Pathos In The Gettysburg Address

The Gettysburg Address, in my opinion, is one of the most famous speeches in our nation’s history. There were many devices used during President’s Lincoln speech like pathos. Pathos cleverly used in his Gettysburg Address; how he describes a part of the nation’s history and where the country was heading. I think Abraham Lincoln used pathos because to make a genuine connection; with the people of the United States after the tragedy of the war. In the Gettysburg Address, the rhetorical appeals pathos used. Pathos means “appealing to the emotions of the audience” (“Very Short List of Lincoln’s Literary,”2013). Appealing to the public is precise what Abraham Lincoln did. I have witnessed pathos in advertising persuading customers emotionally to buy a product, or donate money to a cause, but never in a literary work like this one.The three rhetorical appeals are ethos, pathos, and logos and in Gettysburg Address pathos are the most powerful, relevant rhetorical appeal, because of the high mix emotions felt throughout the country at that time. Pathos in this Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address cleverly used about the loss of life after the Civil War. He used the emotions of the …show more content…
It addresses a very dark difficult time that had occurred between the north and south of the United States of America, and how the country should move forward. President Abraham Lincoln was sagacious to know what the proper way to address the nation that would be effective. Many devices in Gettysburg Address pathos were the most relevant because it appealed to the people of the United States emotions.This text seems to be an emotional plea to get the people of the United States to be peaceful. I think pathos used in this Gettysburg Address for the sake of the people to unite them to rebuild. Lincoln was sagacious in his Address knowing exactly what the people of the United States needed to