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Complete this chart for the following characters: Antigone, Creon, Ismene, and Haimon. Each character must have three entries linked to him or her
in this chart. To clarify, each of these four characters get three chart entries related to rhetoric and persuasion
Major Characters Example of rhetoric Type of Rhetorical Analysis: How does Evaluation:
used (with citation) Strategy: Ethos, Logos, Character X use this Is this method
or Pathos persuasion method? effective? Strengths?
Weaknesses?
“Creon what more do you Logos She uses this to show that Effective because he
want than death.” there is nothing else to be shows that gives him
done than to just kill her for everything.
her actions
“Polynices who broke his Pathos This character uses this It is effective because did
exile to come back with fire emotion because he as he did as he said expect
and sword against the makes polynices seem as for Antigone. Also it made
native city…. Polynices I if he was against the city people believe he was right
say is to have no burial No with all of the will in his
man too tough him.” heart
Ismene “Bury him you have just Logos This is because it is This is not effective
said the new law forbids it” showing that law has because it still did not
power over actions. change Antigone’s
believings
“We are only women we Ethos This is because she is This is not effective
cannot fight with men, using the belief that men because she did not
Antigone.” are stronger than the change her reasoning.
women.
“They mean a great deal to Logos This is logos because she This is not effective
me, but i have no strength is using logic in her head to because she did not
to break laws that were show that she is not strong change her reasoning.
made for the public good. enough to break the law.
Haimon
Don’t forget: Rhetoric is the language used to persuade or impress others. Some of the persuasion methods the
characters used were rhetorical appeals: ethos, pathos, logos. These characters have their own beliefs that they are
trying to impress upon others.Think about HOW they do this and if they are effective or not.