I would say that one of the most persuasive speeches in American
History that possessed creditable sources and analysis was Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" speech. I
thought that one of the most credible sources that King featured was the use of American History
as part of his argument. In trying to convince his audience and all Americans that Civil Rights
was an issue embedded in the American History, King was able to persuade his audience that the
issue of "Civil Rights" was actually an issue of human rights. The historical concepts that
involved invoking the Founding Fathers, the linking of civil rights as being representative of
the "bedrock of U.S. political and social character," and the notion of the delivering of civil
rights as a "promissory note" were all examples of Dr. King using the most credible of sources to
convey his point. The idea of using American History as part of his argument helped to enhance
the persuasive element in his speech, and helped to make it a part of the American History from
which it reverberates.
Sunday, May 4, 2014
What would be an example of a persuasive speech supported by credible sources?
Please correct my errors in the text sample below. Hi friends Last Saturday when I attended a meeting I was handed over printed notes which are...
The basic elements of the paragraph are fairly strong.
There are some minor points that need to be fixed.
Hi friends! (Punctuation mark
needed.) Last Saturday, (comma included) I attended a meeting. (Full stop because the
next sentence is an important idea.) I was handed over printed notes, (comma included)
instructions on to how to work and what they want on their websites (eliminated extra
preposition). I found (past tense) that there were (tense) many errors in the document
and misrepresented (tense) some items (eliminate conjunction) which I must modify. I am
looking for a good online site where I can upload the scanned document and convert it
into an editable format. I am sure someone on this platform can point me to a right
site. (Full stop). Thanks in
advance!
Can someone prove that there is a relationship between the structure (imagery, meter, sound.. ) and the content of the following poem? Many...
In William Wordsworth's "She Dwelt Among the Untrodden
Ways," the imagery used describes Lucy as one who is cut off from the
world.
Lucy lives among the untrodden ways (where few
walk), and there are few there to praise or to love her. Lucy is lonely. This sense of
"oneness" is continued with observations of nature: there is one violet by a stone that
is half-hidden from view (perhaps easily missed); and the description of the star points
out that it is most beautiful when no other stars are visible: perhaps because it gets
lost in a crowded sky, perhaps as Lucy might be lost in a room full of people, and no
one would be able to fully appreciate her.
Living alone, it
was as if no one even noticed when she died, except the
poet.
The poem creates, with its imagery, a sense of
sadness, of being alone.
The meter consists of one line of
eight beats, followed by a second line of six beats. As the poem is read, there is
stress placed on the second of each pair of syllables. So in lines one and three, there
are four stressed syllables, and in lines two and four, there are three stressed
syllables. This pattern is repeated throughout the
poem.
The rhyme scheme is also simple: ABAB in each stanza.
This lends itself to the simple motion created by the
meter.
If one were to look deeply, it might sound—with this
meter—as if there is a rocking motion. With the knowledge that Lucy has died, the
swaying movement created with this structure might be like a casket being carried,
especially if there weren't enough pallbearers.
If Lucy has
lived alone and unnoticed, it is quite possible that when it comes time to lay her to
her rest, few men might have been available to help move the box, and the swaying would
have been pronounced. It seems a logical interpretation in light of the picture of
loneliness that has been presented in the poem.
(Note:
"Proof" is hard to come by in a poem. A poem speak differently to each individual who
reads it. This is my perception of the poem and the effect of the imagery and
meter.)
What reason does lady Macbeth give for not killing Duncan herself in Macbeth?
In Act II, scene i of Macbeth, Lady Macbeth
admits:
Had he not
resembled
My father as he slept, I had
done't.
In
Act I, Lady Macbeth's speech resembled that of a man's: she cast of her femininity and devised a
brilliant plan of murder. But here in Act II, her actions cannot follow through on her earlier
boasts. She can motivate Macbeth to kill, but she cannot kill herself. Murder is a man's
business.
Lady Macbeth becomes too emotional during
the attempted murder: Duncan reminds her of her father. She sees him as a real
person, and the sight of blood unnerves her, producing immediate guilt. Later, her guilt will
intensify and turn to mania: she will incessantly try to wash off blood from her hands that is
not literally there.
Here, Lady Macbeth suffers from a kind of
Elektra Complex (the female version of the Oedipus Complex). She can kill off the feminine,
mother-figure in her, but she cannot kill the opposite-sex parent-figure, Duncan, because she has
an unconscious attachment to him.
Saturday, May 3, 2014
What message do you think Lady Macbeth wants her fainting spell to convey in Macbeth?
Lady Macbeth faints when the death of Duncan is announced by
Macduff. We know that she planned the murder. By fainting, Lady Macbeth, does what she thinks
she should do. Remember, she asked to be unsexed so she could plan the murder of the king, but
since she is a women, she must play the feminine role.
Lady Macbeth
also uses the faint to divert attention away from the death of the king and Macbeth's murder of
the two guards. Of course Macbeth kills them so they can't be questioned about the murder of
Duncan.
Lady Macbeth knows how to be the "innocent
flower".
Prove that the function f(x) = 10x^7 + 7^x is increasing.
In order to verify if the function f(x) is increasing,
we'll have to demonstrate that the first derivative of the function is
positive.
Let's calculate f'(x) = (10x^7 +
7^x)'
We'll re-write
f'(x):
f'(x) = (10x^7)' +
(7^x)'
We'll re-write
f'(x):
f'(x) = 70x^6 +
7^x*ln7
Since 70x^6 >0 and 7^x*ln7 > 0
(7^x>0 and ln 7 = 1.94) , then 70x^6 + 7^x*ln7 >
0
The expression of f'(x) is positive, for
any value of x, so f(x) is an increasing
function.
What do you think the central theme is in the story "The Wall"?
It is hard to ignore that this amazing short story teaches
us something quite profound about death and the condition of man when he has to face it.
The narrative provides us with an insight into three men during their last night before
their execution by firing squad the following morning, symbolised by "The Wall" that
they will stand against whilst they are shot. Tom, Pablo and Juan each face their doom
in different ways, yet Pablo finds it hard to make sense of what is going to happen to
him:
I felt
relaxed and over-excited at the same time. I didn't want to think any more about what
would happen at dawn, at death. It made no sense. I only found words or
emptiness.
He concludes that
"death had disenchanted everything" for him, and confronting death left his life as a
blank. However, facing death also gives him strength, as he discovers when soldiers try
to intimidate him the next morning and extract information from him. For Pablo, who is
about to meet death, he finds their attempts to threaten him
laughable:
These men dolled up with their riding crops and
boots were still going to die. A little later than I, but not too much... I thought they
were insane.
To Pablo, he
finds it amusing that the power that the soldiers have over him counts for nothing to a
man who is already going to die. The overwhelming power of death dwarfs their power, and
yet they fail to understand this.
Thus, one way of reading
"The Wall" is to see it as a psychological examination of the impact of imminent death
on humans and the way that facing it paradoxically can be said to give us
strength.