Benito Mussolini Ethos Pathos Logos

Benito Mussolini was Italy’s, Adolf Hitler. He created the Fascist Party in Italy in 1919, and made himself dictator prior to World War II. During his time as dictator, he made many speeches. However, the address he made before invading Ethiopia in 1933 was one of the most famous. Mussolini used logos, ethos, pathos, and tone to persuade the Italian’s to side with him during this particular speech. He used logos to appeal to the more logical and factual people in the audience. An example of this is whenever he said “which cost Italy six hundred thousand dead, four hundred thousand lost, one million wounded.” By stating these numbers that were caused by “throwing their fate in with the Allies”, Mussolini made the audience’s’ blood boil. The anger that statement inflicted, persuaded many people to side with him on getting revenge with Italy’s army as opposed to trusting Allied forces. Mussolini used a lot of ethos in his message. Him being the speaker was even an example of ethos. Another example of ethos is the statement, “We have been patient with Ethiopia for forty years. It is enough now.” He is making a claim that Italy as a whole has been ‘patient’ with Ethiopia. By stating this claim it persuades the people to agree with him by putting the thought in their minds that Italy has
An example of pathos is whenever he says “Twenty millions, one heart alone, one will alone, one decision.” This statement appeals to the people’s emotions by deepening the pride they have for Italy. It helps them to feel strong, and unified. Another line in the speech that showed pathos was “It is not only an army marching towards its goal, but it is forty-four million Italians marching in unity behind this army.” This was another statement that had the Italians feeling prideful and unified. Mussolini using pathos to make the audience feel that way helped to persuade them to agree with his plan to invade