Rhetorical Analysis Essay On The Crucible

Proctor’s Closing Argument I come before this court to not only prove the innocence of my wife and I, but to rebuke the biased and clouded judgment of the court. Score of our community have been tried and hanged under the pretense of witchcraft, but on whom do you seek counsel and testimony? Teenage girls with a knack for acting. Ironically, who do you mistrust at every turn and deny their truth? Well aged and known Christian members of our town. Does the authority of children overshadow that of adult men and women? Let us begin with the accusations of my wife and I. Mary Warren, who accompanied me during my eventual accusation, clearly spoke out against Abigail, and notice, it was not until all the girls began their beratement against her that she reversed her stance and cried out that my spirit was attacking her. Not only does this sudden change of heart seem completely out of place and suspicious, it also brings into question the validity of her word. If her opinion is so easily changed, does that not also put the unstable validity of her word to light? …show more content…
During a recent interview between Judge Danforth and I, Parris and Cheever talk about my monthly attendance to church and my plowing on Sundays, respectively. Cheever goes on to imply that this may be accounted for as evidence against me. As it seems the term is nonexistent in our language as of now, I will proudly coin and introduce the phrase, logical fallacy. It entails an error in reasoning that renders an argument (in this case yours) incorrect. What has been committed here is known as a Red Herring fallacy, where, in order to redirect attention from the actual argument, another claim is produced as a distraction. As the very definition of a logical fallacy renders your argument of my faith having any correlation with my innocence,