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Comparing Rutherford Hayes And Donald Trump's Coronation Speech By Queen Elizabeth II

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In the inauguration speeches of Rutherford Hayes and Donald Trump and the coronation speech by Queen Elizabeth II, the content in each one had several similarities and differences. In Trump’s speech, he made several references to religion by saying the name God and referencing the Bible because of his background of being Christian. For example, he said, “The Bible tells us how good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity” (Trump, para. 13) in the middle of his speech and “God bless America” (Trump, para. 17) at the end of it. This is similar to Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation speech because she also made many references to God due to believing in some form of Christianity. For instance, she asked the audience “to pray that …show more content…

However, Trump’s and Hayes’ inauguration speeches wanted make the nation great in order to become an example for nations to follow. Trump said that he wanted to “let [America] shine as an example” (Trump para. 12), and Hayes said that he wanted “to give to the world the first example in history of a great nation” (Hayes para. 26). Both speeches aimed to make America not only a great nation, but also a nation others could try to follow. In contrast, Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation speech never mentioned about making her country an example. All she wanted to do was make it a great country as it moved towards the …show more content…

Hayes stated, “The people of those States are still impoverished, and the inestimable blessing of wise, honest, and peaceful local self-government is not fully enjoyed” (Hayes para. 4), and Trump stated, “Mothers and children are trapped in poverty in our inner cities, rusted out factories scattered like tombstones across the landscape of our nation…” (Trump para. 8). Both of them used diction that described the poor people of the U.S. negatively, which compels the audience to pity them. However, Queen Elizabeth decided to take a different approach by being more positive in her own speech. She looked towards the future rather than focusing on the negatives of the past and present, which provided inspiration for her

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