Following the works and days of Margaret Thatcher, from her humble beginnings as a Grantham grocer’s daughter to the lowest steps of the Conservative Party, and eventually, to the Prime Minister’s seat of the United Kingdom, an elderly and senile Margaret converses with her dead husband Dennis’ ghost. Through a flurry of flashbacks and vivid memories, the ex-Prime Minister recounts the era of her 11-year bold premiership, depicting major political and historical events and revisiting key chapters in her life that polarised people during her authority. To some, a ruthless figure who ruled the land with an iron hand, while to others, a true heroine, either way, Margaret Thatcher was Britain's first female prime minister and a political phenomenon
Margaret Thatcher is a former prime minister who worked closely with Ronald Reagan. In the sincere and appreciative eulogy for Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher utilizes characterization, rhetorical appeals, and specific diction to recall all of Ronald Reagan's life and the wonderful things he achieved during his presidency.
In Margaret Thatcher’s eulogy to her dear friend and coworker, she sympathizes over the death of former United States president, Ronald Reagan. Throughout her speech to the American people, Thatcher creates an admiring atmosphere, appeals to both ethos and pathos, and develops the strategy of anaphora all while remembering the beloved man.
Margaret Thatcher, the former British Prime Minister, reflected on the benign qualities of President Ronald Reagan, with whom she worked closely with in office, in her eulogy to the American public. Her purpose was to emphasize Reagan’s hardworking, reassuring, and friendly personality through the use of different rhetorical strategies, in order to create a sense of pathos. Thatcher was able to pay her respects and covey her meaningful message by using anecdotes, parallelism, and contrast.
Nancy Reagan made an impact on our society, so large that the impact is still lasting today. She is a very special person because of her determination not to give up however hard life may get. She is an example of a hard worker and a very caring person.
Margaret Thatcher was elected into office as the Conservative Party leader in 1979 in Britain. She replaced the Labour party’s James Callaghan, and ended the Labour party’s 5 year leadership. Thatcher was elected around the same time as her North American counterparts Ronald Raegan and Brian Mulroney who had similar conservative economic ideologies, which led to a change in global economy. She shrunk the public sector to favour privatized industry. She came into power seeking to reduce inflation, reduce the budget deficit, increase economic efficiency, increase home ownership, and reduce power of the trade unions. As will become evident, Thatcher’s controversial election changed western economics into a more capitalist market which led to great economic growth in the UK and other western countries, greater social inequality in Britain, and helped pave the way to power for women in the western world.
Margaret Thatcher became one of the world 's most dominant and well-respected political leaders, as well as one of the most controversial, aggressive, and blunt figure.
Margaret Thatcher was said to be the greatest British Prime Minister of the 20th century (Conservative, 1979 - 1990). Britain's first female prime minister came to power with the country descending into industrial and economic chaos. A relatively inexperienced politician, she adopted a personal style of indomitable self-confidence and brooked no weakness in herself or her colleagues. Derisively dubbed the 'Iron Lady' by the Soviet press, she wore the moniker with pride. Her government's free-market policies included trade liberalisation, deregulation, sweeping privatisation, breaking the power of the unions, focus on the individual and the creation of an 'enterprise culture'. 'Thatcherism' has had a profound and lasting economic and social impact on Britain, and still sharply divides opinion to this day. The first prime minister to serve three consecutive terms (including two 'landslide' victories) and she was eventually toppled by her own party following the disastrous imposition of a 'poll tax'. Nonetheless, she is generally considered to be one of the best peacetime prime ministers of the 20th
While Julia Gillard was in Parliament, she brought the Clean Energy bill in, disability care and made women’s rights known about when she became Prime Minister. Julia was even on the way to becoming a strong female role model before she was Prime Minister. She was the first female Deputy Prime Minister.
Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister, the Iron Lady. She was born just three years prior to the universal female suffrage that was for everyone, including people outside the United State of America. Margaret went attended one of the best Universities in the world, Oxford yet, she was not allowed to be a part of the debate team, because she was a woman. Then, there is the fact that her first job, which was in her trained field of study science, she was a scientist for BX Plastics, but she did not receive equal pay for equal work, again because she was a woman. On every hand in the 1950s, Margaret ran into prejudice and arrogance against her because ‘she was a woman’ I know, I have said this repeatedly, for a good reason (p 79). During Elizabeth’s time she experience bigotry and the men during her time, tried to marry her off, and showed contempt for her being a woman in power, now we see it again in the life and time of Margaret Thatcher. When Margaret was allowed to speak at the Conservative Association’s annual general meeting a month after her adoption in 1949, she argued, about the Beveridge report of 1942, in this argument she pointed out the fact that women had specific skills in the matter of public affairs, she stressed the fact that women who ran her household knew how to secure the modern social security problem. All they had to do is look over the household budget and see what was needed to secure, their home, and
Born on October 13, 1925, Margaret Thatcher, née Roberts, politician and former British prime minister became Britain's Conservative Party leader and in 1979 was elected prime minister, the first woman to hold the position. Her first two bids for a seat in the UK Parliament, in 1950 and ’51, were unsuccessful, but after marrying Denis Thatcher in December 1951, passing the bar in 1953, and giving birth to her twins, Carol and Mark, she was elected to the House of Commons in 1959, controversial isn’t it? Thatcher was appointed undersecretary for pensions and national insurance in 1961, a foreshadowing of the stringent policies to come during her premiership. She became a member of the Shadow Cabinet while the rival Labour Party was in power,
The first female prime minister of Britain, Margaret Thatcher was a stern and dominant political leader. She has made a huge impact in the history of the world. She believed in working towards her goals and achieving them accordingly. A popular quote form her is “If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.” She was not a feminist. In fact, as at the time she left office, she laid no foundation for other female politicians. It is expected that a successful woman is a feminist but in reality and thatcher’s case, it isn’t so.
Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990. Margaret Thatcher is a British stateswoman and politician who was the longest-serving Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of the 20th century. She was a research chemist before qualifying as a barrister in 1953 with a specialisation in
Margaret Thatcher is one of the most profound and famous Prime Ministers to have ever reigned over the United Kingdom and is, to the present day, the only ever female Prime Minister to have reigned over the United Kingdom. During her reign as Prime Minister, she cut social welfare programs, reduced the power of the trade union and privatised certain industries. She made history during her reign as Prime Minister, however, a big question that many of us ask is whether Margaret Thatcher was a success or a failure during her reign. This essay is going to discuss that question on Thatcherism and look at the positives and negatives of Thatcherism and they will be supported by strong and accurate sources ranging from books to online articles. The
Margaret Thatcher's political career has been one of the most remarkable of modern times she served as British Prime Minister for more than eleven years (1979-90), a record unmatched in the twentieth century.
The critics from psychanalytic perspective claim that the existence of ghosts is the governess’s hysterical delusion. The ghost is the projection of governess's own sexual hysteria, which resulted from the conflict between native romantic impulses and idealistic innocence required by Victorian society (Renner). The inexperienced governess encounters the "handsome," "bold," young gentleman with "charming ways with women" (James, 4) and she