Edward Rhetorical Analysis
In the story Edward talks about how the people are in the hands of God and that they need to be saved so they don’t end up in Hell. Edward uses a lot of imagery to help the people understand what he’s talking about and how bad things can be. He often mentions a spider and he connects that to God’s hand which is holding the people over the fire of Hell. Edward uses so many images of Hell, suffering, and eternity because he wants people to understand what he’s talking about and he repeats them so that people will remember what he tells them. Edward says “ your wickedness makes you as it were heavy as lead, and to pressure you towards Hell; and if God should let you go, you would immediately sink and swiftly descend and plunge into the bottomless