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“Tear Down This Wall!” An Analysis of the Brandenburg Gate Address
by Alex Cannon and Carly Callahan
Historical Context
When?: June 12, 1987
Where?: Brandenburg Gate
Trademark of Berlin
The Cold War & Post-WWII Berlin
G-7 Summit
1987 Europe
Speaker
Ronald Reagan
Former Actor
Gifted Public Speaker
Speechwriter
Peter Robinson
Occasion & Audience
Occasion: Berlin’s 750th Anniversary
Audience:
Primary: West Berliners, German Government
Secondary: Western Europe, United States, Communist Countries, The World
Purpose
Purpose:
To bring an end to Communism and the Cold War
Communist vs. Free Countries
Uniting Berlin
Overview
Themes
Freedom vs. Oppression
Structures
Historical Narrative
Compare/Contrast
Process
Rhetorical Devices
Personal Anecdote
Citing Authority
Flattery
“Berliner Herz, Berliner Humor, ja, und Berliner Schnauze”
“Ich hab noch einen Koffer in Berlin”
“Es gibt nur ein Berlin”
“Freedom leads to prosperity. Freedom replaces the ancient hatreds among the nations with comity and peace. Freedom is the victor.”
Rhetorical Devices (cont.)
“East and West do not mistrust each other because we are armed; we are armed because we mistrust each other.”
Comparison
Metaphor
Tone
Steadfast
Heartfelt
Straightforward
Emphatic
Significance
Then:
Little Attention
Controversial
Later:
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Now:
Definition of an Era
War in Iraq
“This wall will fall. Beliefs become reality.”
Favorite Lines
“Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”
“Standing before the Brandenburg Gate, every man is a German separated from his fellow men.”
The End
Works Cited
Boyd, Gerald M. "Raze Berlin Wall, Reagan Urges Soviet." New York Times 13 June 1987: 13. NYTimes.com. New York Times. Web. 8 Feb. 2010. <http://www.nytimes.com/1987/06/13/world/raze-berlin-wall-reagan-urges-soviet.html>.
"Brandenburger Tor." Berlin.de. Senate Department for Urban Development. Web. 8 Feb. 2010. <http://www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de/denkmal/denkmale_in_berlin/en/unter_den_linden/brandenburger_tor.shtml>.
"Richard von Weizsacker." Wikipedia. Web. 8 Feb. 2010. <http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_von_Weizsäcker>.
"Ronald Reagan: 1911, 2004." NPR.com. National Public Radio, 12 June 2004. Web. 8 Feb. 2010. <http://www.npr.org/news/specials/obits/reagan/>.