A Rhetorical Analysis Of 'The Athenian Oath'
The Athenian Oath is intended to be the first thing you see when you enter the Maxwell School of Citizenship. The glow of the shiny letters strike you as a bronze statue of George Washington in-between the text faces the door. The purpose for both the text and the statue is that it is supposed to define citizenship and show what the founding principle the Maxwell school established itself from. However, when further analyzing both the text and the scenery that it is presented on, it is clear that there are multiple rhetorical devices at play in the presentation of this message. The first is the context of the Athenian oath. When first encountering this text in Maxwell I asked myself what is this text trying teach me. To help me find