative structure
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Rhetorical Analysis on Ronald Reagan’s “Challenger” Speech While in the Oval Office of the White house‚ on January 28‚ 1986‚ President Ronald Reagan delivered his speech about The Challenger Disaster. The speech was made just hours after space shuttle “Challenger” exploded during take-off‚ killing all seven crew members on board. Thousands witnessed this horrifying event live in person and on television. A big factor about this launch‚ making the explosion an even worse disaster was the fact
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An Ethnography of Modern Witches The growing practice of Neo-Paganism in America has caused many to turn their heads. The misunderstanding of the religion has caused many to equate the practitioners with the popular conception of typical "witches‚" that perform black magic rituals‚ satanic sacrifices‚ and engage in devil-inspired orgies. After many years‚ the Neo-Pagan community has cleared up many misconceptions through the showing that many of them do not engage in activities‚ and are rather
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Neo-liberalism and the resource curse of Africa Globalization is described as the accelerated flow of goods/services‚ information and people but since colonialism theses flows have permitted many countries (the West) to build strong states‚ governments and accumulation of wealth ; while others ( Africa) were still held back by political instability‚ social inequality and economic injustice. Inequality in African countries puts Africa in a pre and post modernist era‚ and with such instability the
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Final Speech Analysis My speech evaluation is based on Steve Jobs’ Inspirational Speech‚ “If today were the last day of my life.” He was trying to persuade the audiences that whatever you do‚ follow your heart‚ if you were to die tomorrow‚ would you want to do this. During his speech‚ he said that‚ “I ask myself if today were the last day of my life‚ would I want to do what I am about to do today? And whenever the answer is no for too many days in a row‚ I know I need to change something.” He also
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pausing to assert himself as someone the crowd can believe in. When the crowd have quietened Brutus resumes his speech‚ beginning with a brief greeting. `Romans‚ countryman‚ and lovers‚ hear me for my cause`... (13) Signifying his wish to communicate with the people as ordinary folk Brutus uses words that he hopes will endear the public to him. Brutus continues his funeral speech‚ speaking in slow punctuated‚ rational tones. Using prose‚ the language of the common people‚ he proceeds to implore
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contributes a primary part to his leadership narrative success. He donated his own great gift from Hollywood to the White House and American. He was a republican but his speech on the economy which persuaded democratic who cross-over votes on his economic package. Clearly‚ Reagan’s leadership narrative attracts audiences better than the speech with rational arguments. Smith (1992) states “Part of the explanation for the speech’s effectiveness is that Reagan was popular while many of his policies were only
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Human Rights Speech Analysis 1. Hillary Rodham Clinton was born on October 26 1947. She was the 67th United States Secretary of State‚ U.S. Senator from New York‚ candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination‚ and the first lady of the United States. On 5th September 1995‚ she attended the Fourth U.N World Conference on Women in Beijing‚ China and gave the speech‚ “Women’s Rights Are Human Rights” about the issues facing women and girls all around the world. Her speech hoped to inspire
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Linguistic Genious of Babies The speech I choose to write my speech analysis report is “The Linguistic Genious of Babies”. The speaker is Patricia Kuhl who is internationally recognized for her research on early language and brain development. In her fascinating talk‚ Patricia Kuhl shares surprising findings about how babies learn one language over another. She logically divides the topic into three major parts as introduction‚ body and conclusion. I will analyze the speech with respect to these three
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The 60’s was a time of social injustice‚ political protests over Vietnam‚ and the deliberation of powers. Socially the United States was in a terrible place. Since the Jim Crow laws were set put in place the constitution the country had been divided. When the civil rights movements started to move it brought social injustice to light (eldorado ink 15). Leaders in the civil rights movements included Martin Luther King‚ John F. Kennedy‚ and Malcolm X. These leaders were speaking out publicly and giving
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