Edward Rhetorical Analysis
In the story Edward talks about how the people are in the hands of God and that they need to be saved so they don’t end up in Hell. Edward uses a lot of imagery to help the people understand what he’s talking about and how bad things can be. He often mentions a spider and he connects that to God’s hand which is holding the people over the fire of Hell. Edward uses so many images of Hell, suffering, and eternity because he wants people to understand what he’s talking about and he repeats them so that people will remember what he tells them. Edward says “ your wickedness makes you as it were heavy as lead, and to pressure you towards Hell; and if God should let you go, you would immediately sink and swiftly descend and plunge into the bottomless
gulf, and your healthy constitution and your own care and prudence, and the best contrivance, and all your righteousness, would have no more influence to uphold you and keep you out of Hell than a spider’s web would have to stop a falling rock…”(55).Throughout the story Edward mentions the spider web and how it’s not going to catch you or stop you from going to Hell. He also talks about how the sinners should be saved be God so they don’t end up going to Hell.
gulf, and your healthy constitution and your own care and prudence, and the best contrivance, and all your righteousness, would have no more influence to uphold you and keep you out of Hell than a spider’s web would have to stop a falling rock…”(55).Throughout the story Edward mentions the spider web and how it’s not going to catch you or stop you from going to Hell. He also talks about how the sinners should be saved be God so they don’t end up going to Hell.