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    sector and harped on its achievements. Mr. P.N. Haksar‚ the then Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission‚ addressing the annual session of the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry termed Mr. Tata’s speech as a ’funeral oration’ and said that this oration would be justified if mixed economy was really dead. He said that the problems of the country could not be solved by "composing lyrical passages on the death of mixed economy‚ raising ’macabre’ vision of the hold of communists".

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    Antony delivers one of the most powerful lines of the play saying‚ “He only in general honest thought and common good…” (5.5.78). Even Antony‚ who ironically turned the general public against Brutus in his funeral oration for Caesar‚ understood the pure intentions of Brutus and praised him in his funeral

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    William Shakepeare’s Julius Caesar Mark Antony proves to be the most skilful politician in the play. Do you agree? Power is the ability to influence the behaviour of others - whether this is achieved with or without resistance‚ for good or for bad. Some would go as far as to say that all human behaviour is propelled by the want of power. One can conclude‚ however‚ that power is inevitable in the human society. It’s natural. William Shakespeare’s play‚ Julius Caesar‚ is brimming with humans

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    assassinated‚ Brutus allows Antony to speak at Caesar’s funeral. Bad idea. 1.How does Marc Antony’s image change throughout the play? •Antony is looked upon as an irresponsible kid who likes to attend plays and go out at night. He was Caesar’s loyal assistant. That Antony loved Caesar there is no doubt. There is‚ however‚ ample evidence that Antony was the "sleek-headed man" of whom Caesar warns in Act I. His oration at Caesar’s funeral was more than an attempt to avenge Caesar’s death

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    Over the past few years’ colonist had passed out many pamphlets preaching liberty‚ for instance “A Chariot of Liberty”‚ “Oration on the Beauties of Liberty” and “Common Sense”. The Oration of Beauties of Liberty” was a sermon first‚ before it became a pamphlet. John Allen a preacher at the Second Baptist Church strongly opposed what he called British “tyranny”. Common Sense was a bit different. It was

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    scripted speech. The comunication is enterely one-way. The audience has virtually no share in text creation being limited‚ at least‚ to non-verbal signals such as applauses. FIELD: the purposeful activity involved is the exposition of funeral oration uttered by the Queen the 5th September 1997 at 6 pm‚ live from the Chinese Dining Room at Bukingham Palace‚ screened by BBC1. The setting thus is Bukingham Palace. TENOR: the speaker is the Queen Elizabeth II. During her speech she tries

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    Against Cassius’s advice Mark Antony is allowed by Brutus to speak a funeral oration in the market place after Brutus has addressed the people of Rome to explain the conspirators’ reasons and their fears for Caesar’s ambition. Brutus calms the crowd but Antony’s speech stirs them to rioting and the conspirators are forced to flee

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    and it is our inability to separate a situation from bias and self-interest that often results in conflicting perspectives. Both composers explore this concept through the use of a variety of poetic‚ dramatic and cinematic devices. In the funeral orations in Julius Caesar it is evident that the perspective of Brutus on Caesar and his death are driven by his bias. Brutus’ avid patriotism results in his bias against Caesar‚ and consequently he puts the good of Rome before his loyalty to Caesar.

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    In Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare‚ characters Brutus and Antony both make speeches at at Caesar’s funeral that display a great deal of meaning. Mark Antony‚ a dear friend of the recently-deceased Caesar‚ and Brutus – once a friend of Caesar‚ later his assassin – are diametrically opposed at the outset of these occurrences. Brutus gives Antony the opportunity to make a speech at the funeral‚ however‚ we find him under some rather serpentine conditions. Fearing rejection from the Roman population

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    In The Peloponnesian War‚ by Thucydides‚ translated by Steven Lattimore‚ Perikles celebrates many aspects of Athenian society in his funeral oration; the form of government‚ the celebrations or events that take place as well as attraction sites‚ and the type of education for children (92‚ 93). Perikles starts off by stating that their form of government‚ a Democracy‚ is different from their neighboring countries and that it is “…being administered in the interest not of the few but the many‚” (92)

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