Choose a prominent contemporary eulogy and analyze it in terms of the basic functions of ceremonial speaking as discussed in the text. What ideals of the lost hero does the speech celebrate, and what does it ask of listeners? Is there social and cultural significance in this ceremonial rhetoric?

Choose a prominent contemporary eulogy and analyze it in terms of the basic functions of ceremonial speaking as discussed in the text. What ideals of the lost hero does the speech celebrate, and what does it ask of listeners? Is there social and cultural significance in this ceremonial rhetoric?