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Ethos is emphasized by presenting Aylmer as a successful scientist who abandoned his career in order to stay with his wife. Pathos emerges at the time when Aylmer is unable to sleep at night thinking that his wife is almost perfect and that he could actually make her perfect by putting his experience to use. Logos takes place when Aylmer performs a series of successful tests and actually goes as far as to demonstrate the potion's success by using it to resurrect a plant.
The central character is blinded by his exaggerated self-appreciation and he fails to observe the risks that he puts his wife to as a result. His obsession with perfection is responsible for making him unable to distinguish between right and wrong.
3. Langston Hughes attempts to speak directly to his readers in "Theme for English B." He is well-acquainted with the fact that society has a tendency to discriminate and wants people to understand that it is completely wrong for them to try and perceive African-Americans as being any different from white Americans when considering the way that each group thinks. Knowledge practically makes the difference between someone who understand the attitudes that he or she needs to adopt and someone who simply acts on account...
Society's failure to consider the general picture is actually one of the reasons why discrimination continues to exist.
The poet introduces Ethos at the moment when readers understand that he is black and that it would be perfectly normal for him to preach with regard to the injustices that African-Americans experience. Consequently, he focuses on pathos by relating to the feelings that he goes through as a result of him being a minority. Logos emerges when he relates to how it is likely for him to get a B, as his skin color will make it difficult for the teacher to refrain from filling his paper with observations.
Hughes is actually right in thinking that his skin color makes him predisposed to being discriminated. His poem is actually successful in putting across perfectly justifiable frustrations experienced by an African-American individual living in a society that is yet to acknowledge him being equal to other Americans.
Works cited:
Carver, Raymond, "The Cathedral," (Random House, 01.12.2009)
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, "The Birthmark," (Perfection Learning, 01.01.2007)
Hughes, Langston, "Theme for English B"
Works cited:
Carver, Raymond, "The Cathedral," (Random House, 01.12.2009)
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, "The Birthmark," (Perfection Learning, 01.01.2007)
Hughes, Langston, "Theme for English B"
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