A Pentadic Analysis
When analyzing a pentad, numerous approaches can be taken, depending upon one 's intent. The terms are simplistic and easy to understand, yet their range is far. All terms are necessarily ambiguous, because they overlap into one another. Through the use of a pentadic analysis I will discuss three distinct issues. First, I will define the five pentadic elements of an analysis of the artifact. Second, I will weigh the five elements against one another and identify the relationships to one another, or ratios, that are essential to the rhetorical motives. Finally, I will distinguish the dominant element that will provide insight on the central and most influential intention of the Checkers speech
Act
Act is the first step of the Pentad that Burke developed. The act is what happened and why is it becoming a conflict. It is the main reason why there is a conflict in the first place. In application of the first level of the dramatism theory, the act component is the speech itself, with the goal of restoring America’s …show more content…
The agency is the television set in which the speech was filmed. While this was the physical location of the speech, the set was designed to look like a living room. This contextual living room makes it seem as if he were speaking from his own home. Since television was so new during that time, viewers were not used to or unaware of the stage authenticity. This manipulation of television was a method that Nixon used in addition to the actually rhetoric of the speech to get achieve his goals. Richard Nixon was one of the first politicians to use the medium of television to defend himself against accusations of wrong-doing. The agency component of a pentadic analysis tends to only list the devices a speaker used rather than analyze how they are used. Nixon used the devices of television and the living room set as a means to connect with the American people and establish a sense of his normal
When analyzing a pentad, numerous approaches can be taken, depending upon one 's intent. The terms are simplistic and easy to understand, yet their range is far. All terms are necessarily ambiguous, because they overlap into one another. Through the use of a pentadic analysis I will discuss three distinct issues. First, I will define the five pentadic elements of an analysis of the artifact. Second, I will weigh the five elements against one another and identify the relationships to one another, or ratios, that are essential to the rhetorical motives. Finally, I will distinguish the dominant element that will provide insight on the central and most influential intention of the Checkers speech
Act
Act is the first step of the Pentad that Burke developed. The act is what happened and why is it becoming a conflict. It is the main reason why there is a conflict in the first place. In application of the first level of the dramatism theory, the act component is the speech itself, with the goal of restoring America’s …show more content…
The agency is the television set in which the speech was filmed. While this was the physical location of the speech, the set was designed to look like a living room. This contextual living room makes it seem as if he were speaking from his own home. Since television was so new during that time, viewers were not used to or unaware of the stage authenticity. This manipulation of television was a method that Nixon used in addition to the actually rhetoric of the speech to get achieve his goals. Richard Nixon was one of the first politicians to use the medium of television to defend himself against accusations of wrong-doing. The agency component of a pentadic analysis tends to only list the devices a speaker used rather than analyze how they are used. Nixon used the devices of television and the living room set as a means to connect with the American people and establish a sense of his normal