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As the Spanish Armada inched its way toward England, Queen ElizabethⅠdelivered a rousing speech to her troops that exhibited superior performance and intellect amongst women during the 16th century. In her speech, she gave her people hope and a sense of relief before the invasion took place. She gave them the encouragement they needed to feel as if she was a reliable backbone for the country; I am one of you, I will live and die with you. Throughout her speech, she rejected any opposition to her position and eliminated any worries about her capabilities as a woman. Queen Elizabeth used words and phrases in her speech that directed her words toward her audience hence, delivering a biased, yet passionate, emotional, and ambitious tone. The purpose of the speech was to give the people of England aspiration to win the invasion and the strength to cooperate with Queen Elizabeth to successfully execute victory against the enemy. It is through her diction and sentence structure that she gained the …show more content…
Queen Elizabeth was cautious with her diction, making sure to emphasis the reverence she had for the people and her troops. She praised her “loving people” and declared, “I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people” (line 3). Queen Elizabeth used this sort of epideictic rhetoric to demonstrate a bond with the troops, despite being their leader. She goes on to say, “I have placed my chiefest strength and safeguard in the loyal hearts and good-will of my subjects” (lines 4 - 5), to further emphasis her admiration for her people. Queen Elizabeth’s diction was not only limited to praising her subject, but was also used as a means of connecting with them on a sentimental level. After claiming that, “[she] know[s] [she has] the body but of a weak and feeble woman; [she has] the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too… “ (lines 9-10), it became more clear
On September 5, 1995 Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered a speech to the United Nations 4th World Conference during a Women Plenary Session, located in Beijing, China. Clinton spoke about how women around the world were not treated equally, how women rights should be equal to human rights, and the ghastly abuse and discrimination women faced around the world. The reason for the conference was to strengthen women, families, and societies in order to empower women to taking control of their lives and not be subject to such discrimination. She emphasized how education, health care, jobs, and political rights were not equal between genders and that the world needed to change. Clinton gave a very convincing speech because of her use of rhetorical techniques. The use of pathos, ethos, logos, and anaphora created a powerful, persuasive argument against the way women were treated around the world. Clintons main goal of this speech was to appeal to the audience and convince them that this is unequal treatment is an immense matter and needs to be addressed all over the world.
Margaret Thatcher, ex-prime minister of the UK, uses many different rhetorical devices in her eulogy to Ronald Regan. She effectively employs many different strategies. They all help make her writing more powerful.
Margaret Thatcher’s eulogy of the deceased president, Ronald Regan, had a purpose which was to comfort the people of the United States, and to brag on all of his policies that he created in his term. Thatcher uses various tactics such as antithesis, anaphora, and hyperbole to make her speech as appealing and comforting as possible for the American people. Using these rhetorical devices she is appealing to the mourning nation.
On August 20th, 1992 Mary Fisher addressed the Republican National Convention in Houston, Texas in what is now one of the most famous speeches given in recent American history. Fisher, the daughter of a wealthy Republican, spoke on the importance being aware of the increasing danger of HIV/AIDS. Speaking from experience, Fisher is able talk about the danger of ignorance from the disease. She deploys metaphors and allusions pertaining to the Holocaust, as well as hypothetical experiences, to address a complacent, if not oppositional, Republican crowd. Fisher attempts to convince her political listeners of the very real danger that comes with ignoring HIV/AIDS. Fisher deploys a combination of the three appeals of logos, ethos and pathos to strengthen her speech as a persuasive argument. She expands upon her discussion by using metaphor throughout as an effective
On January 12, 1780, Abigail Adams, former First Lady, wrote to her son, John Quincy Adams, while he was abroad with his father and brother. Adams addressed to her son and future President to maintain his spirit to learn and grow. She expressed his purpose through her motherly tone, various religious and historical allusions, use of logos, rhetorical question with simple syntax and use of metaphors.
In conclusion, deprived and separated from royality and an illegitimate child, she transpired into a woman of great power. Queen Elizabeth managed to hold together a struggling country and became known as one of England’s most influential rulers. She reinstated its power throughout her solitary forty five year reign, and in doing so became widely respected, not only during her own lifetime but for generations to come.
Margaret Sanger, a well known feminist and women's reproductive right activist in USA history wrote the famous speech: The Children's Era. This speech focuses on the topic of women's reproductive freedom. Sanger uses rhetorical forms of communication to persuade and modify the perspectives of the audience through the use of analogy and pathos. She uses reason, thought and emotion to lead her speech.
In front of a large open room full of America’s elected politicians and representatives, Winston churchill gave a speech regarding the country’s entrance into World War Two. The newly war bound country is still under the shock of the events of Pearl Harbor and has declared war on the Axis powers. Winston Churchill is sitting Prime MInister of Britain, and he is a huge political figure in the war. His political ability can be likened to his fantastic and intellectual speaking abilities. Churchill uses different tones to address himself, the reasons that the war started, and the reasons why the allies will win. He also uses allusions and metaphors to convey vivid imagery of the state of the war. Along with his vocal ability, Winston Churchill also uses conserved gestures and body movement to show professionalism. The speech was given as a reassurance to America’s government along with the American public that the allies should and will win the war. Even though he believes that the allies will win, it is quite
In, “The Speech of Miss Polly Baker” written by Benjamin Franklin (one of the Founding Fathers) in 1747, brought up the disparities that were between men and women within the judicial system. Also, “The Speech of Miss Polly Baker” also briefly points out, how religion has been intertwined with politics. All throughout “The Speech of Miss Polly Baker,” Benjamin Franklin uses very intense diction and syntax to help support what he is trying to express to the rest of society. Also writing this speech in the view point of a women, greatly helps establish what he is trying to say. If Benjamin Franklin was to write it as a man, the speech my have not had the same passionate effect as it currently has.
Queen Elizabeth I was one of the first, successful female monarchs in English society, leading her country to a time of peace and economic security. During the first year of her forty-five year term, her people were under threat of invasion by the Spanish Armada. Not yet having won over the trust and spirits of her troops, she delivers a preparatory speech to boost their morale. Her use of ethos and certain elements of figurative speech establishes a confidently passionate tone, which helps her to lead her troops to victory.
On June 11, 2004, Margaret Thatcher, the former prime minister of Great Britain, delivered a eulogy to the American people in honor of former United States president, Ronald Reagan. In this eulogy, Thatcher uses parallel syntax and diction to create a sense of not only sadness, but pride in the hearts of the American people. Through the use of parallel syntax and diction, Thatcher is able to effectively convey her message to her audience in a very meaningful and powerful way. In the first paragraph Thatcher says, “I have lost a dear friend”, by saying this she is connecting herself to her audience. She is letting her audience know that she had a close relationship with Ronald Reagan, and that we can believe what she is telling us.
During 1931, a second grand war begin with national powers uniting together. Many nations instantly took arms, but the US decided to stay neutral. As a result, European countries established a new flourishing fear of being overthrown by eastern communist foes(“World”). Then the dreadful event on December 6, 1941, caused the US to reconsider its own stance on the war. Allied Powers realized their opportunity to use Pearl Harbor to gain a chance to determine their own fate in war. On December 26, 1941, the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, presented a speech eventually known as “Masters of Our Fate” to the US Senate and the House of Representatives(“Winston”). Through the use of esoteric rhetorical questions, vivid metaphors,
After the emblem, we get a poem about qualities the people desire in their ruler. As stated earlier, from what we know of Elizabeth, this poem describes her qualities well. Before Elizabeth, England was in constant war with Protestants and Catholics fighting each other for power. In this time of constant conflict, the people looked for a ruler that would bring them tranquility.
The women of Richard III are also quite strong willed and determined. They talk freely at whomever they please and are not afraid to state their opinion. Queen Margaret shows this confident attitude when she speaks by saying, “What, were you snarling all before I came, Ready to catch each other by the throat, and turn you all your hatred now on me? Did York’s dread curse prevail so much with heaven that Henry’s death, my lovelly Edward’s death, their kingdom’s loss, my woeful banishment, could all but answer for that peevish brat? Can curses pierce the clouds and enter heaven? Why then, give way, dull clouds, to my quick curses! Though not by war, by surfeit die your king, as ours by murder to make him a king” (Act 1, Scene 3, Page 9).
Elizabeth is strong willed and knows what she wants. “A stile-jumper by conviction as well as instinct, she not only flouts convention, she holds it up for deliberate mock...