Quote: "Quintilian emphasizes that the orator must strive to feel emotions he attempts to invoke in his audience and must use the skill of the poet to picture scenes that bring forth these emotions."
Question: Based off of this quote, do you think that the best public speakers are the ones who agree with and are passionate about the topic they are speaking on? Can you still deliver an extremely effective speech even if it has to do with a matter you do not believe in?
This is a relevant question. I feel Quintilian would side the belief of being an effective and virtuous orator; however, in regard to today's way of communication, it is nearly all reliant upon the ornamental, flowery rhetoric one uses to persuade a given audience to take action. I feel we can use Donald Trump as an example. His rhetoric during his campaign screamed controversy (hot cheeto) but he did it in a manner that still conveyed trust and capitalized on the common American's ignorance.
ReplyDeleteThis quote is interesting. I interpreted this as the orator using body language or facial cues to indicate emotions. To answer your question, I think the best public speakers are passionate about a topic. But, I think it takes a lot more than passion to deliver to bomb speech. Effective speech making is a skill that is difficult to master. In response to the second question, I think it is not effective to deliver a speech that is false or doesn't alright with your morals. Quintilian touches on this later in stating that orators should practice moral philosophy.
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