Characters’ Rhetoric and Persuasion Chart
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
used (with citation)
Antigone
“He is my brother. And he
is your brother,too”
“Creon what more do you
want than death.”
“ Ask Creon your always
hanging on to his
opinions.”
Creon “I am aware of course that
no ruler can expect full
loyalty from subjects until
he has been tested in
office”
“No one values friendship
Type of Rhetorical Analysis: How does
Strategy: Ethos, Logos, Character X use this
or Pathos persuasion method?
Pathos Antigone uses this
persuasion method by
referring to someone she
cares about to her sister to
get her to come help.
Logos She uses this to show that
there is nothing else to be
done than to just kill her for
her actions
Ethos She uses her sisters past
belief that Creon and rules
rules are always the best
things to follow.
Logos He shows a version of
logic that can persuade
that he is the right one and
knows what he needs to
know to be in office and
rule their own town
Pathos This character uses this
persuasion method
Evaluation:
Is this method
effective? Strengths?
Weaknesses?
Not effective. She didn’t
say anything bad emotion
wise about the other side.
Effective because he
shows that gives him
everything.
It isn’t effective because
her sister still wants to do
something about him killing
her
It is effective because it
flows with the speech and
pulls people to believe that
his decisions about the
brother and being in office
at all was good for the
state.
This method is also
effective because it pulls
 more highly than”
“Polynices who broke his
exile to come back with fire
and sword against the
native city…. Polynices I
say is to have no burial No
man too tough him.”
Ismene “Bury him you have just
said the new law forbids it”
“We are only women we
cannot fight with men,
Antigone.”
“They mean a great deal to
me, but i have no strength
to break laws that were
made for the public good.
Haimon
because it appeals to
something the public would
want in a leader when it
comes to emotions.
Pathos This character uses this
emotion because he
makes polynices seem as
if he was against the city
with all of the will in his
heart
Logos This is because it is
showing that law has
power over actions.
Ethos This is because she is
using the belief that men
are stronger than the
women.
Logos This is logos because she
is using logic in her head to
show that she is not strong
enough to break the law.
people to know what they
want and because it
appeals to others
It is effective because did
as he did as he said expect
for Antigone. Also it made
people believe he was right
This is not effective
because it still did not
change Antigone’s
believings
This is not effective
because she did not
change her reasoning.
This is not effective
because she did not
change her reasoning.
 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.