Winston Churchill and Adolf Hitler were both men that could rally many people for their separate causes. While both being effectual speakers, shown evidently through the number of people who supported them, each man had a different speaking style that gathered a number of people that would not have pledged themselves to the cause without the speeches.
A major allocution spoken by Winston Churchill, The Lights are Going Out, was spoken over the radio and addressed the rising issue of Nazism and the possible impact on
Europe. Churchill argues that although people try to distance themselves from the
“theoretical antagonism between Nazidom and democracy,” “the antagonism is here now.”
If countries do not arm, then it could be too stop the impending
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Churchill starts his bold statement off with impactful, spaced “Let that not be.” He references all of Europe instead of just Britain, by saying “or of France, or of the many surviving liberal states of Europe.” Another sentence, “A little mouse of thought appears in the room and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic,” gives insight to his speaking abilities. In the radio, “A little mouse” is emphasized by following it with “a little tiny mouse.” “Mightiest potentates” are accentuated by slight spaces. After the sentence, there is a minor pause as if to arouse thought into the listener.
Almost a complete antithesis to Winston Churchill, Adolf Hitler drives his message to his live audience through fury, vociferation in his voice and addressing Germany multiple times. Because Hitler’s speeches were done to large groups of people as opposed to a radio, ocular techniques were used, such as hand motion and viewing the onlookers.
“To this must be added new elements which make the Balance of Power appear an illusion.
It exists no longer. There we really see the real reason for the World War,” are a few