Rhetorical Analysis of Their Finest Hours
Their finest hour is a famous speech given by Winston Churchill on 18, June 1940. What happens in the unusual 1940? Let us walk into that year, an extremely terrible year, when England is fluttering about in the storm. Not long before the outbreak of the Second World War, under the Germany’s crazy assault, Austria, Finland, Belgium…have already licked the dust. Maybe the German is fully prepared, France, which claims to be the first power in the European Continent, capitulates to Germany in an unbelievably short time. No too surprise, England becomes the lonely country standing alone in the way to against the threat of invasion. Undoubtedly, horror and panic are teeming with this not big island. This …show more content…
Each of them plays a different role to polish the sentences. The Figurative language appeared in this speech can be listed as follows. First, there a large amount of parallelisms: “heroic resistance heavy odds heavy odds”, “all the Parties and all sections of opinion”, “if necessary for years, if necessary alone” “very day and any day” “ some dark night or foggy morning” “marshal it, and conduct it”, “well-tested, well-proved arguments”, “Untiring vigilance and untiring searching”, “both in the air and on the ground” “ both in men and in many types of machine”, “our sphere, our station, our occupation or our duties”, “quite suddenly, quite unexpectedly”, “ Czechs, Poles, Norwegians, Dutch, Belgians”. When parallelism is about things, it usually can make them more concrete and clear, also, easy to understand. For example, “some dark night or foggy morning” depicts an imagination of hardship in the war. However, when it comes to people, parallelism will enlarge the range of the group and give you a sense of identity. Such like “these splendid men, this brilliant youth”, it lets both the celebrity and ordinary people feel that they are crucial to this country. Meanwhile, repetition is also a common rhetorical tool in the speech. “Continuous battle -- as continuous battle” and “large size; It has to be of large size”, these repetitions are designed to enhance tone and emphasize what he is talking about. Despite …show more content…
It is this speech that brings the brightness to the British people, saving the people in the abyss of despair. Churchill strikes a chord with audiences using his emotional pathos. At the same time, the believable logos which are provided logic reasons and Churchill’s unique characters also count in this speech. What is more, some figurative languages polish the sentences, giving the speech a beautiful coat. Consequently, it is not surprising that this speech leads to a huge success in the end. Thanks to this speech, it enhances the troop morale and retains the Britain still a complete Britain. Admittedly, it is well-deserved as one of the greatest speeches in the world, for Churchill does create their finest
Their finest hour is a famous speech given by Winston Churchill on 18, June 1940. What happens in the unusual 1940? Let us walk into that year, an extremely terrible year, when England is fluttering about in the storm. Not long before the outbreak of the Second World War, under the Germany’s crazy assault, Austria, Finland, Belgium…have already licked the dust. Maybe the German is fully prepared, France, which claims to be the first power in the European Continent, capitulates to Germany in an unbelievably short time. No too surprise, England becomes the lonely country standing alone in the way to against the threat of invasion. Undoubtedly, horror and panic are teeming with this not big island. This …show more content…
Each of them plays a different role to polish the sentences. The Figurative language appeared in this speech can be listed as follows. First, there a large amount of parallelisms: “heroic resistance heavy odds heavy odds”, “all the Parties and all sections of opinion”, “if necessary for years, if necessary alone” “very day and any day” “ some dark night or foggy morning” “marshal it, and conduct it”, “well-tested, well-proved arguments”, “Untiring vigilance and untiring searching”, “both in the air and on the ground” “ both in men and in many types of machine”, “our sphere, our station, our occupation or our duties”, “quite suddenly, quite unexpectedly”, “ Czechs, Poles, Norwegians, Dutch, Belgians”. When parallelism is about things, it usually can make them more concrete and clear, also, easy to understand. For example, “some dark night or foggy morning” depicts an imagination of hardship in the war. However, when it comes to people, parallelism will enlarge the range of the group and give you a sense of identity. Such like “these splendid men, this brilliant youth”, it lets both the celebrity and ordinary people feel that they are crucial to this country. Meanwhile, repetition is also a common rhetorical tool in the speech. “Continuous battle -- as continuous battle” and “large size; It has to be of large size”, these repetitions are designed to enhance tone and emphasize what he is talking about. Despite …show more content…
It is this speech that brings the brightness to the British people, saving the people in the abyss of despair. Churchill strikes a chord with audiences using his emotional pathos. At the same time, the believable logos which are provided logic reasons and Churchill’s unique characters also count in this speech. What is more, some figurative languages polish the sentences, giving the speech a beautiful coat. Consequently, it is not surprising that this speech leads to a huge success in the end. Thanks to this speech, it enhances the troop morale and retains the Britain still a complete Britain. Admittedly, it is well-deserved as one of the greatest speeches in the world, for Churchill does create their finest