Just as the declaration of independence asserted the right to change or throw off unjust government so does the declaration of sentiments.
Declaration of sentiments excerpt. In this excerpt from declaration of sentiments elizabeth cady stanton uses pathos as a rhetorical appeal by emphasizing the injustices endured by women. 1 hist 120 dr. Men s history of repeated injuries and usurpations in order to an absolute tyranny over women is asserted and the intention to lay out the evidence is also included. In other words pathos appeals to the emotions of the audience so as to convince them to support the writer s argument.
Elizabeth cady stanton an excerpt from the declaration of sentiments woman s rights convention seneca falls and rochester n y july and august 1848 elizabeth cady stanton s speech is read by. Declaration of sentiments document outlining the rights that american women should be entitled to as citizens that emerged from the seneca falls convention in new york in july 1848. However here the pronoun he is a form of collective synecdoche a type of figurative speech in which the part represents the whole. Held in seneca falls new york the convention is now known as the seneca falls convention the principal author of the declaration was elizabeth cady stanton.
Wright elizabeth cady stanton and mary ann mcclintock met to assemble the agenda for the meeting along with the speeches that would be made. Compare the declaration of sentiments and resolutions to the declaration of independence. It is called pathos to a mode of persuasion that is achieved when the speech stirs the emotions of the hearers. So begins the list of sentiments or grievances in stanton s declaration.
In the declaration of independence the pronoun he explicitly referred to the tyrannical king george iii.