Princess Diana's Eulogy

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Princess Diana was loved by millions around the world and those millions were devastated by her untimely death in 1997. Charles Spencer's eulogy is efficiently constructed through embellished diction, meticulously implemented tone shifts, and abundant anecdotes which help Spencer accuse the paparazzi of Princess Diana’s death and also to explain all the positive attributes that she had on the people around her. In this eulogy, Earl Spencer expresses his sorrow for his sister's death, but also his anger for the "ever present paparazzi.” Throughout most of the eulogy Spencer speaks of how much he admires his sister and of how she was such a good impact on the people around her. In paragraph thirteen there's a tone shift from

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