The In Crowd

they have frequent and redundant contact (Contagion of Violence) and that crowds exert a hypnotic influence on members that results in irrational and emotionally charged behaviour (Contagion of Violence). This theory closely resembles LeBon’s contentions that once in a crowd people lose their individuality and are influenced by group thought and behaviour. Convergence theory On the other hand argues that the behaviour of a crowd is not a random grouping of personalities but rather a result of…

plethora of rhetoric devices to persuade the crowd towards his way of thinking. These devices include sarcasm, logical thinking, and crying to emit a sense of emotion appeal. William Shakespeare uses different rhetorical modes inside each section of Mark Antony’s speech, which includes: Logos, Logos with Ethos, and Pathos during section 1, Ethos and Ethos with Pathos during section 2, Pathos during section 3, and Ethos and Logos during section 4 to turn the crowd against those who plotted and…

panic and confusion among the crowd. No one is sure what is happening. No one is sure of what to do. This is the perfect time for a persuasive speaker to stand up and grab everyone 's attention. A persuasive speaker is someone who is able to change and strengthen people 's opinions and actions. When William Shakespeare wrote his famous play, Julius Caesar, he describes a scene of a fallen leader and two speakers, one explaining his motives and one inciting the crowd into action. At Caesar 's…

announcement to the Roman citizens. Brutus first explains to the public why Caesar had to be killed and the citizens agree with him, but then Antony makes a different argument and the crowd becomes angry. This happens because Antony uses a series of persuasive techniques such as ethos, pathos, and logos, to persuade the crowd that Caesar did not have to be killed and Brutus is wrong for thinking so. Antony’s…

The crowd which stormed the Bastille was not made up of the upper class of the Third Estate, nor did it consist of vagrants or vagabonds or other so called undesirables, the crowd was in large part composed of the ‘urban working class,’ artisans, petty tradesmen, shopkeepers, and militiamen(Rudé PAGE). The attack on the Bastille was not simply mob violence, but it was not an organized politically calculated strike against the monarchy either. At its core the storming of the Bastille was a…

Pepitone & Newcomb, 1952) developed LeBon’s notions on crowd behaviour to establish the ‘deindividuation’ theory. Zimbardo (1970) expanded the concept by arguing that while being in crowds, people feel anonymous and therefore lack a feeling of responsibility. Subsequently, the individual loses their personal identity, and therefore is not consciously aware anymore (Festinger, et al., 1952; Hayes, 1993 and Hogg & Vaughan, 2011). Being in a crowd, free from constraints and self-control, leads to…

Antony gives he uses several effective techniques to get the reaction he wants out of a very biased and stunned crowd. The words in the speech demonstrate logic, passive language, and emotional responses which are used to lead the crowd to hunting down Brutus and the other assasssins the killed Caesar. Antony, in his speech, mentioned several logical examples to remind the gathered crowd of the effective and compassionate ruler Caesar was, in order to turn them in his favour. In the middle of…

certain crowd gatherings don’t result in anti-social behaviour, but pro-social behaviour. Consequently, the deindividuation theory can be argued to increase this pro-social behaviour, with contradictory effects. Such crowds as religious congregations and music festivals, people’s loss of individuality becomes diminished thus everyone within a group is anonymous. To further emphasise this, Philip Zimbardo and his 1969 theory of deindividuation and the ‘faceless crowd’, “being part of a crowd can…

currently underway, image number fourteen seemed fitting for this project. The picture depicts what seems to be former President George W. Bush in a large crowd of people, as he toured the country during his term as president, or prior to his presidency when he traveled for election purposes. President Bush was in a town giving a speech to a crowd of his supporters for publicity. President Bush gave a speech regarding the current state of our Country and was there to listen to what the people…

Brutus and the conspirators for their noble deeds. By addressing the crowd with respect and exposing his relationship with Caesar, Antony garners the crowd’s attention so he can then start on his strategic plan to logically manipulate the crowd into changing their minds of who the antagonist really is. At the start of his speech, Antony…