The theses of the TED talk “The power of vulnerability”, by Brené Brown , is that we all struggle with vulnerability in our lives; we fail to truly express ourselves and allow ourselves to be deeply seen, for the fear of not being accepted. But it is when we can truly accept who we are, and recognize our worth, that we can finally embrace vulnerability.
Brown uses a humorous and an intimate tone in her Ted talk, to point out her struggle with vulnerability. These two tones are visible when Brown gets personal about her struggle with vulnerability, leading her to go see a therapist as she had a “breakdown”, but as intimate as she gets about her life, she still has a very humorous tone, keeping the audience entertained at the same time.
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Brown uses anaphora when she says, “Here’s vulnerability, here’s grief, here’s shame, here’s fear, here’s disappointment.”The use of anaphora is affective in Browns talk because the flow of that sentence helps Brown emphasize her point, as well, have the audience hooked.
The last literary device used in Browns talk is diction. The word choices such as shame, fear, worthiness, courage, compassion, and connection, all are chosen specifically to circle around the theme of the Ted talk which is “the power of vulnerability”; this helps build a better understanding of what vulnerability is for the audience, since the words relate to exactly what brown is trying to say.
Brown uses compare and contrast to show the two groups of people she’s come across while doing her research on vulnerability. The first group of people have a “strong sense of love and surrounding”; they know who they are and what they deserve, because they “believe they are worthy”. They are characterised with traits such as courage, compassion, and connection, because they have learned to embrace vulnerability. The second group of people are those who are still struggling to embrace vulnerability, and have not yet built those traits of courage, compassion, and connection within themselves. The key thing that sets them apart from the first group of people is that they don’t think that they are worthy. By using compare and contrast as method of development, Brown brings light to the different types of people and their ability to embrace/battle with vulnerability since not everyone is the
Brown uses a humorous and an intimate tone in her Ted talk, to point out her struggle with vulnerability. These two tones are visible when Brown gets personal about her struggle with vulnerability, leading her to go see a therapist as she had a “breakdown”, but as intimate as she gets about her life, she still has a very humorous tone, keeping the audience entertained at the same time.
The three …show more content…
Brown uses anaphora when she says, “Here’s vulnerability, here’s grief, here’s shame, here’s fear, here’s disappointment.”The use of anaphora is affective in Browns talk because the flow of that sentence helps Brown emphasize her point, as well, have the audience hooked.
The last literary device used in Browns talk is diction. The word choices such as shame, fear, worthiness, courage, compassion, and connection, all are chosen specifically to circle around the theme of the Ted talk which is “the power of vulnerability”; this helps build a better understanding of what vulnerability is for the audience, since the words relate to exactly what brown is trying to say.
Brown uses compare and contrast to show the two groups of people she’s come across while doing her research on vulnerability. The first group of people have a “strong sense of love and surrounding”; they know who they are and what they deserve, because they “believe they are worthy”. They are characterised with traits such as courage, compassion, and connection, because they have learned to embrace vulnerability. The second group of people are those who are still struggling to embrace vulnerability, and have not yet built those traits of courage, compassion, and connection within themselves. The key thing that sets them apart from the first group of people is that they don’t think that they are worthy. By using compare and contrast as method of development, Brown brings light to the different types of people and their ability to embrace/battle with vulnerability since not everyone is the