Powerplay Speech

Good morning and thank you for this opportunity to speak to you today on great orators including Mark Antony in Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar, Nelson Mandela who spoke after being released from prison in 1990 and Queen Elizabeth I address to her soldiers in Tilbury 1588.

All three of these orators were tactful in using the occasion to establish power. In Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, Mark Antony makes a powerful speech to the citizens of Rome shortly after the unexpected killing of their leader Julius Caesar. This occasion was one of intense emotion with citizens who were in shock and very vulnerable. This allowed Antony to establish po...