DELIVERY!It’s not just what you say, but how you say it

ANCIENT WORLD Speeches delivered in small spaces with no

electronic gadgetry to project the voice

Literate scribes did most of the writing, which means that most written texts we have today from the ancient world were composed and delivered orally

Punctuation was developed to help young men read texts well in public

Reading silently was virtually unknown

HYPOKRISIS

Where we get the word hypocrite from

Later came to mean “actor”

Thinking about how to deliver a speech or written text makes us think of performing/acting for a particular purpose

DELIVERYUNDERSTATED YET EMOTIONAL Glory is a film about the

first Black military regiment during the Civil War to see combat. Most of the men were killed in a fateful battle on the coast.

Three speeches here. What can we say about delivery and effectiveness?

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/MovieSpeeches/moviespeechglory4.html

DELIVERYFROM SUBSERVIENT TO DOMINATE A Man for All Seasons

The great Paul Scoffield plays Thomas Moore who refused to give verbal assent to the remarriage of Henry 8 to Anne Bolyn.

He kept his peace until his condemnation……

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=trial%20(3)%20man%20for%20all%20seasons&qs=n&form=QBVR&pq=trial%20(3)%20man%20for%20all%20seasons&sc=

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DELIVERYUSING THE SETTING IN DELIVERY Amistad

John Quincy Adams, son of John Adams, makes the closing arguments for the release of Cinque and the rest of the Africans who had staged a revolt on board the Amistad….all they wanted was their freedom and to return home to Africa.

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/MovieSpeeches/moviespeechamistadjqadams.html

DELIVERYWHEN ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS

Streetcar Named Desire

The great Marlon Brando delivers with his body an entire speech that gets remarkable results.

He has just had a horrible fight with Stella. She leaves him and goes upstairs to the neighbor’s.

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/MovieSpeeches/moviespeechastreetcarnameddesire.html

DELIVERYQUIET, STILL, AND POWERFUL

The Great Debaters

Here the debate team from little Wiley College in Texas debates the hot shots from Harvard.

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/MovieSpeeches/moviespeechthegreatdebaterswileycollegevsharvarduniversity.html