Pathes Rhetorical Analysis Of Haimon's Speech

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Rhetorical Analysis On Haimon’s Speech
A good example of Pathes Rhetorical in Haimon’s Speech is found in Line 28-29 of Scene 3. At this point of the play Haimon’s is ready 2/3 into in his speech when he establish a Pathos connect with his father Creon. After Haimon’s told Creon that he has no right to know what people think or feel abouts. Haimon’s states, “In flood time you can see how some trees bend, And because they bend, even their twigs are safe,While stubborn trees are torn up, roots and all.” In other words Haimon’s is saying that’s sometimes is good to bend the rules instead of losing the support of your family and the city. This a appeal to Patheos, buy playing with his father emotions and using then against to change his mind but

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