Richard’s Versus Richmond’s Oration Anonymous College

Effective oratory skills are crucial tools every true leader and military frontrunner must possess. In Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Richard III, the reader is introduced to the two opposing leaders, Richard and Richmond, who possess distinct oratory skills and values. Richard is depicted as a menacing character who is relentless in achieving his despicable schemes. Whilst Richmond who comes in the final act is presented to be more a more honorable and moral leader. The disparity between the two is, however, best represented through their orations to their respective troops before the battle in the fifth act. In their speeches, the basic traits and virtues of each of them are conveyed through the content and delivery of their rhetoric. In his oration Richmond proclaims on the ideas of a worthy cause, of instituting peace, protecting their families and abundant yields in God’s name. Richard oration on the hand is filled with a tone of despair as it involves abusive fallacies and imagery of destroying and harming families and land of the opposition to embolden his troops. Despite the distinct difference in their oration they both possess an intense vocation towards their country and bolster patriotic motivations. However...