A Rhetorical Analysis Of Opera Winfrey's Speech

Opera Winfrey is a widely known television and media personality who has the power to influence many people through her words and actions. Oprah had endured substantial amounts of abuse during her formative and teenage years, but she obtained an education and eventually a successful due to her strict, disciplinarian father and other supportive people in her life. She was the first African American woman to receive the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Globes award ceremony. Her audience consists of many well-known and renowned celebrities and the general public, including the attendees of the ceremony and those who are watching the speech on television worldwide. Although her speech resonates with a diverse audience, the full of power of

Even after the NAACP learnt of it and Rosa Parks investigated the case, “the men who tried to destroy her were never persecuted” since “justice was never an option in the Jim Crow Era” (6:10 – 6:19). She uses the element of surprise not only as a listening trigger, but also a trigger to get women and even “every man who chooses to listen” (end of video) to take action. She states despite the investigation from Rosa Parks, Justice is a value that society needs in order to function properly. When Oprah says, “justice wasn’t an option,” the phrase would create such a sense of shock in the listeners and appall them that the listeners would definitely empathize with Oprah’s cause and head on the road to change with her.) The aforesaid story, along with the phrase “every man who chooses to listen” are important symbols of the repression of women and the fact that they cannot be

This is 2018—it is supposed to be a much more progressive time than the past few decades. Women are succeeding in many different fields such as business, arts, sciences, math, and so on. Yet, even though many areas of the world are moving in a more progressive direction, there are still many women in many parts of the world who have no rights to a basic education or even be heard. Even today, many women who face tragedies cannot be open about it due to the fear that they won’t be “heard or believed if they dared to speak their truth to the power of those men.” With the words, “power to those men,” she is stating even in this day and age that there exist many signs of male dominance. She also emphasizes that “every man who chooses to listen” also have the power to increase equal representation for