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Write on one of the following topics:

In Thucydides' History, instead of giving a typical funeral oration when all the Athenians gathered to commemorate those who had died in the first year of the war, Pericles gives a funeral oration celebrating Athens. Similarly, when Apple Computer took a moment to gather all its employees at its headquarters and via weblink all its employees at all of its stores worldwide to have a commemorative "service" for Steve Jobs, it did something similar to what Pericles did. Compare (and/or contrast) one of the following speeches (Tim Cook, Bill Campbell, former Vice-Pres Al Gore, Jony Ive) or one of musical interludes (Norah Jones, Coldplay) with Pericles' funeral oration. I've included below a link to the web video for the Apple event and the approximate times at which each of the speeches and musical interludes begins and ends. Make sure you give concrete examples from both Pericles' speech and the speech/performance you chose to use