Speeches

Although these two speeches have many similarities they also have many differences between them. For example in the speech given by John F Kennedy was about and relating to the cold war, on the other hand the speech given by Mark Anthony was about the death and murder of Julius Caesar. In addition the main point expressed in Mark Anthony’s speech was that he felt that Julius Caesar was wrongfully murdered and that he was in fact not ambitious. Whereas in the speech given by John F Kennedy was about uniting as a nation to overcome hard obstacles such as the cold war. Overall the speech that Mark Anthony gave had an emphasis on revenge and to want to kill those who killed Julius Caesar. In the speech that John F Kennedy gave he had a happy and inspiring approach. He tried to lift the spirits of the fellow citizen and to make them feel that they can overcome the dangerous world before them. Finally there are two different things we remember a bought each one of these speeches. In Mark Anthony’s speech we remember about ambition and how Brutus can be seen as a not ambitious person and in the speech by John F Kennedy we remember the famous sentence, “Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country”.

In conclusion speeches have been greatly influential on society. Many speeches have similar components which make a speech good. Also the speaker is a large part to whether or not the speech is successful. Speeches can motivate people they can anger people they can get people excited and motivate people toward a certain goal. As we can see in these two speeches by Mark Anthony in Julius Caesar written by William Shakespeare and the inaugural address of John F Kennedy there were many similarities and differences between these two speeches. Both speeches influenced a group of people even though they were different people as well as taking place at a different time. It is important to have a good speech to motive and move a crowd.