Winston Churchill's Ethos In The Crucible

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Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher “You have enemies? Good. That means you stood up for something,sometime in your life.”(Winston Churchill) Former Prime Minister, of the United Kingdom, Winston Churchill was most known for his involvement in World War II, and his refusal to succumb to what he feels is not right. He is also known for his great speeches. On the other hand, you have Margaret Thatcher also a former Prime Minister of the United, and a definite feminist." If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a women. In some ways they are the same, and in some ways they differ. In Churchill's speech, “ Master’s of our Fate”, he uses the power of pathos and Anaphora to seize the attention of the audience; he also uses a passionate tone to emit sincerity and to express how passionate he is on the subject ; thus , …show more content…

Both of the speeches produce passionate tones, which is a great quality for leaders. When Using anaphoric such as, " spent,spent, spent, and spent... ", Thatcher conveys the message that spending is very important to her; thus, creating a passionate tone. Churchill's way of showing a passionate tone is through his diction. "...with all our might and with all the strength that God can give us.", not only does he us diction here ,but he also uses the word God to show that God will be with us ,and God will help us. This also shows his passionate relationship with his religion. Thatcher likes to include statistics like, "there are now nearly twenty-five million people in jobs compared with only about eighteen million in the 1930s.", to remind the audience about what her goals are. She is telling them facts so that reality hits them in smack in the face. She wants them to know that she wants change and she is the change for