The "Four Freedoms" Speech: Rhetorical Analysis Directions: Fill out the chart below. You will be looking for examples of Ethos, Pathos, and Logos within the speech. Under the Quote column, you will provide a quote that you think best represents that rhetorical appeal. Under the Explanation column, you will explain how that quote used that rhetorical appeal to strengthen his persuasive argument.

Answer and Explanation:

Quote: "The fourth is freedom from fear—which, translated into world terms, means a world-wide reduction of armaments to such a point and in such a thorough fashion that no nation will be in a position to commit an act of physical aggression against any neighbor—anywhere in the world. "

Explanation: The above quote can use two rhetorical appeals, the first is pathos, which refers to emotional appeal. This appeal can be seen when Roosevelt says that the fourth freedom is freedom from fear. This evokes a feeling of aversion to fear, causing society to see it as something negative and to have emotions contrary to it, stimulating the hope that it will be exterminated. The quate also uses the rhetorical appeal called logos (which evokes logic) because it shows that fear is created by the possibility of violence and that violence is often stimulated by the amount of weapons in a society. Therefore, it is logical to say that by decreasing the amount of armaments, violence is reduced and fear is reduced.

Physical Strength

Explanation:

Odysseus, as a noble Greek warrior, is expected to possess great physical strength, and, in a number of places throughout The Odyssey, Odysseus displays feats of strength far in excess of anything anyone else could do. When he returns at long last to Ithaca, disguised as a beggar, he accepts Penelope's challenge to shoot an arrow through the gaps of twelve axes lined in a row. But this is not the real test of strength; it's the fact that Odysseus is able to string the bow in the first place that shows this. No other man could possibly hope to perform this great feat, and all the suitors fail.

Stabbing out the eye of the Cyclops Polyphemus was another example of Odysseus's enormous strength. He uses a large stake which he needs to lift up all by himself before driving it deep into Polyphemus's eye. And that takes some doing. Also, Odysseus, at the prompting of Tiresias the blind seer, lifts a huge wooden oar and carries it over his shoulder, walking so far inland that people won't know what it is. They'll think it's a winnowing fan. Odysseus can then make a sacrifice to Poseidon, god of the sea and cause of most of Odysseus's trials and tribulations.

Much of what Odysseus does in The Odyssey shows how clever and crafty he is. However, he is one of the most heroic soldiers of the Trojan War. Had he not been physically strong, he could not have held such respect among his men.

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