Patrick Henry introduced his speech to the Virginia Convention in 1775. He addressed the issue of what would happen between them and Britain in the near future (a little more than a month before the American Revolution had begun). It’s also known as “Give Me Liberty, or Give me Death”. The overall message of this speech is that it's about Henry introducing his resolution to the Virginia Convention. He wanted to form the local militia in order to be prepared to fight the British, but having it be pass five votes. He addressed his audience-- the president and the rest of the convention, to be armed and ready to fight. In his use of Pathos, Ethos and Logos, he tended to use something called Biblical Allusion. He used it to bring appeal into his speeches in order to make them sound more logical, and powerful. In this case, Logos is a crucial part in his speech. "Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope." (pg. ) This quote is saying that it’s a right and that it’s a natural occurrence for man to wish for freedom without fighting for it. However, this can’t be achieved realistically by doing so; it’s only an illusion.
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It is the showing of emotions within the writing, especially on how one shows their attitude and how they speak, when reading or speaking aloud on the subject being discussed. Henry used Pathos in this speech, which showed his determination, his pleas, how urgent it is, and how it’s inflammatory. “Are we disposed to be of the number of those who having eyes see not, and having ears hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation.” He is basically comparing the colonists that don’t see, or hear what’s going on between them and the British; changing their spiritual salvation to temporal salvation. Indicating that the colonists won’t be free-- equating them to
It is the showing of emotions within the writing, especially on how one shows their attitude and how they speak, when reading or speaking aloud on the subject being discussed. Henry used Pathos in this speech, which showed his determination, his pleas, how urgent it is, and how it’s inflammatory. “Are we disposed to be of the number of those who having eyes see not, and having ears hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation.” He is basically comparing the colonists that don’t see, or hear what’s going on between them and the British; changing their spiritual salvation to temporal salvation. Indicating that the colonists won’t be free-- equating them to