Writers VS. Orators

Currently Listening To: Scotty Doesn't Know by Lustra

Currently Reading: Dune by Frank Herbert

Currently Watching: Mrs. Doubtfire

Have you ever wondered why talented orators have such a different kind of impact than most writers? What psychologically makes humans more immediately inspired by one or the other? It seems that one invokes instant attention and immediately lures passionate feeling from a person while the other stores itself within the deep pockets of the mind and stews there for later contemplation. I'm sure you can figure out which one goes with which.

What inspired this question was Act III, Scene II of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, where Brutus and Marc Antony verbally battled to win over the people of Rome at Caesar's funeral. Antony's lively techniques of oration won over the staunch formality of Brutus' method, inspiring the people to riot. I then compared such abilities to inspire through voice to the ability to inspire through the writen word.

Then you always have those who have married the brillances of writing and oration, such as Abraham Lincoln (back when presidents used to write their own speeches.) Well, if there is one conclusion we can come to, it is that the most inspiring people of the word have been gifted orators and skilled writers at the same time!