Declamation

I continuously wondered about the enigmatic setting I got myself into. I pinched my nose shut, slightly held onto the ledge, and kept going. Half-way through, I faltered as I began to see the ground sink. I kept afloat, although every part of me felt like sinking. My mettle was put to the test. I coughed and swallowed, entertained and pummeled at the same time by my own choices. Then, everything cohered once I upon reaching the end. There may not have been an applause, but my accolade of…

As an inspired American citizen with pure Filipino blood, I want to share my thoughts to the youth and all freedom-loving people that we need to know about how the Americans lived in the past, inclusive of their success and failures so that by knowing their ways of existence, we will be ready enough to adjust our present life ahead. The Great American Depression vividly caught up my attention, believing that this topic would surely fit the interest of readers and audiences who are greatly…

The main purpose of Socratess talk is to discover the truth and to argue about the way of human life. This can be seen by the words "And if I am to carry on the enquiry by myself, I will first of all remark that not only I but all of us should have an ambition to know what is true and what is false in this matter, for the discovery of the truth is a common good."(Page 104) and "for you will observe that we are arguing about the way of human life"(Page 99). In the last speech of Socrates, he said…

Do you prefer watching an old play with classic music and dulcet poetry or a modern movie with beautiful background and excellent acting skill? If the answer were the former, the movie Cyrano de Bergerac would be a good choice for you. In 17th-century, French, a poet and swordsman, Cyrano, who has a huge funny nose, falls in love with a very beautiful lady Roxanne. However he is worried about she will never love him back because of his special looking. At the same time, a handsome man whose…

and old value as opposed to radical older sophist. Therefore, the second sophist tended to be Christianized. They used oratory to explain philosophy, so rhetoric become major and prevalent in this period. Also, second sophist taught in schools of declamation. During this time, school focused on the style and artistic aspects of rhetoric such as grammar. However, there are some evidences that Christianity was also closely related to rhetoric. Christianity were synthesized within rhetoric and…

realistic, impersonal, and very idealized. The music reflected the art. The music was still influenced by the church, but it was also guided by nobilist and humanist scholars. Because it was supposed to move listeners, Renaissance music tended to have declamation, meaning that words were set in a natural and intelligible way, similar to speech. Renaissance music was almost entirely vocal, however instruments were more accepted than previous times. Renaissance texture consisted of imitative…

Good morning. My name is James Davis, and I am the prosecutor representing Jane Smith, age 36 of Raleigh, North Carolina. Our honorable judge, I trust that you will engage in the entire judging process in a rational, complete way, just as you would as the chief evaluator of any other case under your jurisdiction. After applying relevant rules and significant precedents to our current case, you will undoubtedly arrive at a solution where you will inevitably side with either the husband, the wife,…

“Situations create circumstances, circumstances lead to incarnation. Where several fail and fear to tread, that is the path adopted by leaders.” Leadership is an extremely diverse topic and is interpreted by individuals in various ways. There can be an endless discussion with regard to how leaders are made. Some are of the belief that leaders are born, while Alexandre Harvard , writer and founder of “Virtuous Leadership – An Agenda for Personal Excellence”(New York, 2007) is of the opinion that…

realization of full racial equality. The language that the famed abolitionist leader develops within his oration provides a framework to approach issues of ethnic discrimination that exist in our modern world. In particular, Douglass’ historical declamation can be employed to analyze the recent event concerning the vandalism and ethnic targeting of Asian-American students at Columbia University. Douglass, who lived during a time in which abolition was considered radical and unpatriotic, uses…

Naturalness and grace — rather than artificial gestures and declamation — characterized Douglass’s oratorical style, which also included dramatic skill, notably mimicry. The wit, satiric bite, and pathos of his speeches combined with a poignant earnestness to mesmerize listeners. More specifically, the clarity and force…