Rhetorical Analysis On Montgomerica Lewinsky

1998 is when it all started for Monica Lewinsky. The scandal changed her life forever, it made her the center of everyone's attention everywhere. All everyone thought was. “poor Hillary Clinton” or “I can't believe that Bill would cheat on her with That Woman”. No one actually knew Lewinsky's story, because no one dared to hear it, because as far as they knew, it was all her fault. In June of 2014, Monica Lewinsky posted an article called Shame and Survival. It told her story about everything she went through back in 1998. Lewinsky shows an abundant amount of emotion in her article by using certain types of grammatical marks. When Lewinsky said, “Yet, because of what potential employers so tactfully referred to as my “history,” I was never “quite right,” she used quotation marks to portray her mood. When she said, “And, of course, these would be events at which press would be in attendance,” the italicize also help to show the effect the situation had on her mood. The quotation marks and the italicize both reveal an angry or frustrated emotion. They give off a sarcastic, harsh tone to the story she is telling. Along with the angry and frustrated emotions, Lewinsky also reveals other emotions through her word choices. Lewinsky uses the word “speechless” quite a few times when …show more content…
She wants to move on from the Clinton scandal and get on with her life. At the end of the article, she ends with a great conclusion:“No longer. It's time to burn the beret and bury the blue dress. And move forward.” It uses symbolism, but also proves her point as well. The beret and blue dress are symbols of her old life. They are symbols of the time she spent hiding after the Clinton scandal. Times she spent accepting the things people said about her. She burns them now, and burns the person she used to be. Monica Lewinsky is moving on with her life, and not focusing on a mistake she made 10 years