Declaration of Independence Rhetorical Analysi
Jennings
Kurt Jennings
Assignment 2
Professor Ellis
July 4 1776, the Declaration of Independence was finished and America was born. The people of the governed that became increasingly fed up with the tyrant British Crown rule led to this major rebellion. The Declaration of Independence having to be approved and signed by over fifty persons whom represented many others, was required to be persuasive and appeal to the masses of colonies' population. Phrases like “all men are created equal” and “that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable Rights”, were used to appeal to their audience and secretly hinted to slavery being abolished in the century to come, apparently going unnoticed by those in favor of the institution. The authors of the Declaration of Independence effectively convinces their audience that is was now time to abolish the current government and put a better one in place through great use of logos, ethos, and pathos to appeal to the masses of the British colonies' population.
“The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world”. After this statement is a list of over 25 examples of Tyranny done by the then King of Great Britain; which is a great use of logos to give more than enough logical reason that the Tyrant rule should be abolished and replaced. The authors of the text also state that a government's purpose is to protect those governed, and their powers should be derived also from those governed; here they use logos by giving examples of a proper government's job, which the
British Crown was not fulfilling. Thus the logical thing to do is once again abolish and replace the government with a more suitable one. The authors then continue by presenting a viable argument and
Jennings facing it head on; “Prudence, indeed, will dictate that
Kurt Jennings
Assignment 2
Professor Ellis
July 4 1776, the Declaration of Independence was finished and America was born. The people of the governed that became increasingly fed up with the tyrant British Crown rule led to this major rebellion. The Declaration of Independence having to be approved and signed by over fifty persons whom represented many others, was required to be persuasive and appeal to the masses of colonies' population. Phrases like “all men are created equal” and “that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable Rights”, were used to appeal to their audience and secretly hinted to slavery being abolished in the century to come, apparently going unnoticed by those in favor of the institution. The authors of the Declaration of Independence effectively convinces their audience that is was now time to abolish the current government and put a better one in place through great use of logos, ethos, and pathos to appeal to the masses of the British colonies' population.
“The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world”. After this statement is a list of over 25 examples of Tyranny done by the then King of Great Britain; which is a great use of logos to give more than enough logical reason that the Tyrant rule should be abolished and replaced. The authors of the text also state that a government's purpose is to protect those governed, and their powers should be derived also from those governed; here they use logos by giving examples of a proper government's job, which the
British Crown was not fulfilling. Thus the logical thing to do is once again abolish and replace the government with a more suitable one. The authors then continue by presenting a viable argument and
Jennings facing it head on; “Prudence, indeed, will dictate that