Eulogy

Morning, I hope you had a good Thanksgiving with family (y 'all look great in the family photo), and am glad that you 've got to see Buddy soon:). Sorry if the email bothers you, I just want to share what has been on my mind, and you can read the words whenever you are willing to. I am sorry that when the incident happened on Monday, I was not emotionally prepared at all, so I could not focus on anything else besides my feelings of being confused, conflicted and hurt. I feel bad that I…

In Margaret Thatcher's eulogy in honor of our former United States president Ronald Reagan, Thatcher describes to us that he is a great president, a great man, and a great American. Thatcher is very respectful throughout her eulogy and shows us a side to this that we would have probably never would have guessed. Thatcher calls Rageon by the name of “Ronnie”, in line 23 letting us know that she was very close to him. When Thatcher uses the word choice ‘Ronnie”, it shows how credible and…

I initially didn’t plan on writing this blog post, but I decided that it needed to be shared. It’s that time of year again where we celebrate the mothers in our lives. Grandmothers, godmothers, aunties, and cousins are usually showered with love in the form of gifts, time, and words. This world would be nothing without moms! And once you lose your mother it feels like your personal world is nothing without her presence. If you’ve lost your mother this blog post is for you. If you haven’t lost…

Post, wrote an article are you living your eulogy or resume? (2013). In this article, Huffington ask us “why do we spend so much time on what our eulogy is not going to be?” (2013). She encourages us to live our life to the fullest. Eulogies are not like resumes. In fact, Huffington states “their eulogies are mostly about what they did when they weren’t achieving and succeeding” (2013). This article involves rhetorical questions and examples of eulogies to get us thinking and show us…

Thatcher, delivered a thoughtful eulogy to honor her close friend and former United States President, Ronald Reagan, to the American people on June 11, 2004. She honors Ronald Reagan’s legacy in her speech by attesting to his character as a leader, friend, and an American. Thatcher accomplishes this through parallelism, anaphora and juxtaposition. She also creates a fluctuating tone through her contrasting diction of playfulness and seriousness. Thatcher opens the eulogy with parallelism, “We…

The eulogy of humanitarian/Princess Diana is a speech told to the world, that a great person had sadly left this world too early. Lord Spencer, Diana’s brother, addresses the world the news about the mournful loss of his sister. Spencer uses rhetorical strategies such as pathos, diction, and syntax to tell the world how big a loss Diana is not only for her family, but also for the whole world. Spencer connects to people’s emotions throughout the eulogy. He tells of the time that Diana once…

Appreciation to Rosa Parks Icon, Oprah Winfrey, in her eulogy, Rosa Parks Eulogy, acknowledges Rosa Parks bravery. Winfrey purpose is to give gratitude towards Rosa Parks. She utilizes imagery, passionate tone, and repetition in order to tell the people mourning her death that she is a good person. Winfrey began her tribute with imagery in her eulogy by acknowledge her bravery. She uses imagery to explain the bravery that she “must be a hundred feet tall,” is “strong,” and must “. . . [carry] a…

A Eulogy is a formal speech in praise of the dead. In ancient Rome the Eulogy at the funeral was practised only by men, but an elite woman was occasionally allowed to deliver a Eulogy at a funeral. This reflected how society was back in ancient Rome, the ancient Roman society was very male dominating and women didn’t have equality and as much freedom as what the men did. Because funerals for the elite were public, the funeral eulogies were usually delivered at the forum…

Throughout tragic times in history leaders bring people together by giving speeches. Many speeches have common purposes. Examples of this can be seen in “A Eulogy for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.” By Robert F. Kennedy and “Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial Address” By Bill Clinton. The common purposes between “A Eulogy for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.” By Robert F. Kennedy and “Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial Address” By Bill Clinton are Working together and Comforting People. These speeches are…

President Obama delivered the eulogy at Rev. Clementa Pinckney’s funeral. Throughout the entire speech, the President had patterns within his delivery such as pauses at critical moments and the rise and fall in vocal patterns. He would pause after speaking about God as well as forgiveness, as if to allow the audience to reflect on his words. Major patterns in the message included references to biblical stories, God, the idea of forgiveness needing to be directed towards the attacker, and giving…