Declarations of Sentiments
Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions America, as we know it today, has formed to be such a strong and free country because of its past. Decades ago, America wasn’t as “free” as it is today. People, especially men, acted unfair towards women. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, along with a few other women, wrote one of America’s most important documents, Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions, advocating women’s rights. It was introduced in Seneca Falls, New York, in July of 1848 at America’s first women’s rights convention. The main aspect of the text is that it is not fair that women are restricted to do many things a man can. All humans are the same; therefore they must be treated equally. Elizabeth, and the women who took part in this document, made it reach out to its audience by following Jefferson’s model of the Declaration of Independence. The reason this kind of document is written to be a strong text is because of its formal language, parallelism in its sentence structures, and its argumentative tone. Formal language can make any text look professional and makes its audience understand that this author is serious about reaching out a point, just like the Declaration of Independence. Being formal is also about respect to your reader. For example, one wouldn’t write “Hey this isn’t cool bro give us rights.” No, as a matter of fact, if I was a man and a woman wrote that to me trying to make a point, I would rip that paper and toss it away. On the other hand, when Elizabeth begins her text with “When in the course of human events…” one can tell she is serious about her point and is respectfully asking for a change in a professional way. The style in which the text is written also gives a rich flavor to the document. The parallel structure of the Declaration of Sentiments is copied from Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence. The style of the parallel structure keeps the reader interested in what one is reading. Both declarations vary in length and rhythm