From Potter's Field

Hope and anger. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Letter from Birmingham Jail motivates the people to never stop fighting for equality. Martin Luther King strongly influences the society through his tone, rhetorical appeals, and rhetorical tools. Would you fight for equality? King’s tone progresses through the letter. He starts polite because he wants the audience to think highly of him, but towards the end anger starts to reveal itself. “We will reach the goal of freedom in Birmingham and all over…

The Inquisitor uses many rhetorical strategies to establish his argument against Joan. He uses elements of ethos, builds a powerful tone, and includes biblical allegories throughout his speech. Characterization is an essential piece of the puzzle that will play an important role in his speech. Finally, the inquisitor demonstrates a sophisticated example of a “slippery slope” to expand his analysis of Joan’s position. Ethos is commonly seen throughout the passage, due to the essential need of…

Commentary (a) %aH, mummy9 or an image of the deceased10. Plural saHw are the embodiment of the ancestor gods from the time of Tanen11. I believe that these snake deities were not Genies12 as E. Chassinat labeled them in his publication “Les Génies bienfaisants du nome 1 For a detailed definition of these demons…

towards the birthmark shows perfectionism, Georgiana love for Aylmer shows love is inevitable, and Aylmer trying to change nature. Aylmer shows his way of being a perfectionist by saying “No, dearest Georgiana, you came so nearly of perfect from the hand of Nature, this this slightest possible defect—which we hesitate whether to term a defect or a beauty—shocks me, as being a visible mark of earthly imperfection” (2440). Aylmer also says “Aylmer opened his eyes upon his wife’s face,…

For all its negative connotations portrayed by the media, civil disobedience is a necessity in a democratic system to bring about foundational changes to the government. Civil disobedience is defined as “refusal to obey laws as a way of forcing the government to do or change something” (Merriam Webster). History and literature has many cases of civil disobedience: Antigone burying her brother Polyneices, Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King Jr.’s protests for civil rights, and Mahatma Gandhi’s…

“Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man’s original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made- disobedience and rebellion.” These words spoken from Oscar Wilde explain what has happened over decades. Time and time again, people have gone against the law to do what was right. Not only did it make a small difference, it changed what the future would be like for everyone. So many people have practiced civil disobedience; too many to count. Martin Luther…

“Letters from Birmingham Jail” was written by Martin Luther King Jr. while he was in jail. It was written in response to eight fellow clergymen, who criticized his non-violent protests in Birmingham, Alabama calling them “unwise and untimely”. In his letter, Martin Luther King Jr. wanted to clarify his actions and have the clergymen understand why he did such things. Martin Luther King Jr. uses rationale, morals, and emotion to persuade his fellow clergymen and the “white moderate” why civil…

someone or a large group the persuader will use three basic methods: ethos, pathos, logos. In Dr. King’s letter, “Letter from Birmingham Jail” he used all three methods to persuade his fellow clergymen and the white moderate. The three basic foundations of persuasion: ethos, pathos, and logos are also known as credibility, emotion, and logic; however, only one method stood out from the others and goaded Dr. King’s agenda/objective to his audience. The method ethos for credible appeal was used…

Archetypal Analysis on Young Goodman Brown In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story Young Goodman Brown, the author is portraying the hero’s spiritual journey as his breaking of morals and values, inner struggle, and an attempt to overcome his weakness. The author represents the hero’s journey as a way to break his morals and values. Brown is proud of his family and he thinks they are very religious "My father never went into the woods on such an errand, nor his father before him. We have been a…

to calm and restore her husband's mood when she sang. This was an example of her natural ability rather than her husband's scientific abilities. Aylmer cannot look past the one minuscule birthmark on her face. Various people found it to be a touch from God, but he found it to be an experiment he must fix. The conflict revolves around the issue of Aylmer wanting perfection in his wife, but all he sees is her one wee flaw and that leads him to try and perfect her…