However, though very hard to spot, one of the biggest strengths in Thatcher’s speech is her use of emotion in her rhetorical appeals. Throughout the speech, she appeals to the humor in the situation to lighten up the mood and continues to show how much she cares for and understands her people and wants them to know that she is going to be there to help them regain their economic stability. “And we actually like each other” (Margaret Thatcher, “The Lady’s not for Turning”). Thatcher refers to her and the other conservatives liking one another as they have been discussing and arguing over the challenges in their economy, and normally, people who argue generally don’t like one another. She continues to humor the crowd whilst talking about the death of capitalism saying “Well, if this is the death of capitalism, I must say that it is …show more content…
She asks her people “If I could press a button and genuinely solve the unemployment problem, do you that I would not press that button this instant?” (Margaret Thatcher, “The Lady’s not for Turning”). Thatcher asks this to prove her point that she would do whatever she could do to solve her country’s problems. To stress her point further, Thatcher gives her most remember phrase in all of history saying “You can turn if you want to. That lady’s not for turning” (“The Lady’s not for Turning”). She says this to show everyone that you can turn against her if you want to, but she will stay true to her beliefs and she will not be moved from them. Thatcher then shows her pride in her people in her country in the event of trying to get everyone to do their part in making the UK stable once more. “This Party, which I am privileged to serve, and this Government, which I am proud to lead, are engaged in the massive task of restoring confidence and stability of our people” (Margaret Thatcher, “The Lady’s not for
Margaret Sanger, a well known feminist and women's reproductive right activist in USA history wrote the famous speech: The Children's Era. This speech focuses on the topic of women's reproductive freedom. Sanger uses rhetorical forms of communication to persuade and modify the perspectives of the audience through the use of analogy and pathos. She uses reason, thought and emotion to lead her speech.
Eulogies are filled with deep feelings and great love. Margaret Thatcher’s eulogy for Ronald Reagan was filled with rhetorical devices that helped people feel the feelings that she poured out. Margaret Thatcher pours out her love and honor to Ronald Reagan through parallelism, repetition, and her language choice.
Margaret Thatcher, ex-prime minister of the UK, uses many different rhetorical devices in her eulogy to Ronald Regan. She effectively employs many different strategies. They all help make her writing more powerful.
Former Prime Minister of England, Margaret Thatcher, in her 2004 eulogy for Ronald Reagan, exemplifies both his impact and legacy on the world. Throughout her speech, Thatcher memorializes Reagan’s performance in office as well as the decisions he made as a person by illustrating their time together to the reader. By utilizing these examples, the reader can then understand Thatcher’s overall claim that Reagan was one of the most profound leaders in history; however, the impact of Thatcher’s use of diction and sentence arrangement both provoke thought in the reader and allows him or her to comprehend her message on a more sophisticated level.
Margaret Thatcher’s eulogy of the deceased president, Ronald Regan, had a purpose which was to comfort the people of the United States, and to brag on all of his policies that he created in his term. Thatcher uses various tactics such as antithesis, anaphora, and hyperbole to make her speech as appealing and comforting as possible for the American people. Using these rhetorical devices she is appealing to the mourning nation.
On June 11, 2004, Margaret Thatcher, the former prime minister of Great Britain, delivered a eulogy to the American people in honor of former United States president, Ronald Reagan. In this eulogy, Thatcher uses parallel syntax and diction to create a sense of not only sadness, but pride in the hearts of the American people. Through the use of parallel syntax and diction, Thatcher is able to effectively convey her message to her audience in a very meaningful and powerful way. In the first paragraph Thatcher says, “I have lost a dear friend”, by saying this she is connecting herself to her audience. She is letting her audience know that she had a close relationship with Ronald Reagan, and that we can believe what she is telling us.
During 1931, a second grand war begin with national powers uniting together. Many nations instantly took arms, but the US decided to stay neutral. As a result, European countries established a new flourishing fear of being overthrown by eastern communist foes(“World”). Then the dreadful event on December 6, 1941, caused the US to reconsider its own stance on the war. Allied Powers realized their opportunity to use Pearl Harbor to gain a chance to determine their own fate in war. On December 26, 1941, the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, presented a speech eventually known as “Masters of Our Fate” to the US Senate and the House of Representatives(“Winston”). Through the use of esoteric rhetorical questions, vivid metaphors,
Mrs May, of course, doesn't like this very much and feels that Mrs Greenleaf is, so to speak, "over the top." As we are told:
Through her speech, Queen Elizabeth inspired her people to fight for the country of England against the Spaniards. Queen Elizabeth persuaded the English troops to defend their country with rhetoric devices such as diction, imagery, and sentence structure to raise their morale and gain loyalty as a woman in power.
... she gave in San Francisco during July of 1871. She said, “I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand”. Her “stand” shows how little fear she has facing a nation full of men who like women to be subservient to them, not above or equal to them. She wants to take that “stand” to show women that times are about to change, that women will be able to rise to the occasion and say, vote, and do how they please.
On September 5, 1995 Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered a speech to the United Nations 4th World Conference during a Women Plenary Session, located in Beijing, China. Clinton spoke about how women around the world were not treated equally, how women rights should be equal to human rights, and the ghastly abuse and discrimination women faced around the world. The reason for the conference was to strengthen women, families, and societies in order to empower women to taking control of their lives and not be subject to such discrimination. She emphasized how education, health care, jobs, and political rights were not equal between genders and that the world needed to change. Clinton gave a very convincing speech because of her use of rhetorical techniques. The use of pathos, ethos, logos, and anaphora created a powerful, persuasive argument against the way women were treated around the world. Clintons main goal of this speech was to appeal to the audience and convince them that this is unequal treatment is an immense matter and needs to be addressed all over the world.
Thatcher challenged and abolished key consensus which have been embedded by the Attlee government, Thatcher intention was to tackle the post war consensus by doing this she immediately abolished four out of 6 consensus of political theories. She decided to make changes to political concepts and challenge this. Thatcher would break the Keynesian post war consensus.
This implies that she is truly trying to share her beliefs, the right beliefs, with the people of England, because she wants them to also be led away from ignorance. To further support this, Parr changes from using the reflective "I" to the more welcoming "we," once she feels her personal reflection is done and it is time for those in England to share her "vision." She also "acknowl(edges) her own sinfulness...and shortcomings" , to be more relatable to the people reading her text. If the (former) Queen of England could admit to her own religious shortcomings and failures, why should they
The conservatives are entering their second year, hence the reason why Margaret Thatcher decides to present a speech outlining their achievements and representing them as a superior party. In her speech, “The Lady’s Not for Turning”, Margaret Thatcher attempts to persuade the Party conference to follow her agenda. She employs the rule of three, contrast, and hypophora in order to represent her party as more powerful in comparison to other parties. The purpose for representing her party as powerful was so that she could unite the members and gain a better opinion within her party. Thatcher utilizes the rule of three to demonstrate that her Party has the power to resolve the economic issues plaguing the country.