Analysis Of Spotty Handed Villainesses By Margret Atwood

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Context is an incredibly prominent aspect in the shaping of a text and is thus relevant in establishing value. Similarly a reader’s context is important in giving individuals value in a text. The composer’s personal vision and experience is seen prominently throughout texts and should be considered throughout their readings. The credibility of a composer and integrity that contributes to a text transcending context, including time and culture. A composer’s vision and experience is essential in establishing integrity. Through the use of rhetoric throughout the speeches “Spotty Handed Villainesses”, by Margret Atwood and “It is still winter at home” by Sir William Deane, both respectively presented in 1994 and 1999, value is established through …show more content…
The composer of the speech draws upon her individual vision and perspective of women through her study of literature and feminist mind in order to compose a speech it allows us to draw upon our experience to give the text individual meaning (textual detail. This speech successfully achieves this through the level; of integrity that can be identified by the audience’s response. Enduring values and use of rhetoric to match and provoked a response from her audience. The speech was given in a time where western women were becoming incredibly conscious of feminist idealisms and thus the speech is directed towards educated, western women and readers of literature. Responses varied dependent on the individual’s context, for example woman in developing countries may have found it to be trivial in the mechanics of their everyday lives, compared to a woman in developed society who are becoming increasingly feminist consciousness. Thus a variety of values are drawn from the text dependent on an individual’s social, religious or even economic context. The use of rhetoric to portray the integrity of the …show more content…
He highlights that it is to recognise the cost of their loss. William Deane encourages reflection as a tool to identify the components of a tragic event, the death of Australian’s, and individuals from other cultures as a means to bring meaning into a context that may have been originally meaningless (example). Deane not only brings meaning into the lives of the individuals who’s lives were cut short in a tragic canoeing accident in Switzerland, but also holds value within himself, as he his position in society reflects (Governor General it is the role to reflect upon what unifies Australia as a whole and bring meaning to the lives of individuals). Deane appeals to individuals sense of ethos (emotion) as a rhetorical tool, further establishing integrity. This is

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