SOAPSTone Analysis Ain T I A Woman
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SPEAKER
Sojourner Truth is the speaker of this speech. She is a bold black woman. She was the first black women to win a case against a white man in court. She argues that the convergence of sexism and racism during slavery contributed to black women having the lowest status and worst conditions of any group in American society.
OCCASION
This speech was delivered on May 19, 1851 in the Ohio Women's rights convention.
AUDIENCE
This speech was not just heard by women but males, whites, and blacks. Yes, she addresses several members of the audience. One can assume that some are for women's rights, but she addresses several men who are not.
PURPOSE
To argue for women's rights Sojourner wants to convince people that women should have more rights. The effect is to gain more rights for women or make life better for them.
SUBJECT
Sojourner Truth One can assume that she is tough, fearless, and uneducated. She has worked hard, had a difficult life, and supports women gaining more rights. She was also a slave at one point in her life. She wanted the same rights as men. She was an African American it was even harder but she wanted to gain the rights that all the women deserve.
TONE
She felt angry, proud, bitter, pathos, or stubborn. Emotions could include anger, bitterness, or even hopeful.
She used metaphor, a violent attitude and slang language. In her speech, she repeated”ain’t I a woman?” many times and lets the audience think well on what she is saying.
Pathos: “I have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother's grief, none but Jesus heard me!” those sentences shows she tried to connect with all the mothers.
Angry:” If my cup won't hold but a pint, and yours holds a quart, wouldn't you be mean not to let me have my little half measure full?” She used metaphor. She moaned women didn’t have the same rights as men and Men already have power, so just let women
SPEAKER
Sojourner Truth is the speaker of this speech. She is a bold black woman. She was the first black women to win a case against a white man in court. She argues that the convergence of sexism and racism during slavery contributed to black women having the lowest status and worst conditions of any group in American society.
OCCASION
This speech was delivered on May 19, 1851 in the Ohio Women's rights convention.
AUDIENCE
This speech was not just heard by women but males, whites, and blacks. Yes, she addresses several members of the audience. One can assume that some are for women's rights, but she addresses several men who are not.
PURPOSE
To argue for women's rights Sojourner wants to convince people that women should have more rights. The effect is to gain more rights for women or make life better for them.
SUBJECT
Sojourner Truth One can assume that she is tough, fearless, and uneducated. She has worked hard, had a difficult life, and supports women gaining more rights. She was also a slave at one point in her life. She wanted the same rights as men. She was an African American it was even harder but she wanted to gain the rights that all the women deserve.
TONE
She felt angry, proud, bitter, pathos, or stubborn. Emotions could include anger, bitterness, or even hopeful.
She used metaphor, a violent attitude and slang language. In her speech, she repeated”ain’t I a woman?” many times and lets the audience think well on what she is saying.
Pathos: “I have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother's grief, none but Jesus heard me!” those sentences shows she tried to connect with all the mothers.
Angry:” If my cup won't hold but a pint, and yours holds a quart, wouldn't you be mean not to let me have my little half measure full?” She used metaphor. She moaned women didn’t have the same rights as men and Men already have power, so just let women