An Academy For Women Summary

In the piece “An Academy for Women” the author Daniel Defoe speaks and provides an argument for why he believes women should receive an education. During the 17th century when this piece was created, women could not receive an education and did not hold much power. Daniel Defoe did not agree with what was in place and sought out to make a change by creating a rhetorical argument. In this, he makes a case that women should have an academy to learn womanly ideals to become better people and wives to their husband. Defoe created many points in his argument for why women should receive an education and academy. The piece includes ethos, pathos, and logos which makes an impact to persuade the reader and eventually helped make a positive change in society that we enjoy today. In Defoe’s argument he discusses the differences between men and women in the 17th century “The great distinguishing difference which is seen in the world between men and women is in their education” (Defoe 580). This quote shows that the author felt strongly about women’s education and saw that this was creating a large barrier between men and women at the time. Defoe felt that women should receive the same opportunity at …show more content…
I do believe that back then men and women were particularly different in their home lives, work lives, and social lives, but I agree that they too deserved an education. You see, back then there weren’t a lot of men that thought the way Defoe did, and I think the way that he thought and the way he presented his thoughts really stuck out to a lot of people which helped him out in the long run. I love the way he presents ethos, pathos, and logos, because he really makes you think about things personally, yet, he doesn’t just come at you with emotions, everything he puts out there is credible as