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Subject:
Threes
Category: Reference, Education and News Asked by: dtnl42-ga List Price: $25.00 |
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24 Sep 2004 12:14 PDT
Expires: 24 Oct 2004 12:14 PDT Question ID: 405893 |
When communicating, providing "lists" or events in threes seems so much more powerful than two's e.g. The future we dream and desire is not nearly as powerful as the future we dream, desire and deserve. Why is this the case - is it something to do with the way people think and please provide a source for as many three's(e.g. hook, line, sinker ; game, set, match) as you can, and I will pay a $15 bonus for a source of the most powerful threes used in speeches over the years. |
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Subject:
Re: Threes
From: gle-ga on 24 Sep 2004 17:42 PDT |
This website might be a small beginning cenocracy.topcities.com/cro90.html Good luck C |
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Re: Threes
From: niptuck-ga on 25 Sep 2004 03:21 PDT |
If you don't mind religion, what about father, son and holy spirit? |
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Re: Threes
From: xpertise-ga on 25 Sep 2004 04:19 PDT |
From a researcher wanna-be: Here's what a speech trainer has to say about it: (http://www.matthewarnoldstern.com/speeches/ruleofthrees.html) Why do so many speakers say things in threes? There are several reasons for this. Well, three to be exact: Threes are how we normally organize information. Three force us to focus on important details. Threes amplify the importance of a concept. ...it is easy for the audience to follow and retain. But the rule of threes applies in other areas as well: (http://www.powerpublicspeaking.com/rule_of_threes.htm) In Playwriting: Status Quo (set up the world as it is now) Introduce new elements, problems, new situations, that cause change Show how Status Quo has changed In Film Writing: Complication affects Normal Life Work out resulting problems of that complication Return to A Newer "Normal Life" In Writing Thesis or Term Papers: Thesis or Hypothesis (Main idea) Body of Paper explaining findings (Antithesis) Synthesis and summary Scientific Journal Articles: Hypothesis Experiment Results So lets look at the history of this "rule of threes": (http://www.mugu.com/cgi-bin/Upstream/Issues/psychology/trinity.html) "A pervasive idea in intellectual history has been the notion of threeness as a framework for understanding the world. Georges Dumezil held that the tripartite division was "an ancient habit of language and thought particular to Indo-European peoples" (Davis 33), and Duby followed in showing that "the tripartite conception" was one of " . . . those structural (or systemic) articulations of human experience, with their continuities and interruptions, which inform a cultural history running, in this case, from Indo-European antiquity to the French Revolution" (Bisson vii). The Indo-European influence no doubt affected Christianity profoundly. Commenting on the major human faculties, Augustine observed: "I would that men would consider these three, that are in themselves" (Confessions 113). The Greeks also felt early the force of threeness in history. "For, as the Pythagoreans say", noted Aristotle with approval, "the world and all that is in it is determined by the number three . . . (359)." Finally, as we shall see, the Renaissance was perhaps even more lavish in finding triplicities in things, and the tripartite concept was very much central to the Enlightenment and the modern period. Whence all this threeness? This essay will attempt a new perspective on this deep-rooted, universal concept, arguing that the multi-faceted implications of these usages reflect, indeed, a master three-fold structuring in the human mind and history, which I call the human trinity." Finally your definitive source will have to be the "Threesology Research Journal" (!) http://cenocracy.topcities.com/cro92.html It will provide you with hundreds of examples and backgrounds and provides links to other "threes oriented" web-pages. Good luck! |
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Re: Threes
From: russwood-ga on 01 Oct 2004 05:34 PDT |
This doesn't answer your question, but might cast some more light on this fascinating concept of threes. Firstly, TRIANGULATION is used in bushcraft, orienteering, etc to pinpoint a location; in geometry, to define a point; in mathematics, to establish a proof. Secondly, the number 3 is regarded by Biblical scholars as the number of "Divine Perfection" - the Trinity is associated with this and has already been mentioned. Another 3 concept is that of MIND-BODY-SPIRIT. Numerologists recognize 3 life stages (life path periods): Early Years - Productive Years - Later Years. Chinese numerology is based on 3 rows of 3 (9 squares on the back of a tortoise). 3 is the number of multiplicity in Alchemy - makes other numbers possible. Other religions that recognise a 3-part divinity include Hinduism, Taoism, the New Zealand Maori peoples, and Tuetonic and Greco-Roman mythologies. Other symbols based on 3 include TRIDENT, FLEUR-DE-LIS, TRIGRAMS, TREFOIL, TRISULA, TRIAD, TRIQUETRA. Finally - or should I say THIRDLY - here's a list of other fundamental concepts emboddied in threes: Universal Properties: TIME - SPACE - MATTER Time: PAST - PRESENT - FUTURE Space: WIDTH - LENGTH - BREADTH (or Height - Length - Width) Matter: MASS - VELOCITY - MOMENTUM Human Volition: THOUGHT - WORD - DEED Lifespan: BIRTH - LIFE - DEATH Qualities: FAITH - HOPE - CHARITY / LOVE Hope that helps! |
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Re: Threes
From: julicollins-ga on 24 Oct 2004 11:00 PDT |
Here is an excerpt from' 'Rule of Three' Multiplies Effect of Speech Humor by Ellis Posey http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/1999/11/01/smallb3.html <snip> Comedy professor and author Melvin Helitzer claims there's something magic about the number three. Calling them triples, he cites a series of three examples or three alternative solutions offered consecutively. Helitzer thinks of them as jokes on the way to a joke or firecrackers on the way to a big blast. He points out the Bible is filled with triples, such as the three wise men, the Trinity and others. Three words of description work well in introducing characters. Or three actions listed consecutively are more effective in building the tension good punch lines depend on than just one or two. Whether it's descriptive words or actions, four always seems to be too many, slowing your story down, and two not enough. Helitzer recommends no less than three examples, no more than three stories in a sequence on one subject and no more than three minutes on any one theme. To sustain what's called a "roll," he says, "you must build one topper on another -- with a minimum of three." As an example, Helitzer offers, "My wife's an angel. She's constantly up in the air, continually harping on something and never has anything to wear." <snip> Boom Boom (Boom) |
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