Speeches

Menelaus belies Helen’s claim of new-found loyalty to the Greeks, when he mentions (apparently en passant) her second Trojan husband, the man she married after the death of Paris (Odyssey iv 276). Before beginning her tale, Helen had said “Enjoy these speeches (μύθοις). For I will narrate fitting, seemly things (ἐοικότα)” (Odyssey iv 239). But after Menelaus’ response,…

I joined speech and debate for two reasons. Reason one: my two best friends were in the class and absolutely loved it. Reason two: I wanted to conquer my anxiety about speeches. Speeches have always been a problem for me, and ever since I was little I’ve had to give them. My first speech occurred in fifth grade when I won the student of the year award that is given to the brightest and most promising fifth grader at the school. During the next few years, middle school had a small amount…

are they different if the sermon is the exact same word for word"? Well, there are quite a few ways it would be different, for example, the time period, the audience, the place at which it is given, and more important how the sermon is delivered. Speeches, and sermons are remembered more by how they are said, than what is said in them. The delivery is like a long lasting hook. This can relate to more than just sermons or "important verbal events" it can relate to people. The funniest person…

In Julius Caesar, the characters Marc Antony and Brutus give speeches to a crowd, where they shared their feelings towards Caesar’s death. Throughout their speeches, the use of pathos, ethos and logos persuaded the crowd to agree with one’s speech over the other. Marc Antony is able to win the crowd over with his friendly tone and he spoke to where the crowd understood him unlike Brutus, who went straight into duty mode during his speech. In William Shakespeare’s play The Tragedy of Julius…

“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that ‘All men are created equal’”. A teacher once told me, I am supposed to teach black children that the world isn’t out to get you, when you go to a school that held up signs showing racism. I came to Center in middle school. I thought I wasn’t going to be welcomed. Now I’m here, friends with everyone. Center kept true to Lincoln’s word; that all…

The use of speeches in history, though not always historically accurate, is very powerful. Speeches make the reader feel included, so the immediacy of the speech can make the audience feel as if they are in the time frame of that speech. Listening to a great leader is something people still do today, and the use of speeches in history helps the listener put his or herself in the place of that people- essentially feeling what they feel. Herodotus was a military commander before he was exiled and…

and an Islamic Nation leader. He was a great controversial speaker and was very motivational to those who heard his speeches. He also was possessed by a vision for change which to Campbell (2002) is a characteristic for a great leader. Although, he past away in 1965, it is relevant to know and study about his speeches and actions because he verbally made a change through his speeches for equality for African Americans. Still up to this day we are facing inequality discrimination for different…

The speeches of Hera from Homeric Hymn to Apollo Within the passage, Hera expresses her anger toward her husband Zeus who dishonours her by producing Athena alone. The speech is a consolidation of Hera’s jealousy toward the superiority of Athena and the hatred toward her own failure in childbearing. In contrast with the glorious Athena, Hephaestus who Hera produces alone was “feeble from birth among all the gods, lame and withered of foot,” (H.H. 3g). The shame and the disappointment amplify…

In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Brutus and Marc Antony are giving speeches over the death of Julius Caesar to the townspeople of Rome. Within the speeches given about why Caesar’s death was right or wrong, both speakers used credibility, logic, and emotion to prove their reasoning. During Brutus’s speech he was trying to appeal to the patriots and show that Caesar's death was for the best of the empire. As Brutus says, for mine honour, and have respect to mine honour, he’s referring to himself…

Brutus spoke first and said great things about Caesar. Antony spoke and disagreed with what Brutus had to say and said that he was not a great ruler; but, a great man. During this essay, I will be comparing and contrasting the speeches of Brutus and Mark Antony. The speeches of Mark Antony and Brutus are different and similar, but we will look at the differences of the two. The speech of Brutus was to honor Caesar and all of what he has done for the nation, "If then that friend demand why…