Rhetorical Analysis Of Princess Diana

Death is a challenging subject to speak about for some, especially when it is focused onto a loved one. Princess Diana died tragically, she was pushed to her sudden death, but yet her brother is able to deliver a speech in front of thousands of people. Rather than focusing on Diana's tragic death, The Earl Spencer decides to focus on the positives in Diana's private life and share her impact on him and others. The Earl Spencer does this by focusing to the audience, by using an appropriate tone of voice and emotion throughout the speech, and having a purpose and using his stories to elaborate into it.
The Earl Spencer's purpose of the speech was to relive Diana's life through his memories and to give closure to others and himself. He speaks …show more content…
When speaking, he does address who he is trying to connect with, he speaks directly to family and Diana's admirers sharing his feelings over the tragedy. " We will all feel cheated always that you were taken from us so young..." The loss of Diana helps bring him closer to the direct audience because it something that relates to each and they all share the same emotions. While on the other parts of the speech he carefully and indirectly speaks to the media (paparazzi) sharing that what the do brings a great deal of pain to the person on the other side of the …show more content…
At the same time it explains that he is going through a different grieving process, trying to convince himself that she had a decent life. He doesn't weep the entire time, he uses a strong, powerful voice to deliver his speech. He uses a proud voice when speaking of Diana's good nature, "Diana was the very essence of compassion, of duty, of style, of beauty. All over the world she was a symbol of selfless humanity." He acknowledges the positives of her with pride because that was his sister, he is proud of what she was and knows that her mark on the world will be considered the same. The Earl was also grateful for her, "...she had not changed at all from the big sister that mothered me as a baby, fought with me at school and endured those long train journeys between our parents' homes with me at weekends." This helps share to the world that she was not always the one who needed help and instead she would help The Earl throughout his childhood, that he never felt abandoned from her. He uses these anecdotes and examples to console those who are in a great deal of pain over her death, it shows that she was a selfless and amazing person through her