that if she did everything that he asked her to do then she will get what she wants. This brings me to Margaret Cavendish‚ Duchess of Newcastle Female Orations. She talks about how we need men in our lives to do the things that we are incapable of doing. Katherina’s speech in act 5 has similarities and differences regarding Cavendish’s female orations. Katherina’s speech in act 5 is talking about how we need men in our lives‚ and how we should appreciate all the things that they do for us. We shouldn’t
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President has ordered him to buy Indian lands and create reservations‚ Chief Seattle‚ the leader of the Suquamish Tribe responds by writing an oration. Seattle’s purpose for the oration was to warn the government of the consequences of the disrespecting their lives and lifestyles. In this speech‚ Seattle uses a lot of comparisons. In many sections of his oration he uses similes‚ phrases that use the words like or as to describe someone or something by comparing it with someone or something else that
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Originally titled "An Oration Delivered before the Phi Beta Kappa Society‚ at Cambridge‚ [Massachusetts‚] August 31‚ 1837‚" Emerson delivered what is now referred to as "The American Scholar" essay as a speech to Harvard’s Phi Beta Kappa Society‚ an honorary society of male college students with unusually high grade point averages. At the time‚ women were barred from higher education‚ and scholarship was reserved exclusively for men. Emerson published the speech under its original title as a pamphlet
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group of aristocrats. Consequently‚ the poor and middle class Greeks upheld this form of government. Since they formed the majority of the population‚ democracy survived for a long time in the Athenian community‚ as can be seen by the reelection of Pericles‚ the leading advocate of democracy. Another advantage is the equality and justice provided to all. The democratic courts allowed a person to be judged by his peers in a jury‚ which provided a means of unbiased justice to even the poorest of the
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persuaded that Caesar must be killed to preserve Roman democracy. That same nature causes him to reject the suggestion of his fellow-conspirators that they kill Antony as well‚ and that prompts him to leave the Forum to Antony to speak Caesar’s funeral oration without any of the conspirators to hamper him. So when Antony‚ taking advantage of the opportunity to sway the crowd in "Friends‚ Romans‚ countrymen‚" calls Brutus "an honorable man" with increasingly In my opinion‚ yes‚ sadly‚ Brutus really is noble
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aristocratic he was a normal person. Themistocles knew that they might not win next time and Persia was still a threat. He built a state of the art ship‚ Trireme Quotes: ‘absolute power corrupts absolutely’ ‘Our whole city is an education’-Pericles. It was a stroke of luck that the government was a Democracy‚ so Themistocles could persuade them‚ but if it was a monarchy (something with a king) he would use it on himself. Themistocles told the people that they would use the boat to defeat
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exposes oration as a horribly shameful skill that corrupts the retention of knowledge‚ and encourages the false belief in unexamined appearances. The deceptive rhetoric that oratory employs is merely a tactic used to convince inexperienced people through an appeal to their soul’s desires‚ eliciting a favorable response through sheer flattery. In this paper‚ I will argue that Gorgias exposes oration as a dishonest skill—rather than a learned expertise—and advances Plato’s belief that oration leads to
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The conflict between oligarchy and democracy often seems to be a relatively recent phenomenon for many in the modern world‚ however it is often disregarded that this conflict goes back millennia in the western world‚ all the way back to ancient Greece‚ and specifically back to the city-state of Athens. Though very different from the modern‚ western concept of democracy‚ Athens’ democratic system was revolutionary for it’s time and often stirred conflict between democratic and oligarchic forces‚ not
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speech and voice in making laws. Pericles not only let the rich vote and participate in government‚ but he let the common people speak‚ too. This democracy is still used today. One advancement that has affected the Western civilization was architecture. The Greeks were skilled architects who made beautiful public buildings‚ these buildings could be found mostly on top of the Acropolis‚ the hill towering the city. The most famous was the Parthenon‚ built by Pericles‚ to honor the goddess Athena. The
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historical person of note on whom we have any concrete evidence. He was widely held to be the most respected orator and statesman of his time‚ and even today his speeches have a large impact on the education of those looking to go into law or studying oration themselves. Demosthenes‚ son of Demosthenes was born 384 or 383 BCE in Athens‚ Greece. He was named after his father‚ a wealthy sword-manufacturer and cabinet-maker‚ who died when he was seven. Not much is known about his mother‚ other than she was
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