...speeches have a strong theme or point. There were so many speeches and quotes with great meaning and extraordinary wording, for every speech or quote there is always a hidden message or point Hamlet, or some of the other actors are trying to make. Hamlet is the main speech giver and always contemplates himself during his quotes or speeches. He was much undecided and was always changing his mind during his speeches. He was a troubled man during this time and it showed in the way he acted in the situations he was in, and also by what he would say, and how he would say things. The first speech I choose was from, (“Act I, scene ii”). In this speech Hamlet speaks these lines to Claudius and Gertrude after enduring the unpleasant scene at the court. Hamlet was then asked by his mother and stepfather not to return to his studies in England. They wanted him to remain in Denmark, presumably against his wishes. This I believe was all Claudius doings. Here, in this scene Hamlet thinks for the first time about suicide. When he talks about desiring his flesh to melt and wishing God had not made killing himself a sin. Hamlet felt so strongly that, suicide seemed like a good alternative to life in a hurtful world. He ends up saying he must not do such a thing because it is forbidden for him to do such a thing because of his religion. After he talks about suicide, Hamlet then goes on to describe the causes of all of his pain, and disgust. He makes it clear that his highly disapproves his mother...
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...David Foster Wallace, the author of the commencement speech for the graduating students of Kenyon College in 2005, entertained the audience and kept them intrigued throughout the entire speech by using grim extremes, opposites, telling stories that the audience could relate too, and using his phrase “Capital-T Truth”. Wallace's point was to not live life with a “blind certainty, a close mindedness that amounts to an imprisonment so total that the prisoner doesn't even know he's locked up”, because that is not living, that is being a robot who follows commands programmed into its’ hard drive. In the middle of his speech, Wallace ends up talking about suicide, specifically shooting one’s self in the head. The audience was sure to perk back up again if they had started to nod off. Suicide is a very grim subject, and people become interested when the word comes up. Wallace talks about how adults that commit suicide have already been dead long before the bullet pierces the skull. Their brain has started to run on auto-pilot and they don't actually think for themselves. Unfortunately, on September 12, 2008, Wallace has had the personal experience of suicide as well. His wife had come home and found that her husband had hung himself. Perhaps he personally knew what the suicides were thinking before killing themselves. On a brighter note, Wallace does a great job of telling stories in his speech; stories that the audience could relate too. By audience, I do not just...
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...Situation involving speech ethics Corey Leverette Public Speaking/310 July 18, 2013 Mr. Todd Robinson Situation involving speech ethics May 19, 2011 the 900th maintenance co was deployed to camp Deh Dadi II, Afghanistan. I met a soldier from the Tennessee National Guard he was Caucasian we always met up at the DFAC for breakfast, lunch, and dinner but I noticed that the soldier was depressed about being deployed and not having anything to do on the FOB like he would normally do at home. I tried to assure him every day that the FOB would get better and that it worse when we first got there so I took it upon myself to keep the young soldier up under my wing to assure that the deployment would go by fast and he would be home before he know it nut two days he committed suicide and it bothered me because I felt like I could have done more to save the young soldier. Then after that I went to a suicide prevention class and the speaker spoke on how people should relate to the suicide problem that we have in the military and the different resources that we have if we needed to talk to someone that made me better listener because of the guilt that I felt when the soldier committed suicide I felt like I could have listen more or told the young soldier to go to the chaplain instead of trying to take it upon myself to help the soldier out and the speaker made a lot key points for me to take the guilt away that I was feeling talking about the suicide and listening to the speaker help...
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...podcaster, and author, delivers a persuasive speech on a very interesting concept on why should you define your fears, instead of goals. The specific purpose of his speech, is to inform the audience how important it is to be in control of your fears, learn to manage your fears and face them head on by setting by a plan of action. His target audience was college students and business owners. In his speech, he mentions how in his college days he was suicidal because he couldn't handle his fears of failure and rejection. He was very clear about his thoughts on suicide, and a speech coming from a former college student who contemplated suicide is a very powerful message for his target audience. He goes on to say that in his business, he took time away from his business to take a much needed vacation in order to unwind, recharge, and learn to distress from daily obstacles. Similarly, the message to business owners is the same concept, those who don't take risks for fear of loss or failure of making the wrong decisions that can impact their goal setting ways, will always face the fears without taking action....
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...To be or not to be? That is the question. This famous speech comes from Shakespeare’s Hamlet and explains how Hamlet’s problem with his sleep and dreams control his life. The first six words create a balance. The balance continues with a consideration of the way one deals with life and death. There is a direct opposition which is to be, or not to be. He is thinking about life and death, but he is also pondering on a state of being alive versus a state of not being alive. The meaning of the “to be or not to be” speech in Shakespeare’s Hamlet has been given many interpretations. They’ve come from different historical and textual bases. This speech talks about the righteousness of life over death in good terms and much of the speech’s focuses on the...
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...Schools may limit how students express themselves, because it keeps kids safe, prevents suicide, and helps prevent racial discrimination in schools. Schools limiting Free speech would enable the safety for our next generation. Although Free Speech is used to defend the right to voice your opinion, there are kids who abuse this right to cyberbully or spread untruthful rumors on others who can’t. Evidence to support this claim is a quote that states,”The cons of having the first amendment in place are that it can bring out voices of hate, untruthful rumors and cyberbullying.” This shows that our schools should monitor what happens in their halls and in the media to protect the students who can't. As I stated prior...
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...was the commencement speaker for the 2005 graduating class of Kenyon College. Throughout his commencement speech, he made certain he entertained the young college students and not bore them with his speech. He does this by first telling a story that would first attract their attention and after he has caught their attention, he gives them information that would help them understand his speech, he talks about different extreme situations, he uses the phrase capital-T twice to gain attention and importance, and then proceeds to telling stories that the audience can relate to. Wallace’s main point he wanted to get across was that we should not live our live with a blind certainty and we should not live our lives based on assumptions. We should not live in a way that our default way of thinking can imprison our choice to choose what we want to think and that we should not live our lives thinking we are the absolute center of the universe and everything revolves around us. When we do this, we become imprisoned and start to think that we are the only one that has a problem but when we don’t live that way, we soon realize that we have a choice to think about everyone else’s problem and how it can be worse than ours. In his speech, Wallace talks about how someone can commit suicide and shoot themself in the head. If by any chance, the audience were not listening through his speech, when they heard that, they surely would have listened up again just because of how extreme the subject...
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...3 March 2015 Informative Speech Outline Title: Informative Speech Main Idea: Suicides and the Military Thesis Statement: At the end of my informative speech, my audience will know more about the Military Suicide Issue and how the number of military or veterans deaths by suicide has been increasing at an alarming rate, the common misconceptions about the possible reasons why current and former military members are taking their own lives and finally what is being done to try and resolve this issue. I. Introduction a. Attention-getter: Across the US there’s thousands upon thousands of members of an exclusive club that nobody wanted to join. I know it was a group I never wanted to join. We are known as Suicide Survivors, we are the surviving family members of the military members and veterans who have taken their own lives and each day our group grows in size. In one collective voice we scream for answers to the seeming unanswerable question… Why? b. Preview: In 2012, TIME Magazine published an article titled “One a Day” referencing to the rate of active duty suicides. According to an article in the Government Executive the VA reports an average of 22 Veteran suicides per day. A look at some of the statistics and commonalities can help provide a clear idea of the contributing factors. II. Body c. Main Idea 1: Statistics: According to TIME Magazine since 2001 there have been more active duty deaths from Suicide than there have been due to overseas...
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... ‘’Of the cyberbullying related suicides in the last decade, 43% have occurred since Tyler sadly jumped from that bridge. And that’s not even including stats for last year.’’ Cyber bullying is a serious problem we have, which easily can lead to suicidal thoughts or even worse suicide. Monica Lewinsky finally speaks out on ending online abuse, after a decade of public silence. The speech ‘’Monica Lewinsky breaking the silence’’ is a speech by Monica Lewinsky and was a speech she delivered at Forbes’ 30 under 30 summit conference in Philadelphia, and published in Forbes magazine, October 10th 2014. She tells us about her previous affair with president Bill Clinton. When their affaire became public, the scandal was known as the Lewinsky-scandal and had a very negative influence on Monica Lewinsky, which lead to public humiliation. The receiver of the speech is young entrepreneur and achievers at the Forbes’ conference, and people who are interested in business, since Forbes is an American business magazine. Monica Lewinsky’s intention with this speech was first of all to speak out about the story that had ruined her and her reputation back in the late 90’s. She also came forth and told her story to help others. She believes in the power of stories, that they can inspire, comfort, educate and help things for the better. By sharing her story, she wants to help others in their darkest moments of humiliation, and to do something about the culture of...
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...long life; For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, The oppressor’s wrong, the proud man’s contumely, The pangs of despised love, the law’s delay, The insolence of office and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin Who would fardels bear To grunt and sweat under a weary life…… Hamlet's "To be, or not to be" soliloquy is arguably the most famous soliloquy in the history of the theatre. Even as today many people are familiar with that famous lines to be or not to be. Although they might not be quite sure what exactly the play actually symbolizes. What it symbolizes an infinitely greater effect than could be expected of an argument on suicide and death in tragedy. All this comes from Hamlet because his depressed that His father just died and his mom ran off to marry his uncle Claudius the first chance she got. To make matters worse, his dear old dad's ghost showed up and told him that his uncle...
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...be the cause of his suicide. Othello struggles with trust and Iago uses this quality to his advantage. Soon, the death of Othello is the ending of the play and the ending of the life of one of the best characters Shakespeare ever created. Starting at the very first of the play, Othello is seen as an outsider in Venice, he possesses skills that the state needs, and he is a necessary part of the society. Cassio states that the senate sends out three search parties for Othello, which lets the reader know how important he is to society. The government trusts Othello enough to put him in charge of Cyprus, and even in Othello’s dying speech he makes sure the Venetians remember the “service” he has done for them. Othello presents himself as an outsider for one of two reasons: either because he knows his exotic qualities, or because of his insecurities about being different from the other Venetians. In Act I, scene III, Othello states, “Rude am I in my speech, / And little blessed with the soft phrase of peace.” Although Othello is hardly ever rude, he does lose his articulacy as he is always facing the plots of Iago. Even in his final words, Othello very eloquently, he regains his composure and woos the audience with his words one final time. The lines that are spoken before his suicide are words that could persuade almost anyone, and it is hard to tell if its Othello’s self-tormenting, or Iago’s use of him as a ridiculous puppet drove him to committing suicide. Even though Othello...
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...emotional reaction and go along thinking it’s no big deal”, said by Robin Kowalski who is now a mentor for teens who have been cyber bullied. Cyber bullying is gossip, talk, or rumors about the personal or private affairs of other people. It is an important issue because it impacts teenagers emotionally and can ruin their lives. Cyber bullying is happening more often in today’s time than it did ten years ago and the end outcome has become more serious. Most teenagers worry about what other people think about them, and cyber bullying allows for everyone to know what that one person thinks. Teenagers who cyber bully believe they have the freedom of speech and are able to say whatever they want. They don’t think others should take words so seriously, and make a big deal out of it. The victims of cyber bullying need to put an end to it. Even though most teenagers are afraid of what others think and don’t want to be judged, Teens who are victims of cyber bullying should tell a teacher, parent, or an adult they trust, because in order to end cyber bullying someone needs to know, so it doesn’t stay hidden behind the computer screen and cause them harm. No teenager should have to go through being cyber bullied; in 1997 Georgia Woods attempted suicide after being bullied online. Someone posted a site about her asking people to “sign here if you wish Georgia Woods would die, sign here if you hate her” (Thomson 2). Cyber bullying first became an issue in the mid 90’s when the internet was...
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...that people have in their lives, two newspaper pieces I found dealt with a teen suicide, a fourth article, published in a periodical produced by the American Public Welfare Association, looked at the services provided through Missouri’s Family Preservation Service to a young mother in crisis who was trying to take care of herself and a young baby. In the case of the article published in People Weekly, in which a Missouri teenager, with a history of depression, committed suicide after receiving online bullying from the mother of a schoolmate. There are a variety of resources that available to assist someone thinking about suicide on the website for the Missouri Department of Mental Health. The website offers a link to many hotlines to access anonymous support and help. The site offers a link to CHADS Coalition, which is an “organization whose mission is to advance the knowledge and prevention of adolescent depression and suicide through awareness, education and research.” (CHADS Coalition, 2008) There is also the Network of Care, which provides an interactive website for people to get information about mental health services. (Network of Care, 2008) The Department of Health offers training to school counselors on suicide prevention. The training is called QPR and it allows people to provide instruction which typically takes from one to two hours that will provide general awareness about suicide, teach the...
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...words can never hurt me.” Sure words don’t hurt physically, but to those who have been or are currently victims of cyberbullying words can be the difference between life and death. Technology such as smart phones, tablets and the internet allows students spend more time being connected. With this cyberbullying is becoming more frequent. Texting, instant messaging and over the social networks are just a few ways that the cyberbullies can reach their victims. A few of the forms of cyberbullying are harassment, cyberstalking and impersonating their victim. Cyber bullying has become a serious problem amongst teens. The victim can begin to feel inadequate and self-conscious causing the victim to become depressed to the point of committing suicide. In the past the cyberbully had no consequences to their action. Two such cases are addressed in this paper. States are now passing laws to address this issue and making schools responsible for developing anti-bullying policies. Cyber bullying- Should Schools be held responsible Matt was on both the Citizenship and Honor Rolls in Middle School. Voted by his eighth grade classmates to have the best smile, the best personality, and most likely to become an actor (Eppling, 2006). Taylor was a soccer player, a soloist in the school choir, and on the volleyball team. Although she was taller and a little larger than others her age she was beautiful. These are just two real examples of teens that were bullied to the extent of finding life...
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...poet, Chelsea the Roman equestrian businessman, Yanisse a veteran of Augustus’ army, and finally Emmanuel who was Gaius Maecenas. This side argued that censorship of the arts is warranted. Most of their points were believable, however some were controversial. Each speech tied together a full understanding of why this group believed this. A main point included that Augustus has been a great ruler and the citizens of Rome should agree with his plans. Their organization of how each person went was good since it started with the Roman Senator and facts, then as the speeches went on there was more emotion involved. Brooke decided to rebuttal after the con side went. She made a good point on how the censors have been in public office they have been modeling how we should act. Her rebuttal had other respectable points that allowed for more discussion in the debate. Overall, I thought the...
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