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Antigone Sophocles Persuasive Speech

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Imagine arguing with someone, despritly trying to get your point across but they just wont interperate your point of view. You raise your voice gradually until a slight crack in your voice, you stop and realize theres no hope in yelling anymore. In the play “Antigone” written back in the B.C era by Sophocles, There are many persuasive arguements in the play using the classic greek appeals of ethos, pathos, and logos. These arguements are dealt by key charectors such as Antigone, ismene, haimon, creon, and teiresias. In the play “Antigone” sophocles puts persuasion into the arguements between charectors using the appeals of pathos, logos, and ethos.
Haimon uses logical and emotional appeals to persuade creon to not kill antigone. For example Creon and haimon where arguing about creon …show more content…

Yes if she will let me say so. I am guilty.
ANTIGONE. No, Ismene. You have no right to say so. You would not help me, and i will not have you help me.” This proves that antigone uses logical and emotional appeals to persuade ismene to not share blame with something she hasn 't done. Another example is how antigone tries to persuade ismene to not take the blame buy stating people will praise her and antigone will get honor also.
“ISMENE. But can i do nothing?
ANTIGONE. Yes save yourself. I shall not envy you. There are those who will praise you; I Shall have honor, too.
ISMENE. But we are equally guilty!
ANTIGONE. No more, Ismene. You are alive, but i belong to death.” This also proves that antigone uses logical and emotional appeals because ismene didn 't commit the crime so antigone not letting her take the blame is logical and also antigone stating she belongs to death is emotional because who would want their sister to die especially there last sibling. Teiresias uses logical and ethical appeals to persuade creon to let antigone free from the tomb before she dies. For example Teiresias tries to persuade creon to release antigone from the tomb by insulting him true

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