Rocky captured the hearts of all his audiences along with inspiring his son and everyone watching his journey in the last motion picture Rocky 6. In this phrases the antithetical elements are repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following. “I’m always gonna love you no matter what. In the last few sentences of his speech he reminds Robert of his relentless love for him. The last rhetorical device I found in this inspirational speech is anadiplosis. For example “I don’t care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it.”(par.2). The tone of his voice and use of pointing emphasizes his frustration with Robert, it really let’s you know he is not accepting any excuses from his son. It also allows more emotion into the scene.

The final score cards were: 95-94 Dixon, 94-95 Balboa, 95-94 Dixon. Who won the bout between Rocky and Dixon Mason 'The Line' Dixon won a split decision. In the final scene, Rocky brings roses to Adrians gravesite and tells her, 'Yo, Adrian, we did it' Edit. The repetition of the word “ you ” makes the person being spoken to accept the responsibility for their actions. Rocky Balboa (2006): late 2005 February 26th, 2006 Edit. Another rhetorical device that is prevalent in Rocky’s speech to his son is anaphora. Along with people who supported and wanted to see him succeed he had many people anticipating his failure. ” Rocky has experienced both in his life and has had his shares of up and downs. It’s a very mean and nasty place.” (par.2) In this phrase the antithetical elements are “ sunshine and rainbows ” and “ mean and nasty. Rocky tries to explain to Robert that “The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. One of the devices Rocky uses is antithesis the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas, often in parallel structure. During his inspirational speech he uses numerous rhetorical devices to assert that his son had lost himself somewhere in the mix, of growing into a young adult. If this is something you wanna do, and if this is something you gotta do, then you do it.

Rocky Balboa All I wanna do is go the distance. In Rocky 6 he converse with his son on life and his opinion on the universe surrounding them. Big arms can move rocks, but big words can move mountains. From the very beginning to the end Rocky inspired almost all the individuals around him to persevere and inspired us to work our very best.

Scene from rocky balboa speech