Patrick Henry's Speech Essay
Speeches throughout time have swayed the the history of mankind. This has been seen time and again from Patrick Henry’s Virginia Convention speech to Thomas Paine’s “The Crisis No.1” and even Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. Patrick Henry swayed the minds of America’s founding fathers by showing the people the liberty that was needed. Thomas Paine gave people the motivation needed to fight for the freedom and independence of the American colonies. And the so many other patriots have influenced the history of man. Though many people look at these speeches though the course of time and only see the effects of what happened after, yet what people do not see is the common purpose of these speeches. Thomas Paine and Patrick Henry were
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The two other skills that were used were audience and purpose. This can be seen be the extensive use of ethos, logos, and pathos. "Sir, we are not weak, if we make a proper use of the means which the God of nature hath placed in our power."," What terms shall we find which have not been already exhausted? Let us not, I beseech you, sir, deceive ourselves longer. Sir, we have done everything that could be done to avert the storm which is now coming on."," What terms shall we find which have not been already exhausted? Let us not, I beseech you, sir, deceive ourselves longer. Sir, we have done everything that could be done to avert the storm which is now coming on.". Each of these quotes represents an appeal to morality, an appeal to logic, and appeal to emotions. The way Henry manipulated his words to illustrate a picture in the minds of people to persuade using morality, logic, and emotions is directly proportional to Thomas Paine. Creating thoughts of humiliation, imprisonment, tyranny.
Thomas Paine and Patrick Henry were both artist in the field of political speaking. Being able to manipulate and persuade the masses with a snap of the figures and doing it with such grace and power. This happened by the men using pathos, logos, ethos, logical fallacies, and the rhetorical triangle to be able to persuade be people who heard their words and make people listen to a absolute purpose with intelligence and emotion behind
The two other skills that were used were audience and purpose. This can be seen be the extensive use of ethos, logos, and pathos. "Sir, we are not weak, if we make a proper use of the means which the God of nature hath placed in our power."," What terms shall we find which have not been already exhausted? Let us not, I beseech you, sir, deceive ourselves longer. Sir, we have done everything that could be done to avert the storm which is now coming on."," What terms shall we find which have not been already exhausted? Let us not, I beseech you, sir, deceive ourselves longer. Sir, we have done everything that could be done to avert the storm which is now coming on.". Each of these quotes represents an appeal to morality, an appeal to logic, and appeal to emotions. The way Henry manipulated his words to illustrate a picture in the minds of people to persuade using morality, logic, and emotions is directly proportional to Thomas Paine. Creating thoughts of humiliation, imprisonment, tyranny.
Thomas Paine and Patrick Henry were both artist in the field of political speaking. Being able to manipulate and persuade the masses with a snap of the figures and doing it with such grace and power. This happened by the men using pathos, logos, ethos, logical fallacies, and the rhetorical triangle to be able to persuade be people who heard their words and make people listen to a absolute purpose with intelligence and emotion behind