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    the area currently known as King George Sound a harbour in Albany, Western Australia, and how it came to be known as the ‘friendly frontier’ by many historians after reports of harmonious behaviour between British explorers, early settlers and the local Aboriginal community. George Vancouver sailed and moored his ship in a harbour which he named King George the Thirds Sound after discovering how sound it was for ships while also honouring the king of his time King George the Third, though in recent

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    shows how King George acted very condescending, superior, and conceited. Generally, his tone of voice while singing throughout the song and the words that were said, makes him quite a self-absorbed and egotistical character. Along with the uses of syntax, this song also includes dictions that help contribute for it to sound condescending, superior, and conceited. The reason behind this is because of these unequivocal lines that is taken directly from the song lyrics: “They say George Washington’s

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    The film When We Were Kings uses specific realistic aesthetics to provide truth to the audience about the fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. The realist aesthetic the provide truth are the on-camera interviews, available real mise-en-scene, real people, and the utilization diegetic sound. The on-camera interview consists of witnesses of the fight and the event leading to the fight as well as some experts on boxing demonstrating the realism of the film. The available real mise-en-scene

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    expected to divert the King of England who, immediately goes for the younger daughter, Mary. She gives birth to a son, which pleases the King, as the Queen, Catherine of Aragon fails to provide a male heir to the English throne.

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    Bang! That was the sound of “the shot heard around the world.” British troops, under the command of the King George III faced off against a few citizens of Boston which became recognized as the start of the Revolutionary War. It is recorded that Patrick Henry said, “We should not forget that the spark which ignited the American Revolution was caused by the British attempt to confiscate the firearms of the colonists.” King George III influenced the Revolutionary war through his lapses in judgement

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    King George VI

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    King’s Speech, King George VI faces a multitude of problems prefacing his speech to the British people regarding Britain’s declaration of war on Germany. King George VI, formally known as Prince Albert, stammers throughout his speech at the end of the British Empire Exhibition in Wembley Stadium and loses hope in finding a cure for his problem. His wife, however, convinces him to see Lionel Logue, an Australian speech therapist residing in London. With the assistance of Logue, King George is able to

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    Speech is a story about Britain’s King George VI. The story tells about Kings George’s personal struggles with having a stutter. Throughout the movie the king as others refer to his stutter as “stammering”, which we learn has the same meaning as a stutter. Stuttering is when a word is improperly patterned in time and the speakers reaction thereto. (Tanner, 2003) It’s a fluency problem. A speech planning, patterning and coordination irregularity. (Tanner, 2003) King George’s struggled with his stutter

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    scare by starting a civil war battle. After the king fell ill, people took sides either with the “Mad King” or his disgraced son, George IV. Politics intensify as the Whigs and Tories chose sides from where their loyalty stood. The monarchy suffered a tremendous blow as gossip spread within the royal palace. Yet, the king would recover before he got abdicated from his throne. The incident lasted only four months. The Whig party conspire with George IV to gain power within the government. Fighting

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    actually weaker with the deleted passages. This is because they contained information which was unnecessary in order to help back their claim and they were written were less clarity.     The first deleted passage that I’ll be looking at explains how King George mistreated others through war. This would’ve added to Jefferson’s list of grievances. This grievance is legit, because

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    anything but great leaders. The pressure that comes from Albert’s father, King George V, results in more frustration for the both of them, without either of them realising that to lead a country into greatness depends more on just speaking well. Throughout the film, there had been ideal speech models like Hitler, David, and King George V, shown in order to compare their speech to Albert’s and to show what a great speaker has to sound in order to gain the public’s support. Ironically, all of those speech

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