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The Final Speech Analysis : Sir Charles Spencer

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The Final Speech Analysis Sir Charles Spencer “Charlie” Chaplin, was known as an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame during the era known as silent film, and also wrote one of the greatest speeches ever written. It is during his speech, in the movie “The Great Dictator”, released in 1941, that Chaplin gives one of the most memorable speeches that is still conversed about in the present, and has in the past year been trending on social media due to its’ undeniable relevance towards today’s social issues. As with today the turmoil over the election, our current elected president and the way social media is led to perceive the views of the Republican Party. The purpose of this speech is to convey the idea that even…show more content…
He goes on to say that, “We all want to help each other. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other’s happiness – not by each other’s misery.” Chaplin states this so that he may appeal to everyone and anyone in all walks of life. It is a social convention people just want to have the ability to live their life with others in a peaceful and joyful state. Mr. Charles Chaplin continues saying, “… earth is rich and can provide for everyone. The way of life can be free and beautiful, but we have lost our way,” furthering the point that humans want to ultimately coexist, without the threat of violence and Chaplin believes the world was created in a way that enables us to do just that. The only problem is that the memory of how to do such a thing has absconded from many people’s minds. “Greed has poisoned men’s souls…goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed.” Here Mr. Chaplin is able to expertly use slang that the audience understands and associates with. This is the reason Chaplin gives for the ability to cohabitate having been forgotten. Over time, “machinery that gives us abundance has left us in want.” We can obtain all the essentials that are needed to live so very easily that our minds have been conditioned to think we are in need of
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