Rhetorical devices are the building blocks of an effective speech. They are the glue that holds the speech together. They are the honey that keeps the audience, like bees, coming back for more. Without rhetorical devices, a speech would have no direction and no audience willing to listen. King and Henry use rhetorical devices exceptionally well.…
As one analyzes both How to Read Literature Like a Professor and the character speech from Shakespeare’s Henry VIII, a connection can be distinguished between Professor Foster’s guide in chapter 20 about seasons and the speech’s course. Throughout the speech, the seasons seem to guide our anonymous narrator -who seems to stand for Henry VIII - through a passage of time that leads him to a fall that he cannot return from- the death of his pride and reign. Throughout the speech, the seasons are able to characterize the atmosphere and tone of the time, making the speech seem more dramatic and impactful to Henry VIII’s lasting legacy. Towards the beginning of the character speech, the language Shakespeare uses guides the audience’s attention towards…
By looking at the way composers represent the intertextual connections between texts, audiences are provided with heightened understanding of humanity’s changing contexts in shaping the values and societal paradigms that transcend in time. Within William Shakespeare’s tragedy “King Richard III” (1591), Shakespeare’s depiction of the Machiavellian political endeavour regarding Richard’s personal ambition in the pursuit of authority as a product of his deformed vessel of his corporeality, reflects upon the prevalent deterministic worldview during Elizabethan era. Simultaneously, in the docudrama “Looking For Richard”, Al Pacino enhances the detriments of the human frailty and intersection deception evinced through the mastery of language and…
On March 23,1775 Patrick Henry delivered a speech to the second Virginia Convention. This speech indicates Henry’s views on the issues with America and Britain. He respectfully introduces his points on what specific actions should be taken to resolve the conflict. Henry starts off by addressing the men who had spoke before him that day in the house. They all argued against what Henry was about to propose.…
But rather he is challenging the British literary world, and their belief that they hold all the knowledge to Shakespeare’s plays. He does this constantly throughout the entire film, showing scenes of British scholars where he has put them on the spot making them seem as if they don’t know anything. A great example of this is when he is interviewing Emrys Jones, a well-known Shakespeare academic and he is asked a question to which he responds, “I don’t really know the answer.” Straight away the scene is cut and immediately followed by a different scene of Pacino explaining exactly what the British scholar couldn’t.…
As times change, values and ideas often change as they are invariably shaped by their context. However, some remain constant throughout time and are universal. The 1592 Shakespearean drama Richard III and Al Pacino 's 1995 docu-drama Looking for Richard [LFR] were written four hundred years apart yet both texts address perpetual values and ideas that are common to both eras. Through a simultaneous study of both texts, the responder is able to understand the influence of context on aspects of the human condition such as the adverse effects of lust for power and appearance and reality. Richard III is heavily influenced by Elizabethan principles and in Pacino 's response to the increasingly secular and modern American context he effectively refashions…
Mistress Shore is one of the most important characters in Shakespeare 's play Richard III, even though she doesn’t show up at all in the play. Without Mistress Shore, much of the play up unto this point would not develop the way it is with her, in fact without her as a plot device, there would be no Richard III because she is what allows for the jailing and death of Hastings, as well as the incrimination of the queen later on in the play and even the development of Richard as a character he is. Shore is a prime example of a character having a major presence and influence on a story, promoting both primary themes, and as a plot device moving the story forward. Mistress shore is one of the most instrumental of all to Shakespeare with his development…
Kaylee Dixon Mrs. King English 6th Hour 20 December 2016 Patrick Henry “I know not what others may choose but, as for me, give me liberty or give me death”. Patrick Henry, someone who came from a poor family, became a voice to many many people. His early life, how he got there, why he was there and the later years.…
A certain convocation of politic worms are e 'en at him.” (4.3.21-26). With this quote you can see Hamlet’s psychopathic tendency of feeling no guilt for killing an innocent man. This psychopathic behavior highlights Shakespeare’s true intention to make Hamlet go…
His main goal throughout the play was to bring Thomas Cromwell down. He was the main person responsible for the acts that were taken towards More. Cromwell purpose to get More to his down fall was to bring him to support King Henry divorce. Cromwell would play both sides to get information regarding More, he would do anything that was necessary to be successful. The main person he used to bring More to his downfall was Richard Rich.…
He acts with blind fury, gullibility, and dishonorably, resulting in his fatal collapse. The tragic flaws displayed by these three characters in Hamlet cause their subsequent downfall. Hamlet’s goal throughout the play is to seek revenge, but his flaws create an atmosphere of doubt. He procrastinates to enact vengeance on his uncle, Claudius, with him saying, “How all occasions do inform against me, And spur my dull revenge!” (4.4. 31-32).…
Shakespeare romanticizes revenge in the play Hamlet. However, he makes it clear that revenge is the most destructive to the person pursuing it, turning the victim into the villain and causing the loss of their identity. We see this Hamlet’s journey to avenge his…
As Sir Francis Bacon once said, "A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well. " The quotation above proves Sir Francis Bacon’s beliefs that if one is constantly fixated on achieving revenge, it will never heal your own pain and misery. Human misery often creates sadness and leaves one stranded looking for answers. Through Hamlet, revenge and human misery are a recurring and dominant theme. Shakespeare introduces the audience to the corrupting evil of revenge when King Fortinbras, who a great rival, was slaughtered by King Hamlet in a sword battle.…
Evil: To Be or Not to Be? “I think all villains have something in common: they have something that they need or want very, very badly. The stakes are very high and they are not bound by moral codes or being ethical, so they can do anything and will do anything to get what they want.’’ (Murphy, Donna). Shakespeare’s Hamlet is a melting pot of violent characters surrounded by tragic, turmoil-filled pasts.…
Hamlet’s Morality William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Hamlet follows the story of Hamlet, the prince of Denmark, as he seeks revenge for the murder of his father. As Hamlet gets closer to avenging his father, he begins to lose the qualities that separate him from the man he hunts. Although Hamlet takes his morality and conscience seriously, his thirst for revenge consumes him, and he succumbs to wickedness through deceit and murder.…