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Comparing The Speeches Of Anwar Sadat And William Deane

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Both Anwar Sadat and William Deane effectively use the rhetorical devices to enable their audience to understand the issues and concerns expressed in their respective speeches. In Sadat’s ‘Speech to the Israeli Knesset’ inclusive terminology and pathos is used to convince the audience that they must unite in the grief caused by previous wars in order to achieve ‘permanent peace based on justice’. Deane also makes use of inclusive terminology and pathos to unite the mourners at the ecumenical service for the victims of the Swiss Canyoning accident and to convince them that their loss had a positive impact regardless.
In ‘Speech to the Israeli Knesset’ Sadat took the first step towards peace in the Middle East, however the context and its effect …show more content…

Throughout the speech inclusive terminology emphasises the humanitarian appeal that ‘any life lost in war is a human life’, a recurring theme that is used to convince the audience that they are all united by a universal humanity. The commonality between the Arabs and the Israeli’s is further emphasised through direct reference to the ‘1973 October War’ from which both sides are ‘still moaning under the cruel pains of widowhood and bereavement of sons, fathers and brother. Present tense alongside vivid descriptions evoke pathos as the audience is impacted to feel empathy with the families who have been directly affected by past violence. By painting war as the common enemy Sadat enables the audience to support his solution of ‘peace based on justice’ as a necessary …show more content…

In 1999 an ecumenical service was held in Switzerland to commemorate the deaths of twenty-one people who had been killed in a canyoning accident. As thirteen of the victims were Australian it was Deane’s job as Governor-General ‘on the behalf of Australia and of all Australians, to mourn them’, however as a eulogist it was also required he identify a positive aspect that had come from the tragedy. Deane did so by compelling the audience to see the diplomatic effects of the disaster had brought Australia and Switzerland together in their communal sorrow. Directly, this sombre oration was delivered to the family and friends of the victims, however due to media attention around the accident, Deane’s message was internationally heard, particularly in

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