5.1 BBC1 Panorama interview between Martin Bashir and Princess Diana Flashcards
Genre
transcript from recorded TV interview
Mode
interview, likely edited for broadcast
Audience
domestic and global, fans of Diana and the Royal Family, people who like to be updated on current events, historians
Purpose
to inform, entertain, gain insight into Diana’s life, allows Diana to explain her public image and private life
“I think the British public need someone in public life to give affection”
hedges
- shows politeness and reluctance
- link to maxims of manner
- anaphora ‘to give’
“To give them light in their dark tunnels”
cliched metaphor
- helps the audience to understand
- antithesis
“I’ve had difficulties, as everybody has witnessed over the years”
hyperbole
- euphemisms
- evokes sympathy from listeners
- preserving sense of self
“Do you feel that you’re at all to blame for the fact that survival of the monarchy is now a question that people are asking?”
hyperbole
- makes it more dramatic for listeners
- minimises offence
“I will fight for my children on any level”
modal
- show’s determination
- maternal
“But I think what concerns me most of all”
fronted conjunction
- informal
- polite, not accusing anyone
“They don’t care. People don’t care anymore”
repetition
- generalising
“Whatever, whatever, whatever”
repetition
- reinforced opinion
- conveys frustration
“The seed is there, and I hope it will grow because knowledge is power”
extended metaphor
- cliche
- caring mother
- trying to suggest that educating people will make the world a better place
“Though the rest of the world seems to have”
hyperbole
- shows her dismay and evokes sympathy
“I’d like to be a Queen of people’s hearts”
metaphor
- depersonalised
