Princess Diana Eulogy Analysis

“Carry out a random act of kindness, with no reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.” (Princess Diana) These were the words left behind by the notorious Diana, Princess of Wales. Princess Diana was one of the most influential women to ever live, even after her death. She was loved by people all over the world, so when the news that she had died in a car accident spread across the entire planet, everyone was devastated. How could the princess be dead, just like that? No one could fathom the thought of her being gone from an accidental wreck; she was a godly figure. There had to be a part of the story that was kept from the public. Many conspiracy theories revolving around her death rose to the surface. The first was that it was a paparazzi chase gone horribly wrong. The second was that the British royal family had her murdered, with the assistance of the British Intelligence Service. The last theory was that Prince Charles, her ex-husband, had her killed so she was out of

The speaker is Queen Elizabeth, the audience is anyone watching the televised speech, and the subject is the remembrance of Diana. The intent of the Queens’ speech is to pay tribute to late Diana and also thank everyone for the flowers, messages, and respects paid to Diana. I believe that the speech was rhetorically effective because of the emotion that the speaker conveys. Logos is established because we know that the speaker is the Queen of England. However, pathos is the most common in this speech. The Queen is distressed about the death of a family member, and it shows in her speech. The speech is written in a sweet style. Examples of this are “So what I say to you now, as your queen and as a grandmother, I say from my heart.”, and, “I share in your determination to cherish her memory.”

He uses lots of abstract nouns, to create an image of Diana e.g. "the very essence of compassion, of duty, of style, of beauty. " The group of four descriptive words emphasises these images. He also uses metaphors, like "sparkle" which makes people think of light, a symbol of life and vitality. He always refers to his sister as Diana, never as princess or Lady, which would be to formal, making it sound less emotional; but also never as "Di", which would be to informal and personal for a funeral speech aimed at so many.

Meanwhile, Blair also shows this grief but in an alternate way. He speaks of the victims he has met, the sorrow that fills the room, and the despair from individuals. He mentions a pregnant woman whose child will never meet their father, and of parent's mourning the too early death of their children. This appeal to emotions has much more significance than that of Bush's speech, as it tells of the mournfulness coming from the people much more sincerely than the former.

First, the Queen displays her loyalty to her people in order to make the troops understand that she has put her faith in them. This increases the credibility of her argument because it shows that she is not just there because she is the Queen, she is there because she “[does] not desire to live to distrust [her] faithful and loving people”: she has “placed [her] chiefest strength and safeguard in the loyal hearts and goodwill of [her] subjects.” She wants her audience, the troops, to be inspired to fight loyally with England, so in order to gain their loyalty she shows the troops that she is loyal to them as well, increasing her credibility as the Queen. During this section, she adopts a grateful and reverent tone in order to convince her audience that she is loyal to them and make them feel important to the country.

Princess Diana reported that her prime motivation was to try and help the most vulnerable people in society. She stated to the BBC’s Martin Bashir “It is a goal and an essential part of my life, a kind of destiny.”(Bulman,2017) Diana was influenced by a need to serve others,as she had the drive to make people feel loved and cared for. She believed that the best way to help someone heal was by offering them affection and kind words. Diana utilized herself as a public figure to distribute her charity works to increase global awareness for the greater good.

The audience for this, like him, was grieving. Unlike the Queen’s speech, the eulogy celebrates the Princess’s life more than it mourns her death. Ethos automatically exists in this speech because of the fact that the Earl is Diana’s brother. The audience is able to accept that he is credible because he knew her very well. Lord Spencer appeals the the listener’s pathos when he talks about all of the good things Princess Diana accomplished in her lifetime. He talks about memories he had shared with her which pulls the audience in and makes them feel connected to her. He then bashes the media for “sneering at her genuinely good intentions” (Earl Spencer). There is more pathos used to push anger onto the press at this point and it is driven further after describing Diana as such a good person. The Earl also used logos in his Eulogy as a way of making Diana seem more like a regular person. He reminds the audience of the fact that she struggled with eating disorders to make her more relatable which would make the public love her even

The funeral occurred the next day, with millions of people all over the world watching. Diana’s coffin was decorated with the royal standard and taken to the church, with her family following. Prince William procured Elton John to sing “Candle in the Wind”. The Earl of Spencer gave a poignant speech about Diana and her coffin was buried at the Althorp House.4

When reading “Don’t let me be lonely” by Claudia Rankine. The passage I came across on was (Rankine 39) the way people mourned for Princess Diana and how they addressed their grief towards her death was the way that I’ve have mostly commonly seen which would show people weeping and being there for one another. The citizens would leave flowers and candles on the palace to show respect and

Specific Purpose Statement: To inform the audience about Princess Diana and her contributions to the world.

Princess Diana was always trying new things and helping those in need. She trusted her own judgment on many things. After her divorce from Prince Charles, she had to reinvent her life

This speech does have a purpose, which is to tell the whole world that Britain is united in grief and respect for Princess Diana. Unlike the previous text this one does a good job because it does not bore reader because the speech has a unique style of not telling its real purpose until the near end which forces people to listen to the whole thing. Also it knows the subject and the occasion and in which the two things interact nicely. Also the Queen knows her audience who are the people shocked by the devastating news. As a speaker the Queen uses soothing tone that make her look like she is just regular person in grief for her grand daughter and does not mention any negative details like, if she were to have one, which would be her rage against the photographers or the press. In conclusion there is not that much criticism for this text because the purpose can be identified really easily by the stylistic phrases and knowing all the key elements of rhetoric. Also one of the most important factors that make this text more effective is the shift from “I” to “Our”, this pronoun is significance because it demonstrate the speaker to connect with others which is a key element in persuasion or speech.

The passing of a loved one is a universal experience and every person will experience loss or heartache, at some point in their life. Some people obviously appear upset, some do not, grief is individual, dependent on; age, gender, development stage, personality, their normal stress reactions, the support available, their relationships or attachments, other death experiences, how others react to their own grief around them (Thompson & Hendry, 2012).

When they feel like it is the end of the world, many people have trouble keeping a smile on their face. Other people can continue to shine no matter how bad they feel. Those people can leave a long lasting impact on the world. Princess Diana influenced millions of people from all over the world, and her legacy will remain forever.

Princess Diana was a very devoted woman, she always saw the good in everyone and always tried to help anyone in need, anyway she could. Lady Diana Spencer married Prince Charles in 1981 and became known as Princess Diana. “Anywhere I see suffering, that is where I want to be, doing what I can.” - Princess Diana. As an adored member of the Royal Family, Princess Diana broke barriers of royal protocol, was one of the biggest fashion icons of the world, and will be remembered through her legacy.