However, Kennedy effectively uses emotional language to make his audience feel involved in his goals as President. Kennedy makes the task of bringing peace and prosperity to the world not only a personal objective, but also one of the American people. By telling the audience to "Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for country," the audience feels personally responsible for making the world a better place in which to live. Aside from instilling a feeling of responsibility in his audience, the most notable aspect of Kennedy's address is his ability to use language for the purpose of stirring a sense of pride in the American people. During his address the President constantly uses images of freedom and liberty as he reminds his listeners that they are, "The heirs of that first revolution."
The speech confirms for the audience the personal and inspiring leadership of King Henry V. His speech is a classic example of refrain, of boosting confidence and raising the courage of his men so that they could carry of such a famous victory. To do so Henry employs strategies for psychological motivation, which comes in the form of language and rhetoric. It’s Henry’s ability and art of using language to persuade which motivates his men to carry on. He is a complete master of political rhetoric and has a sense of the importance of language; he knows what to say, how to say it and when to say it. In the opening of the speech, Henry’s focus is to rouse his men into a killing frenzy.
These devices and strategies being used result in highly persuasive, motivational, and emotional words and ideas which produce an extremely powerful speech. The ethos contribution of Henry's address expresses how passionate he is when discussing his country. Patrick Henry states, “No man thinks more highly than I do of patriotism, as well as abilities, of the very worthy gentlemen who have just addressed this house.” When Henry asserts his devotion through this quote, he is exhibiting, to the House as well as others, his moral beliefs that establish his competence of the situation while gaining the trust of the people. Another example of ethos would be when Patrick Henry says, “...but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death.” This quote is the most significant in entire speech because so much allegiance is being proliferated by just these few words. Henry is using parallelism to declare his belief of supporting his country and fighting for its people.
Inaugural Address of Barack Obama as well as John Fitzgerald Kennedy is powerful, highly infectious and is considered a classic speech. There are some similarities in them, either in propose or the usage of rhetorical device. Firstly, the ideas delivered mainly focus on the current situation, and inspiration of American dreams. Being confronted with the Cold War, in his address what Kennedy wants to deliver is to make the whole world know its policy, let all the nations understand its choice, that is, America will take the significant task to bring the freedom back, the freedom of its own nation, the freedom of the world. He believes and he wants all the people to believe that America will finally take the role of leading the world into a bright future, with the help of its incomparable democratic tradition, its progresses in science and technology and military affairs and its people’s hard efforts.
He also remained himself by demonstrating integrity and courage, sticking to his beliefs and not backing down, despite potential opposition (MartinLKingJrDay, 2009). On the other hand, Hitler understood his supporter’s mission of creating equality amongst the classes and desire for stable leadership; he adapted his message to the German people and to empower masses of youth. Hitler demonstrated his independence and ownership of the cause through his political authority (WaffenSS397, 2008). King and Hitler were leaders who built effective visions, one way they communicated them to their followers was through public speeches. Physical delivery is an important aspect of
Andrew Bacon Eng 101 Essay#3 10/23/12 Ethos, Pathos, Logos Martin Luther King, President Obama, and Charlie Chaplain all evoke strong persuasive techniques to tell a story but more importantly to shed light on intolerance and injustices all around us. Through their artistic use of the rhetorical triangle they give compelling and emotional testimony, not only through what they have witnessed but what they experienced. Ethos, pathos and logos are ancient techniques used in persuading anyone from your best friend to an entire society to perhaps think differently. Dr. King ‘s speech simultaneously uses all three persuasive techniques in his first sentence. He stated he was happy to join with his audience evoking pathos.
These three appeals make the speech livelier and let the listener or reader connect with the speaker. Ethos is an appeal that deals with the speakers’ credibility. The President makes the first appeal to ethos in the beginning of the paragraph by stating, “I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed and mindful for the sacrifices borne by our ancestors.” He just telling us that he is thankful to us that we have elected him as our president to tackle all the problems that his country is facing. There was another statement that really built his ethos. He mentioned that there was once a time when a black man, like his father, would not be served in public restaurants.
The purpose of this statement is to establish his commitment to providing for the common good of the nation by taking the oath of office. JFK continues with an appeal to the emotions, or pathos, of his audience by addressing a topic heavy on the hearts and minds of many Americans with the statement, “Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty” (Kennedy). He tries to bring peace to his audience and tries to unite them as one. He also backs the up saying, “united, there is little we cannot do in a host of cooperative ventures. Divided, there is little we can do”
Stalin cleverly paired this ruthlessness with love and morale, using his propaganda as a vessel to convince the Russian’s they had something worth fighting for. In his first speech as the German’s invaded Stalin called out to them, addressing them as “dear friends” in order to reach them on a personal level. The speech focused entirely on their patriotism, not communism, uniting all people across Russia as one. By strengthening his soldiers and citizens from the outside in, Stalin ensured victory. He had
Critique about Robert Kennedy eulogy Ted Kennedy´s eulogy of Robert Kennedy is an emotional speech in which Robert Kennedy´s life and experiences were expressed. The speech delivery was good; Ted explained the view of Robert Kennedy about life and society, and his eulogy was elaborated but hard to be understood by the common public. However, focusing and analyzing on his speech lead to a better understanding. His voice is very direct, and persuasive; in other words, he has a good use of voice. In some parts of his speech, he has expressed such powerful emotions toward his brother, making the audience feel what the speaker felt during his brother´s assassination.