Some main ideas/points that were addressed were. <span> - Further improvements in providing Americans health care;
- Enacting immigration reform;<span>a smarter national security approach including the War On Terror and the war in Afghanistan (the longest U.S. war); </span> - Moving the country off of a permanent war footing while laying out his case for "strong and principled diplomacy" <span> - Calling for Congress to give U.S. diplomats some room to maneuver, particularly when it comes to Iran
- And </span><span>improvements to education to ready Americans for the jobs of tomorrow's economy.</span></span>
President Obama uses appeals to Americans' sense of empathy, morality, and logic to try to influence the audience to support him and his agenda for the country.
One of the reasons why the complex characters in Shakespeare's plays appeal to a wide audience is because everyone can relate to at least one aspect of many characters, since they are so multi-layered. <span />
