“The course of true love never did run smooth.” words from the once wise Shakespeare. Michael Mack is a professor at CUA who is giving a speech to incoming freshman college students. The speech Mack is giving is on why Shakespeare is important. He does this by using rhetorical devices and evidence to support his details. So wherefore art thou details? First and foremost, Michael mostly uses rhetorical devices in order to support his details. “,great books were thought of as mirrors. When you read a great book, the idea is, you are looking into a mirror-a pretty special mirror, one that reflects the world in a way that allows us to see its true nature.”(lines 87-70). This explains to us that Shakespeare’s books are insights to the world around
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Stories in general are usually stories based on stories either made up or that happened in real life. “Take the parables of the prodigal son: in this fiction you learn about sin and forgiveness. And you learn about yourself. You realize the story is about you..”(lines 77-79). Here we are back to that mirror because as you’re looking through the book you’re look into a mirror and seeing yourself. Shakespeare also helps us notice we aren’t all exactly who we think we are. “But what makes the play terrifying is not that Macbeth looks like a fascist dictator-a popular staging these days-but because he looks like us.”(lines 86- 88). We see ourselves through others work usually in more ways than one. However, Michael may have made a very well developed speech about Shakespeare but it could have been better. Michael could have used a stronger counter claim to argue against his speech.”The obvious argument to the contrary is that reading Shakespeare is hard work-and not particularly rewarding.”(lines 3-5). Yes, it ties into why he is saying that Shakespeare is important but it does not make for a very interesting argument. In conclusion, Michael did craft a well spoken speech but he could have used more
Stories in general are usually stories based on stories either made up or that happened in real life. “Take the parables of the prodigal son: in this fiction you learn about sin and forgiveness. And you learn about yourself. You realize the story is about you..”(lines 77-79). Here we are back to that mirror because as you’re looking through the book you’re look into a mirror and seeing yourself. Shakespeare also helps us notice we aren’t all exactly who we think we are. “But what makes the play terrifying is not that Macbeth looks like a fascist dictator-a popular staging these days-but because he looks like us.”(lines 86- 88). We see ourselves through others work usually in more ways than one. However, Michael may have made a very well developed speech about Shakespeare but it could have been better. Michael could have used a stronger counter claim to argue against his speech.”The obvious argument to the contrary is that reading Shakespeare is hard work-and not particularly rewarding.”(lines 3-5). Yes, it ties into why he is saying that Shakespeare is important but it does not make for a very interesting argument. In conclusion, Michael did craft a well spoken speech but he could have used more