In the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare‚ Mark Antony delivers a very strong and persuasive funeral oration in Caesar’s honor. Antony himself was a trusted friend of Caesar and manipulated the conspirators of the play in thinking that he approved of their deed. With his influential tone and methods of verbal communication‚ Antony had his audience in an awe of disgust and hate. Mark Antony’s funeral speech: A soliloquy that changed the play of Julius Caesar. Antony’s vocalizations are a triumph
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Vietnam is a country with long and rich cultures. Festivals are important facts of the year which vary from different ethnic groups. Among thousands of them‚ Lunar New Year (or Tet) stands the first in the list - it is a sacred festival of every Vietnamese. Extracts below are major events which we have gathered and edited notably. Lunar New Year (Tet Nguyen Dan) Tet falls on a time when the old year is over and the New Year comes by lunar calendar. This is also the time when the cycle of the universe
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Before initial reading: The comments to the right are my thoughts and questions on phrases I have placed in the essay and how appropriate they would be. Analyse the ways conflicting perspectives generate diverse and provocative insights. All texts composed convey an agenda which is based on the composer’s context. William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar‚ Jason Reitman’s satirical film Thank You For Smoking (2005) and George Orwell’s Animal Farm (1945) all use conflicting perspectives to convey
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proclamation like “The Declaration of Independence”. Henry’s speech is a personal persuasive oration; Jefferson’s declaration a legal document. Although the two writings have different purposes and adopted different rhetorical devices‚ they approach numerous arguments similarly and are both fundamental literature instruments in achieving the same goal of American liberation. The voices in the two pieces of writing speak through different perspectives as they have different formats and are targeted
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pursue glory and aesthetic beauty. This truth is made evident by studying the various cultures of history‚ such as Rome‚ Egypt‚ and Greece. All of these civilizations‚ in their own way and with their own perspective‚ have used art‚ literature‚ and oration as a means to depict their standards of beauty‚ opulence‚ and humanity. The Greeks and Romans glorified the human body using sculptures. The Renaissance was no different than these time periods. Renaissance art reflected a return to images that emphasized
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using Aristotle’s postulated three argumentative appeals: logical‚ emotional and ethical. Powerful and superior rhetoric has a balance of all of three aspects. In contrast to Brutus‚ Antony presents a superb and more rhetorically powerful funeral oration because he is able to apply logical‚ emotional and ethical appeals in the perfectly balanced way. In comparison to Antony‚ Brutus bases his speech not on logical facts but on his reputation‚ manipulating with the fact that he is an honorable man.
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before the Common Era. Two great speeches which prove that patriotism was just as alive two thousand years ago as it is today are "The Funeral Oration of Pericles" and President George W. Bush’s honorary speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The Greeks‚ especially the Athenians‚ were extremely proud of their achievements. In Pericles’ funeral oration to the Athenians for the men who died in the Peloponnesian War‚ he stated‚ "I would have you day by day fix your eyes upon the greatness of Athens
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On Monday July 5th‚ 1852‚ Frederick Douglass captivated his audience at Corinthian Hall in Rochester‚ New York with one of the most powerful antislavery orations ever delivered‚ “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?”1 As an African American and former slave himself‚ Douglass was a crucial component to the Civil Rights movement and the abolishment of slavery. His concern for equal rights sprouted as early as twelve years old‚ often listening to debates among free blacks in Baltimore‚ as well as
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came to be‚ after the death of Julius Caesar. In the play‚ Julius Caesar‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ Marc Antony says one of the most persuasive and dearful speeches that made the Roman citizens rethink their decision. In Marc Antony’s funeral oration‚ he used the three persuasive appeals‚ Logos‚ Pathos‚ and Ethos. March 15‚ 44 B.C.‚ the Romans had just learned their leader had been assassinated by Brutus‚ a dear friend and noble men for Julius Caesar. In the middle of Brutus’s speech‚ Antony brings
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These novel ideas shaped the standards and outlooks of European society in many ways. Several of these ways included new tendencies towards secularism‚ humanism‚ and classicism. Through famous political writings and literature of the time‚ such as Oration on the Dignity of Man by Pico della Mirandola‚ The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli‚ The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio‚ and The Abbot and the Learned Woman by Desiderius Eramus‚ it is clear to see secularism‚ humanism‚ and classicism exemplified.
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