The paragraph selected here is a passage from Pericle's Funeral Oration, said during a public funeral for those deceased during war. The funeral oration is longer than what is presented here and dwells into what makes Athens special, such as its democratic nature and the character of its people.
The passage mentions the greatness of Athens, as to show what is at stake if war is lost. Then, it remembers those who died defending Athens and moves on to encourage its citizens to continue fighting for its city.
The whole point of the speech is to boost the morale of the attending citizens and to encourage their support on the war effort. From the paragraph selected here, we can deduce that the main idea is <u>1 - People who live in Athens are fighting to protect their privilieged way of life.</u>
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The silenced voices are used to build the theme that a society needs to maintain a balance between sensibility and freedom of expression to maintain itself.
Explanation:
The author uses the concept of silenced voices to show how censorship is harmful to a society. This is because the voice and life stories of each individual give life to that society and establish the personality of the individuals characterizing the society and strengthening it.
However, the author does not fail to show when the silencing of voices, censorship, in this case, is necessary to keep society together, protected, strong and efficient. With this, the author establishes the theme that it is important that a balance is maintained in any community, between silence and speech, between censorship and freedom of expression.
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