Winston Churchill’s Speech “We shall fight on the beaches”
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, the first man to have been awarded an Honorary Citizen of the United States, is known as one of the greatest inspirational wartime leaders of World War II. Winston Churchill came to be a British prime minister of UK who was very well respected and looked up to, thus ensuring the captivation of the audience he presents his speech to. During this time was also when the British army’s morale were deteriorating under the crushing pressure of the overpowering Nazi forces meaning they were in desperate need of motivation and hope. Churchill’s fulfillment of their request was his, now famous, “We shall fight on the beaches” speech. In terms of organization, Churchill successfully instills courage on the audience through purposely reminding and building upon Britain’s victories during World War I and saying they can succeed again in WWII. In terms of style, during the ending half, he repeatedly starts with “We shall fight…” which generally gives the British army a mental preparation that there will be fighting to come for the pride and protection of their own land. In terms of delivery, it was, in the end, a moving and inspirationally powerful speech, boosting the morale of the British army, but in terms of vocal skill specifically, Churchill was born with speech impairment, so the tone might not have been its full potential of strength. Nonetheless, it is amazing how despite Churchill’s speech impairment, he was still able to give one of the most inspirational speeches of all time.
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The speech is really inspirational taking into consideration with the environment and whats happening to the people at the time. They really needed the motivation and inspiration from such a high figure. It’s pretty amazing, even if I do say so myself, that even with his speech impediment, he had such a major impact on the people of the time. Looking at it on a larger scale though, it was during just that time and looking at it discretely, would be the type of analysis you provided. But looking at the context of the speech in a diffusive perspective, as people of today and modern society, would it have the same impact? To the audience of a modern society, I would highly doubt that his speech impairment would have made the people listen to him seriously. In comparison to someone like Stephen Hawking, who is ridiculed on public television on many comedy cartoons, can still be taken seriously by the audience of popular culture.
You did a great job on this analysis, identifying key concepts in the speech that effected the audience in a motivational way. What you talked about with the organization of the speech can also and more directly relate to Ethos and Logos. This part would be better categorized under them because he plays on the emotional side of the audience and the FACT that the British Army had defended their island home in the past and so statistically they can do it again. Your analysis on delivery was exceptionally well done.