Shakespeare Monologues #3

1. Find and Highlight where these techniques are used:

• repetition
• inclusive language
• alliteration
• metaphor

2. Answer the following Questions (use quotes where applicable):

• What characteristics does King Henry say are best for men in times of PEACE?
• Modest, stillness and humility

• What should men be like in war?
• They should imitate the action of the tiger by being strong and tough.
• What does Henry say about the English and their ancestors?
• That their fathers dishonored them
• What does he mean when he says 'Be copy now to men of grosser blood.'?
• Don't dishonor how them how their father did. Means don't copy their actions.
  
• What is Henry saying you have to become in order to be successful in war?
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KING HARRY:
Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more,
Or close the wall up with our English dead.
In peace there's nothing so becomes a man
As modest stillness and humility,
But when the blast of war blows in our ears,
Then imitate the action of the tiger.
Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood,
Disguise fair nature with hard-favoured rage.
Then lend the eye a terrible aspect,
Let pry through the portage of the head
Like the brass cannon, let the brow o'erwhelm it
As fearfully as doth a galled rock
O'erhang and jutty his confounded base,
Swilled with the wild and wasteful ocean.
Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide,
Hold hard the breath, and bend up every spirit
To his full height. On, on, you noblest English,
Whose blood is fet from fathers of war-proof,
Fathers that like so many Alexanders
Have in these parts from morn till even fought
And sheathed their swords for lack of argument.
Dishonour not your mothers; now attest
That those whom you called fathers did beget you.
Be copy now to men of grosser blood,
And teach them how to war. And you, good yeomen,
Whose limbs were made in England, show us here
The mettle of your pasture; let us swear
That you are worth your breeding- which I doubt not,
For there is none of you so mean and base
That hath not noble lustre in your eyes.
I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips,
Straining upon the start. The game's afoot.
Follow your spirit, and upon this charge
Cry 'God for Harry, England, and Saint George!'
By William Shakespeare.

Shakespeare Monologues #2

Othello (Act I sc iii) - Iago

Summary: In this section of the play, the villain Iago is motivating Rodrigo to act upon his feelings for Desdemona and even though she is committed to Othello ('the Moor'). Iago wants to take down Othello without actually doing it himself.


Highlight where the following persuasive techniques are used:

• repetition
• alliteration
• extended metaphor

Answer the following questions using quotes where applicable:

• What extended metaphor is used in this speech? Is this metaphor positive or negative towards women? Explain.
• Put my money in thy purse. This definitely has a negative effect on women as it is demeaning as he is saying go get what is yours. 
• How does the metaphor related to Rodrigo becoming more proactive in his pursuit of Desdemona?
• He is trying to persuade Othello to go get your and not to be hesitant or nervous.
• How does Iago Othello characterise Othello ('the moor')?
• As a person who is unwanted and undesirable.
• How does Iago describe Rodrigo being passive? What will he do to himself if he doesn't act?
• He describes him as a person who is violent and is heading no where in is life because of his actions ''He will drown himself with cats and puppies.''

IAGO

It is merely a lust of the blood and a permission of
the will. Come, be a man. Drown thyself! drown
cats and blind puppies. I have professed me thy
friend and I confess me knit to thy deserving with
cables of perdurable toughness; I could never
better stead thee than now. Put money in thy
purse; follow thou the wars; defeat thy favor with
an usurped beard; I say, put money in thy purse. It
cannot be that Desdemona should long continue her
love to the Moor,-- put money in thy purse,--nor he
his to her: it was a violent commencement, and thou
shalt see an answerable sequestration:--put but
money in thy purse. These Moors are changeable in
their wills: fill thy purse with money:--the food
that to him now is as luscious as locusts, shall be
to him shortly as bitter as coloquintida. She must
change for youth: when she is sated with his body,
she will find the error of her choice: she must
have change, she must: therefore put money in thy
purse. If thou wilt needs damn thyself, do it a
more delicate way than drowning. Make all the money
thou canst: if sanctimony and a frail vow betwixt
an erring barbarian and a supersubtle Venetian not
too hard for my wits and all the tribe of hell, thou
shalt enjoy her; therefore make money. A pox of
drowning thyself! it is clean out of the way: seek
thou rather to be hanged in compassing thy joy than
to be drowned and go without her.

Shakespeare Monologues #1

The Merchant of Venice: Act IV sc i - Portia

Summary: In this scene Portia is pleading to Shylock for the life of Antonio. Antonio is responsible for the debt that Bassanio owes Shylock. Bassanio is Portia's partner and needed money to be with Portia. When Bassanio borrowed the money the punishment for failure to pay back the money on time was 'a pound of flesh' which would cause certain death. Bassanio didn't pay the debt back in time and now Shylock wants his 'pound of flesh' from Antonio. Portia is trying to get Shylock to change his mind and see the virtue of being merciful.


Find and highlight these techniques in the speech:
metaphor
alliteration
repetition

Answer the following questions using quotes where applicable:
How does Portia describe mercy?
Describes it as being very mighty e.g. ''tis mightiest in mightiest.''


 How important and powerful is it?
It is important as it relates to the monarch. 


What can one achieve through mercy?
 It states "and earthly power doth then show like God's"
 Implying that through mercy incredible power can be achieved.


How is religion part of this speech? (You need to do some thinking on this one.)
Religion is apart of this speech because the main idea behind the speech is mercy which is portrayed as a attribute which is given by God. To get mercy one must believe in God.


PORTIA

The quality of mercy is not strain'd,
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath: it is twice blest;
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes:
'Tis mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes
The throned monarch better than his crown;
His sceptre shows the force of temporal power,
The attribute to awe and majesty,
Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings;
But mercy is above this sceptred sway;
It is enthroned in the hearts of kings,
It is an attribute to God himself;
And earthly power doth then show likest God's
When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, Jew,
Though justice be thy plea, consider this,
That, in the course of justice, none of us
Should see salvation: we do pray for mercy;
And that same prayer doth teach us all to render
The deeds of mercy. I have spoke thus much
To mitigate the justice of thy plea;
Which if thou follow, this strict court of Venice
Must needs give sentence 'gainst the merchant there.

English Assessment Rough Draft #1

Good morning/afternoon Mr Cavallaro and boys. Today I am going to persuade every one of you in this room to become an organ donor. I strongly believe that becoming an organ donor is one of the best ways to show that you care about others and give life back to people in need. There are many reasons for why you should become an organ and I will outline all of these through this speech. There are also many very inspiring stories that have occurred from people giving others another chance at life.

When every single one of you in this room turn 18, have a driver’s license and have access to the internet, a phone or mailbox you hold the power to impact countless lives. You have the power to save lives of people just like you. You have the power to choose to donate an organ or tissue. If you choose to use this power you will most definitely save people’s lives and give many others hope.

 To become an organ donor is very easy. One of the ways to become an organ donor is to go onto the Medicare Australia website and click - become a donor. It will then take you to a page where it will ask for simple details like your gender, name, age, Medicare number and where you live. Below that you then can select the organs you want to donate if not you can select to donate every organ in your body when you die. This is one of the many easy ways to become an organ donor.

On average a name is added to the transplant list every 13 minutes! Since 1965 more than 30,000 Australians have received transplants. Over 2300 people needed a kidney replacement in 2009. In 2008 only 6% of people received an organ donation. In 2008 kidney failure was the 10^th most cause of death with over 3200 deaths! In Australia in 2009 247 organs were donated.  1 in 9 Australians over 25 has had kidney damage and have now been put on the waiting list for a donation. 

A story that definitely inspired me and should inspire all you of to become organ donors is one of a young man. This 18 year old man tragically died in a car accident a couple of years ago. Even though his parents were devastated about his death, they didn’t think twice about donating his organs. When they did this the ER doctor told them that just his organs alone helped 70 people. That just goes to show if all of us become organ donors it shows how much of a difference we can make to these people who are on the waiting list for a transplant. Even though he was gone he was still living inside many people. 

Finally, some people worry that organ and tissue donation is against their religion. This is untrue. The vast majority of religious groups support donation as the highest gesture of humanitarianism. What better legacy could you leave? In what way could you make a more certain and lasting contribution to the lives of others?

Information Important To My Speech + Why Its Important

Becoming An Organ Donor -


There are two very important parts of information that I will need and add to my speech. I will discuss these below and I well also tell you why these points are important for my speech.

The first point that will be imperative to my speech are the stories of hope that people that have donated organs have help made happen. A couple of years ago an 18 year old man died in a car accident. His family didn't think twice about donating his organs and the doctor told the family that 70 people benefited from this donation. This is a very inspiring story and this is going to be vital to my speech as I will persuade the class to become an organ donors when they turn 18. This is one of the very strong and effective ways to do this by telling the class of stories like these.

The second point or points are very important as these statistics are from past years and have effected many people in Australia. One in nine Australian's over the age of 25 have kidney damage. Most of these people in their later life need transplants. In the past 60 years over 30,000 people have died from not getting transplants. In Australia alone in 2009 out of the millions of people eligible to give organs only 247 people donated their organs! All of these statistics are true and will be vital to my speech as this evidence will show that not many people in Australia donate their organs and that this much change.

Topics From Assessment

Becoming An Organ Donor - 


I think this would be a very good topic to talk about in my speech for 4 minutes. It would be a very interesting and worth while to research about. I think I good easily write a speech on this and easily make it persuadable to the class to become one. There is also a lot of information on many websites and inspiring stories that have come from people becoming organ donors.


Should euthanasia be legalized - 


This is a very personal topic and I will have to definitely have to research people's experiences and thoughts in this situation. I think it would be interesting to research about people's stories in this situation and how they have dealt with this and the impact on their life and the the life of others it has made.


Should violent & expletive song lyrics be censored - 


I think this is a very different topic from the others. It isn't as powerful as the two topics above but it effects the world. Little kid's listen to songs with swearing and video clips of songs with violence in them and this may effect their future actions or how they react to different situations. This topic wouldn't need much research and it isn't as interesting as the others.

Obama Speech -

But the reason our campaign has always been different, the reason we began this improbable journey almost a year ago is because it's not just about what I will do as president. It is also about what you, the people who love this country, the citizens of the United States of America, can do to change it.

That's what this election is all about.

That's why tonight belongs to you. It belongs to the organizers, and the volunteers, and the staff who believed in this journey and rallied so many others to join the cause.

We know the battle ahead will be long. But always remember that, no matter what obstacles stand in our way, nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.

We have been told we cannot do this by a chorus of cynics. And they will only grow louder and more dissonant in the weeks and months to come.

We've been asked to pause for a reality check. We've been warned against offering the people of this nation false hope. But in the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope.

(APPLAUSE)

For when we have faced down impossible odds, when we've been told we're not ready or that we shouldn't try or that we can't, generations of Americans have responded with a simple creed that sums up the spirit of a people: Yes, we can. Yes, we can. Yes, we can.

It was a creed written into the founding documents that declared the destiny of a nation: Yes, we can.

It was whispered by slaves and abolitionists as they blazed a trail towards freedom through the darkest of nights: Yes, we can.

It was sung by immigrants as they struck out from distant shores and pioneers who pushed westward against an unforgiving wilderness: Yes, we can.

It was the call of workers who organized, women who reached for the ballot, a president who chose the moon as our new frontier, and a king who took us to the mountaintop and pointed the way to the promised land: Yes, we can, to justice and equality.

Yes, we can, to opportunity and prosperity. Yes, we can heal this nation. Yes, we can repair this world. Yes, we can.

And so, tomorrow, as we take the campaign south and west, as we learn that the struggles of the textile workers in Spartanburg are not so different than the plight of the dishwasher in Las Vegas, that the hopes of the little girl who goes to the crumbling school in Dillon are the same as the dreams of the boy who learns on the streets of L.A., we will remember that there is something happening in America, that we are not as divided as our politics suggest, that we are one people, we are one nation.

And, together, we will begin the next great chapter in the American story, with three words that will ring from coast to coast, from sea to shining sea: Yes, we can.

Thank you, New Hampshire. Thank you. Thank you.

Convincing Class To Come To CAS

I strongly believe that everyone in this class should come to support all our Knox swimmers at CAS. CAS is a time where we as Knox Grammar compete against many schools to try and win the CAS title. Trinity are currently the holders of this cup and we must win it back from them!

This year our swimmers have got up at ridiculous times such as 5:00 in the morning to train for this event. This shows how much time and effort they put into their swimming so we should show them our appreciation by coming to CAS to support them this Thursday.

I believe there are two teams when it comes down to CAS swimming. The team that is out there competing and representing our school in the pool and the team that is in the stands cheering them along as they venture to do the best they can for the school. There are a total of six schools that compete each other in CAS including Knox, Trinity, Waverly, St Aloysius, Cranbrook and our rivals Barker. Most of these schools have made it compulsory for their whole school to attend CAS whereas Knox has not done this. Knox as only made it compulsory for years 7 &  8 to come and support our fellow swimmers but have encouraged others from older year groups to come as well. This is done so that we are not forced to come to CAS but to show to the other schools that many of us want to come to this event. This then shows we as Knox boys have passion and pride in our school when we attend CAS.

The atmosphere in the stadium when we are cheering on Knox is fantastic! All schools are in different parts of the stadium screaming out war cries and cheering on their fellow swimmers. This is a lot of fun trying to compete with the other schools to see who can sing the loudest. Knox has had war cry practice during lunch times in the past couple weeks. This has been compulsory for each year group to give us a taste of what it is like when we are cheering for our swimmers. It is also done to teach us war cries for the night and to encourage us to come down to CAS.

These reasons are all very good reasons for why you as Knoxy boys should come down to the Olympic Park this Thursday to cheer on and support our swimmers who will give it all in the pool. I know I will be there but will you?

Thanks for listening.

Martin Luther King Speech - Notes + Answer's To QQ's

Martin Luther King - 

I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.

Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.

But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languished in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. And so we've come here today to dramatize a shameful condition.

In a sense we've come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the "unalienable Rights" of "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note, insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked "insufficient funds."

But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. And so, we've come to cash this check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice.

We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of Now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children.

It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment. This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. Nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a beginning. And those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. And there will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.

But there is something that I must say to my people, who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice: In the process of gaining our rightful place, we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again, we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force.

The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny. And they have come to realize that their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom.

We cannot walk alone.

And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead.

We cannot turn back.

There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, "When will you be satisfied?" We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality. We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities. We cannot be satisfied as long as the negro's basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one. We can never be satisfied as long as our children are stripped of their self-hood and robbed of their dignity by signs stating: "For Whites Only." We cannot be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and a Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which to vote. No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until "justice rolls down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream."

I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow jail cells. And some of you have come from areas where your quest -- quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality. You have been the veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive. Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed.

Let us not wallow in the valley of despair, I say to you today, my friends.

And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

I have a dream today!

I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of "interposition" and "nullification" -- one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.

I have a dream today!

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight; "and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together."

This is our hope, and this is the faith that I go back to the South with.

With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith, we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith, we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.

And this will be the day -- this will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with new meaning:

My country 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing.

Land where my fathers died, land of the Pilgrim's pride,

From every mountainside, let freedom ring!

And if America is to be a great nation, this must become true.

And so let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire.

Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York.

Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania.

Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado.

Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California.

But not only that:

Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia.

Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee.

Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi.

From every mountainside, let freedom ring.

And when this happens, when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual:

                Free at last! Free at last!

                Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!

1. Summarize the thesis of the speech in one sentence.

To make black people as equal as white people. 

2. Mode of Persuasion? (it is ok to have more than one) Give examples to support your answer/answers.

3. Major techniques (highlight all examples)

Highlighted above

4. What is the historical context of this speech?

5. Do you feel that this is an effective speech? (answer in a paragraph)

Yes I definitely think this is an effective speech as he makes it personal to himself. He also uses a lot of repetition to get this image into people's head that black people should be free and equality should be eminent.