feminism. These powerful speeches use a large variety of language forms and techniques specifically pathos‚ ethos and logos to express their aspirations‚ beliefs and values. Although these speeches are studied in written form‚ it is clear that the rhetorical devices allow the purpose of the speech to be recognized throughout time.
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Mary responds to change to “ugly hotel rooms” as she asserts she became quite used to it (113). She confesses to James she longs for change‚ “Oh‚ I’m so sick and tired of pretending this is a home! You never have wanted one never since the day were we married! You should have remained a bachelor and lived in second rate hotels and entertained your friends in barrooms! (67). Later in the same act she regrets change again “for me it’s always been so lonely as a dirty room in one night stand hotel…
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there is a sudden occurrence of irony. Mr. Wolfsheim‚ whom is but a foggy character at this point‚ makes a rather ironic and portent statement to Nick Carraway‚ “Yeah‚ Gatsby’s very careful about women. He would never as much as look at a friend’s wife.” (Fitzgerald 72) At this point‚ Mr. Wolfsheim’s proclamation about Gatsby settles into the readers mind as a sort of verbal irony. As the reader will become aware‚ Gatsby is in love with Tom’s wife Daisy‚ and as uncanny as it seems‚ Gatsby and Tom are
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in subtle ways but is proving to have immense impacts on youth. In many ways‚ technology has changed the way children’s minds function. Technology’s impact on children has led society to deem it an obsession. A New York Times article entitled “An Ugly Toll of Technology” by Tara Parker-Pope‚ explains‚ “We do spend a lot of time with our devices‚ and some studies have suggested that excessive
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East of Eden Rhetorical Analysis Excerpt John Steinbeck’s purpose of the excerpt with Alice and Cathy subsists on Cathy that finds a place to get away from her enemies‚ being lonely and hated by the world. In order to make his purpose expedient he writes‚ “Alice was her friend‚ always waiting to welcome her to tininess. All this so good-so good that it was almost worthwhile to be miserable. But good as it was‚ there was one more thing always held in reserve. It was her threat and her safety. She
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an ideal yet unrealistic body image. In their articles‚ Meredith Baker and Walter Vandereycken discuss the media’s influence on young women‚ agreeing that media exposure has a strong negative impact on young women’s self-esteem. In her article “Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder; Body Image; Skinny on a Weighty Issue”‚ Meredith Baker points out that almost ten million Americans‚ mostly teenage and college-aged girls‚ are currently dealing with anorexia or bulimia. She blames the fashion and entertainment
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Rhetorical Analysis Throughout this opinionated editorial‚ the author tries to convince her audience that same sex marriage should not be legalized. She hopes to appeal to the readers of the Wall Street Journal by the use of facts‚ rhetorical appeals‚ and religious accusations. The author begins right away by appealing to pathos in the first paragraph. She does so by mentioning the traditional values of marriage. She talks about the sanctity of marriage and how it is traditionally defined as
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Rhetorical Analysis Prejudice is an issue that has been around for hundreds of years. It has become a part of natural human behavior. Two sides divide prejudice at the present: one fighting to eradicate prejudice and the other in defending it and claiming it can be socially productive. Most people choose the side of eradicating prejudice from society‚ but Jonathan Rauch has chosen the side with less support. In his article‚ In Defense of Prejudice: Why Incendiary Speech Must Be Protected‚ he
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Kipland Phillip Kinkel Rhetorical Analysis Kipland Kinkel was a fifteen years old boy who was convicted for the possession of fire-arms‚ twenty- six attempted murders‚ and four murders‚ which included his mother‚ father‚ and fellow classmates. The defendant was sentenced to 111 years and eight months in jail. The Court of Appeals’ denied the appeal of the first sentence because the sentence was proven fair. The court document is successful in justifying the decisions to deny the appeal with use
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In Barbara Ehrenreich’s “The Naked Truth about Fitness”‚ she discusses multiple varying ideas from health vs. healthism‚ virtue redefining health‚ to social class impact on health (Ehrenreich‚ 2015‚ pp. 337-339). The ideology created from the obsession with extreme health defines healthism that produces a base for moral standards. Although healthism has a limit of rightness within it‚ it still produces judgment as an outcome. Individuals’ obsession to achieve virtue transforms health into healthism
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