Edward Abdication Speech

Question 1

Effect of beginning with ‘At long last’

Answer 1

• shows that he has been waiting a while

- planned speech

Question 2

What does the moral verb ‘must ‘ suggest

Answer 2

How his ideas have been influenced by the government

Question 3

What is ‘between me and them, and between me and parliament ‘ an example of

Answer 3

Anaphora

Question 4

What does the use of non grammatically correct sentences show

Answer 4

• reflects the way in which we naturally speak
• audience feel like he is having a conversation with him
• lowers register

Question 5

Significance of ‘Withhold ‘

Answer 5

• his wife kept some secrets of her past from him and at the same time he was keeping secrets from the public

Question 6

Contextual information

Answer 6

• fall in love with Wallis Simpson in 1930, but she was married. She divorced her husband and soon after Edward wanted to marry her
• his advisers opposed the marriage as he was head of the English church as king

Question 7

What is card stacking and how does Edward use it

Answer 7

• card stacking is a propaganda technique that manipulates the way an audience sees an issue by emphasising one side and repressing another
• Edward uses this technique to emphasis the romantic aspect of his abdication to suggest that he resigned to be with Wallis Simpson.
• He uses this as he main reason for wanting to abdicate, but never mentions any political tensions