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Use more than ordinary slides and steps for surprise, delight, defiance, etc. A slide of five notes, or even more, can be used for the emotions just named.

In cases

of extreme surprise, intense fear, impassioned exclamation and interrogation, a slide or step of a whole octave may be used. Example:

L. Capulet. Alack the day! she's dead, she's dead, she's dead!
Cap.
Ha! Let me see her.

Othello.

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Avaunt! Be gone! Thou hast set me on the rack.

EXERCISES

73. Combine the following consonants with the vowel sounds given in Ex. 13: bl, br, pl, pr, dr, dw, tr, th, tw, fl, fr, gl, gr, kr, kl, sm, sn, sp, squ, sk, sh, st, sw, ch, wh. Use both song notes and speech notes. Use both rising and falling slides, and waves.

74. Give the following words with strong articulation:

black, brink, plan, pray,
drench, dwell, train, there,
tweak, flow, fry, glare,
gray, cloud, small, snare,
spare, squeak, scoot, shun,

stay, swell, church, where.

75. Repeat the following sentences using the monotone or semitone as the case demands.

Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!

Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless his holy name!

Thy sad, sweet hymn, at eve, the seas along, —

Oh, the deep soul it breathed!

Must I then leave you? Must I needs forego

So good, so noble, and so true a master?

76. Give the following sentences, using more than ordinary slides of the voice.

Be gone! Run to your houses!

Is it come to this?

Hath a dog money?

Did they not rally to battle, as men flock to a feast?

You look pale, and gaze!

Ye gods, it doth amaze me!

LESSON XXXIII

GESTURE. THE DRAMATIC HANDS

THOUGH not used so much in oratory as in dramatic work, what are known as the clasped, averse, and reflex hands are important to every student of public speech.

CLASPED

The position with clasped hands needs no description. It is but necessary to say that the fingers may be inter

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position is stronger and more earnest when the fingers are interlocked. The conventional position of having the hands vertical and the tips of the together may sometimes be used. and 62.

fingers and the thumbs

See Figs. 59, 60, 61,

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The clasped hand is used for prayer, supplication, entreaty, adoration, The hands are wrung in anguish, Examples:

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and remorse.

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Eliza recognized the face and voice of a man who owned a farm not far from her old home. save me, do save

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- do hide me!" said Eliza.

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- MRS. STOWE.

AVERSE

It is human nature to thrust away those things that are unpleasant and ugly. The hand used for this is called the averse hand. The palm is extended toward the object of displeasure and the hand makes as if to thrust it away. This hand is very

FIG. 61. The conventional form of clasped hands.

similar to the ordinary hand with the palm down; in fact, if the angle between the forearm and the hand is increased, and the fingers somewhat spread, the position is a very good averse.

With the thrusting away motion of the hand goes a turning of the head away. At the beginning of an averse gesture you look at the object and your hand comes up in

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front of your chest ; then when the thrust is made, the head is turned away.

The averse hand is used in denial, aversion, repulsion, and loathing. If the angle between the hand and the forearm is only slight, it stands for admonition or reproof. If the fingers are spread, it signifies amazement, intense fear, terror, horror, etc. Examples:

Othello. Avaunt! Be gone! Thou hast set me on the rack!
I swear 'tis better to be much abused

Than but to know't a little.

O Horror! 'Tis he!

Give appropriate gestures for the following:

Avaunt! and quit my sight! Let the earth hide thee!
Go, go, thou selfish and ungrateful child.

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