The opening sentence qualifies Blair’s attempt explain his own feelings in order to match those of the British public. “I feel like everyone else in this country today - utterly devastated.” This is a personal statement headed by the personal pronoun ‘I’; it is short and emotive due to the use of intensifiers ‘utterly, devastated.’ At this point Blair’s hand pull apart, palms parallel to the heavens. This would suggest that he is in despair; speechless. The Prime Ministers frank admission combined with the harsher vowel sound evokes a sense of shock and grief giving him an air of sincerity and trustworthiness. Blair also recognises this as a time to mourn; not to show emotional strength. Paralinguistically Blair’s hands close together prior to his opening sentence. It seems like an almost biblical function keeping up the respectful, sombre appearance. His head also fixes downward. One might say Blair does this to seem despondent demonstrating strong emotion. Linguistically the statement is said to emphasise his own personal feeling and how that extends to ‘everyone else’, reflecting the publics emotions.
Mr Blair quotes ‘ in particular her two sons, two boys’. Blair reiterates Diana’s sons. I don’t think this is purely to emphasise a point, it’s as if Tony Blair is lost for words or he is stalling in order to think of what to say next. Looking at this from a social perspective the effect it has on the viewer at the time is that he is being sincere. Putting general mistrust of politicians aside, maybe he is sincere; maybe he is ‘utterly devastated’. The facial queues suggest that he is sincere as his lips tighten, eyebrows furrow and he speeds up through the quote to stop himself breaking down. It is possible to imagine Mr Blair t...
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...s her ‘life was touched by tragedy’ and that the Royal Family had a part in that but he inverts the statement quickly not to cause any offence. The word ‘tragedy’ is personified showing that it was not Diana’s fault of the bad in her life. ‘She touched the lives of so many’ is a declarative sentence implying that she has touched your life. He also looks straight at the camera to exaggerate the point.
Diana had an impact on most peoples lives so it was vital that a title was to be given to her. ‘They liked her, they loved her, they regarded her as one of the people. She was the people’s princess.’ As Blair says ‘they liked her, they loved her’, he can easily pick up the pace as it is moving from weaker to stronger qualities. He also says the ’People’s Princess’, which is perfect as it shows she is people of the public combined with a superior word which she was.
Her use of this rhetorical strategy elevates the level to which one can analyze her prose and the relation it has to her claim. The reader can identify Thatcher's use of sentence arrangement when she opens with a quote stating, “We have lost a great president, a great American, and a great man, and I have lost a dear friend” (Thatcher). Throughout this sentence are several perspectives and points of view from which Thatcher interprets Reagan. Thatcher uses a manipulated phrase order, beginning with a crucial and celebrated president and then diminishes the level of impact to then an American, a man, and a friend. By ending with “friend,” Thatcher can begin to draw the reader into her eulogy by creating a depiction to which one can relate on a personal level. While on a superficial level Thatcher depicts Reagan from several points of view, her purpose of this arrangement was to build upon her claim and the reader’s understanding. Furthermore, Thatcher uses sentence structure to affirm essential points with the reader to a place beyond where the surface prose suggests. To accomplish this goal, Thatcher uses a similar construct in sentence composition to exemplify Reagan’s achievements which one can identify in lines thirty
The story of Princess Ka’iulani is remembered as a tragic one, she passed away young and frail, and never was able to fulfill her duties as Hawaii’s next ruling queen. What many people have never known, is the warrior that hid behind her beautiful physique. She was a fighter; for her country, people, and the truth. Within her short 23 years, Princess Kaiulani became Hawaii's last hope to save the monarchy that had existed for so long. Sadly, she did not accomplish this feat, and her heroism and efforts have either been overlooked or forgotten. To be knowledgeable of her childhood, teenage life, and final years is the least that can be done out of respect for this great Hawaiian Princess.
Anna Quindlen describes in the essay “Abortion is too Complex to Feel one Way About” the different situation that we as a human race are put in everyday. She talks about the topic of abortion in a way that one feels they have had to make the decision of whether or not a person is pro-choice or pro-life. She uses references that are of different personal experiences in the essay that are vital to the audience. Quindlen is writing to state her point that one should never put their self in this situation because one should take the proper responsibility. In this paper you will read about the conflict with abortion and what Quindlen thinks about this issue.
His use of emotion in these words shows the utter frustration he gets from his inability to
Growing up in 1960s, Diana Spencer always knew royalty. This idea of power was a birth right through her father, but yet Diana did not know of the influence she was going to inflict one day. Princess Diana, through her marriage with Prince Charles, became an icon for the United Kingdom and impacted many in the world (Princess Diana Biography Princess). Along with her compassionate heart and humble soul, Diana ascended in the eyes of the public and became England’s sweetheart and beloved leader. Princess Diana soon inspired people all over the world by breaking the royal stereotypes, sponsoring many charities and providing a prime example of what it means to love one’s children and people.
In the book, My Ántonia, by Willa Cather, the main character of Jim Burden comes to learn many lessons about life in this coming of age story. The dramatic tale of Jim and his relationships with his family and friends weaves a unique depiction of frontier life that is rarely seen. The lessons that the main character learn throughout his time on the Nebraska plains are powerful values and characteristics that help Jim become the man he is. Jim never comes to the conclusion that his story is about his maturation, as he see the tales as reminiscence of his friend Ántonia. The lessons of education and loyalty are all throughout the novel, but one lesson is at the center of My Ántonia. The idea that people must love others for who they are and not for who they wish they would be is a life altering lesson that makes Jim a dynamic character. The story details the timeline of Jim’s life as he grows up, and then as he is older, his journey of discovering how he can always find his way back to loving the best in people. This lesson can be no more apparent than in Jim and Ántonia’s relationship.
In the articles "Like Black Smoke" by Diana Childress and "A World Turned Upside Down" By Mary Morton Cowan the authors have similarities and differences, and they compare purpose, main idea, and pattern of organization. Diana Childress' purpose is to show that the Black Plague spread far and wide. The writer said in the article "Like Black Smoke," "Finally, the Black Death petered out somewhere in Kiev, having come almost a full circle back to Kaffa," showing that the plague spread from Russia to Asia. Asia to Europe.(Russia is in Asia. A deeper description would help your reader understand the magnitude of the spread of the disease.) On the other hand, the article "The World Turned Upside Down" by Mary Morton Cowan is about how the
In “Monique and the Mango Rains”, Holloway describes her encounters with the difficulties of the women in the village of Nampossela and childbirth practices of midwifes in Mali. As a young white woman from Ohio, Holloway uses her unique perspective to write a description of her experiences of the rural midwifery practices of Monique and the hardships of the women she meets in Mali. Holloway uses her knowledge of the later events to enhance her description of her time as a Peace Corp volunteer and her observations of the village she lived in.
Princess Diana was born The Honorable Diana Frances Spencer on July 1, 1961. She was the third female child to Viscount and Viscountess Althorp. Diana had two older sisters, Sarah and Jane and one younger brother, Charles. Her family was well off and Diana had a privileged childhood. The Spencer’s made their money as successful sheep traders in the 15th century. With their fortune they built Althorp House in Northamptonshire and acquired a family crest and motto – "God defend the right" (Morton 10). The Spencer’s occupied various offices of State and Court. When Diana’s was born her father was disappointed she was a girl. He was hoping for his third children to finally be a male heir to carry on the Spencer name. Diana’s father and the rest of the family wanted to know why her mother was only producing girls. Because of this, her mother was sent to a clinic for tests (Morton 10). She was only 23 at the time. This is ironic because today we now know the sex of the baby is determined by the father. Even though she was too young to understand, Diana believed she was to blame for her father’s disappointment. Finally, a few years later her mother delivered a boy to carry on the Spencer name. Although Diana had a beautiful christening at Sandringham Church with well-to-do Godparents, her brother Charles’s christening was a major event at Westminster Abbey. The Queen was the principal Godparent. The Spencer children were privileged but not snobbish.
When lives are involved they are given the undesirable task of speaking to a frightened and unstable nation. The goal of the speech is to grieve with the nation, as well as lift the nation up so that the citizens do not dwell on the tragedy, but to rise from the tragedy. While mourning they need to remember to stay strong and to come together as there are strength in numbers. Each president does this through a eulogy that displays ethos and pathos through tone, quotations, repetition and a “unique blend of eulogistic content and elements” (Campbell and Jamieson, 2008, p. 75). In times of tragedy it is the president’s job to offer solace and calm through a responsive speech. Their primary goals of this speech or eulogy is to help the nation come to terms with the death of a loved one, with the president helping the nation to make sense of the tragedy, “transform symbols of destruction to symbols of renewal” and finally to explain how he ensures it will not happen again (Campbell and Jamieson, 2008, p.
The Prime Minister used understatements, parallelism, and anaphora. It would be a crime if we did not think the quote, “In retrospect, the Millennium marked only a moment in time.” was not an understatement because it did mark a new turning in time. Parallelism was was used also to make a point with shorter sentences when he declared, “It was a tragedy. An act of evil.” Using a strategy to make someone's emotions shine he mentioned, “Their son did nothing wrong. The woman, seven months pregnant, whose child will never know its father, did nothing wrong.” which is anaphora. The Prime Minister uses a sorrowful and reminiscent tone. He wanted to people to feel and remember the tragedy on a different level, which he achieved that
Even twenty years after her death, the world continues to remember the princess who perpetually remembered them. Princess Diana lived as one of the most influential figures of the 20th Century. She devoted her life in the spotlight to bring recognition to causes that she felt others should care about, such as AIDS, homelessness, leprosy, and landmine removal. Diana believed that love and kindness served as the remedy for any sort of suffering. She once stated in an interview with BBC journalist, Martin Bashir, “I think the biggest disease this world suffers from in this day and age is the disease of people feeling unloved. I know that I can give love for a minute, for half an hour, for a day, for a month—I’m very happy to do that and I want to do that” (Roisin Kelly). While the matter remains certain that people were initially starstruck having a princess in their midst, it is undoubtedly Diana’s kindness that attracted and continued to attract beings to her presence. She held the hands of those deemed unsafe to touch and broke down stigmas in the process. Diana became a hero for those who had no one to speak up for them, or the trials they endured, through simple acts of kindness, such as a warm smile or a gentle handshake. While Diana aided those around her, she herself desperately craved love and kindness, as discussed in the following quote from the New York Times’ Article, “Diana in Search of Herself”. “Indeed, Diana's unstable temperament bore all the markings of one of the most elusive psychological disorders: the borderline personality. This condition is characterized by an unstable self-image; sharp mood swings; fear of rejection and abandonment; an inability to sustain relationships; persistent feelings of loneliness, boredom, and emptiness; depression; and impulsive behavior such as binge eating and
Born on July 1, 1961, in Sandringham England, a small village in the county of Norfolk known only for the Sandringham House, “a favorite holiday home to Queen Elizabeth II and several of her predecessors”,(Sandringham, p.1) Diana went to an all girls’ school, and then later transferred to a public school. She failed her O- levels twice and was not considered academically strong. However, Diana was considered close to royalty, for she and her family had interacted frequently with them. Diana grew up playing with Prince Andrew and Prince Edward, the younger siblings of Prince Charles. Interested in music and dancing, and a girl with a dream “to become a professional ballerina”(Diana, Princess of Whales p.1) Diana was extremely sorrowed when her parents separated. Placed in the custody of her father, who earned the acclaimed title of “Earl Spencer” in 1975, Diana earned a new title as he did, and became known as “Lady Diana Spencer” in her youth. Lady Diana Spencer attended Riddlesworth Hall before boarding at West Health School, and went to the Swiss finishing school, the Institute Aplin ...
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...Wales, more than a pretty face. She became a legend. Her deep felt connections to the common people changed the face of a family and a country. Diana truly was deserving of her favorite title- the “People’s Princess.”