Richard's Last Speech

Martin Luther King Jr. gave arguably one of his most influential speeches on 3 April, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee. This would be the last speech he would give to the American people before he was killed shortly after. The speech addresses the unfair treatment of African Americans and how they should respond to it. He talks about how he wants people to peacefully join together in full force in order to fight for equal rights. King talks about all of the successes the Civil Rights Movement has had so far and what his hopes are for future success. He explains all of the events he is thankful he had the opportunity to experience. It acts almost as a goodbye to all of his supporters and a reassurance that everything will be okay no matter what happens in the future. Throughout the speech he appears very confident that the Civil Rights Movement will have the success that he has intended. The speech was, in many ways, unique due to the fact that it seemed as though Martin Luther King Jr. knew that it would be on of his last speeches he would have the ability of making. It Throughout the speech, King uses ethos, pathos, and logos in order to effectively get his point out to his listeners.

In our lifetime a lot of unusual things will happen, some good and some bad. My speech in particular is about one of the bad things that has happened in our parents, maybe even grandparents lifetimes. This case is frightening and disturbing, but the most shocking part is how he doesn’t remember what he did or how he did it. All he remembers is being taken into custody and an abnormal loss of teeth. My information is from “my life among the serial killers”, written by Helen Morrison, an interview from CBS news, and an article written by one of the detectives assigned to the case. In “my life among the serial killers”, Morrison tells about her time hypnotizing “Baby faced” Richard Macek and the horrifying story of what he did.

William Shakespeare’s Richard III is a historical play that focuses on one of his most famous and complex villainous characters. Richard III or The Duke of Gloucester, who eventually becomes king, is ambitious, bitter, ugly and deformed. He manipulates and murders his way to the throne and sets the tone for the whole play with his very first speech, which is the opening of the play.

He sees that by doing so, Richard will not only please the preacher, but he will demonstrate the strong love he has for his mother. This finally makes him do what he was trying to avoid most. Although he has a rough childhood, it is clear that love remains in his heart, but as he begins to be deprived from it more and more, his hunger for it becomes less intense.

The woman no longer feels comfortable and finds no other option but to end her life. Everything seems perfect, but the woman still finds herself a bit depressed. Her husband chose to change his schedule around to find more time to take care of her, their child and the house. At first it seems as if everything is going to work out. As time passes by the woman feels as if she should completely isolate herself from her family. She doesn’t leave her room and spends all day in her room (Godwin 39). Her husband and son still writes her letters and drop them under the door. One day she decides to leave her bedroom and in gratitude decides to do chores around the house. She prepares a big meal, does laundry, makes paintings and writes love sonnets for her family. Later that day, her husband and child arrive to the house and find themselves thrilled by what they see. They go running into her room to thank her only to find her dead. The little boy was in shock as he “...watched his father roll tenderly back her eyelids, lay his ear softly to her breast, test the delicate bones of her wrist” (Godwin 41). The man leaves her in the room and takes their son down to the kitchen. The woman ended her

Urban’s speech focused on recruiting individuals to go on the First Crusade to reclaim Jerusalem. Two sources, Fulcher of Chartres and Robert the Monk, document Urban’s influential speech. The two records have different tactics on how to convey the main idea of the original speech: there must be protection of Christianity in the Holy Land against Muslims.

Girroir and the girls out so they would not get wet; from the look on their faces I knew it wasn’t good. I parked the car and opened my umbrella I felt the sloshing of the water beneath my feet with each step. I sat in the waiting room, anticipating the moment when they would come out of Mr. Girroir’s room. I saw Mrs. Girroir first; she had a blank expression on her face. No tears, only shock. I could hear Annabelle and Helens whimpers down the hall. I knew he was gone, what a day to die.

Throughout my comparative study of texts and context, I have explored various connections shared between William Shakespeare’s ‘Richard the 3rd’ and Al Pacino’s ‘Looking for Richard’. As both of these items are based on the same character, King Richard the 3rd, they share a lot in common. The connection that I have chosen to concentrate on though is the idea of power, and how both texts explore this theme.

1. Mrs. Mallard was in a marriage with her husband which passed away in a train accident at work. Mrs. Mallard was heartbroken that not only her husband had passed away, but his friend also passed (so they thought). She was saddened at the thought of having to be alone at first. She loved her husband, but felt a sense of relief that she didn’t she wasn’t going to let his passing hold her back in life. She had her husband in her spirit, heart, and soul.

Richard’s relationship with his family has been scattered with abuse, hunger, and pain. In the beginning of the story, Ella storms out of the house in anger because Richard has burned down the house. Richard realizes his punishment would be

I like how you put into words that a commander of the army usually has this big speech they say to their troops in order to hype them up for the battle ahead. I also agree that there were many differences between Richmond and Richard’s speeches. This assists in revealing the clear contrast in both men’s individual character traits. William Shakespeare pits the traditional golden-boy protagonist of the story, Richmond, against the deformed villainous antagonist, Richard. And while both speeches strive to motivate the soldiers as they plunge into battle, Shakespeare has a unique style of differentiating each leader’s motivational techniques.

In Act three, scene two of The Tragedy of King Richard the Second, he touches the ground to make his speech. I beleive that what he is doing is praying over the grounds of the earth, like he was praying to mother nature herself. He created a dark world of all the enemies around him, he even has all the toads and spiders working in his favor to poison the enemy and slow them down. I feel like he is keeping his faith, but at the same time he needs all the help he can receive.

My eyes drifted around the room before settling on the tea, now lukewarm in my hands. Maudie’s nonchalant face came to mind, and her firm, strong voice commanding Jean Louise and I back into the kitchen played in my head. The sudden news of Tom’s death had upset her, but she revealed nothing as such. She said to Jean Louise to stop her shaking and instructed me to control myself. Maudie maintained her composure, and assisted in upholding mine. I wondered how she had done it, but nevertheless I was grateful.

This story is about a wife named Louise Mallard who has heart trouble, so she must be informed carefully about her husband’s death. Her sister, Josephine, is unfortunately the one who has to break the news to newly widowed wife. One of her husband’s friends, Richard, learned about her husband’s death when he was reading the newspaper and heard about the crashing of a train that Brently was on. Louise is devastated when she learns of her husband’s death and runs upstairs to be alone. Louise sits down and ponders about life while looking out the window and hears a vendor yelling what he is selling. Still crying, she looks into the distance wondering what’s next. She is nervous for her life ahead and doesn’t know what she is going to do without her husband. She starts to think about what life is going to be like without having anyone telling her what to do, when to do it, or how to do it. She starts to feel warm inside knowing she is finally free. Louise knows she will become overcome with emotions when she is forced to see Brently’s body. She imagines the years

Richard’s mom and grandma understand him easily, but his father is less easily swayed. Another argument between father and son would have broken out if it were not for the grandma’s fake heart attack that fools everyone. On the helicopter to the hospital, after Richard and Geoffrey promise to get along, grandma recuperates at once and requires the helicopter to take them to the airport instead of the hospital. These series of events, while creating amusing twists and turns to the story, manage to moves the story forward and ease up the tense relationship between Richard and Geoffrey, paving the way for the end where they reach