Transforming Rhetoric to Eloquence
Rhetoric is defined as the power of persuasion which is referenced to the systematic analysis of either natural or non-artistic eloquence. It is the workmanship of persuading people to think and act in a particular way of life, an opinion which originated with Isocrates. Rhetoric provides a platform where virtues involving the discovery, understanding, and developing arguments for a particular circumstance is nurtured into the audience. For example, the famous philosopher Aristotle, classified persuasive audience appeals as pathos, logos and ethos (Plett, 21).
On the other hand, eloquence is majorly the power of eliciting strong emotions using an appropriate language which has got an end result of creating
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In this rhetoric, Horatio, who is a model of rationality find it difficult to fathom how Hamlet could speak to a ghost. With his classical philosophy, which he was studying together with Hamlet at the University of Wittenberg, his point of view could not agree with this (Seigel 58). The philosophy compounded the use of logic, ethics and natural sciences and refuted the speculations concerning talking ghosts. In his reply, it is evident that, Hamlet eloquently explains to Horatio about the need to see things in a new dimension, not just basing on the classical philosophy perspective. Thus, he succeeds in transforming the rhetoric into a moment of …show more content…
He is unable to do anything but to wait for the accomplishment of his plans to hold the conscience of the king. By doing this, Hamlet sparks an internal debate focusing on the advantages and disadvantages of being alive in body, and further questions the validity of one’s right to commit suicide. At the end of this questioning he concludes by saying that “what flesh is heir to, of what we suffer at the hands of time or fortune”. This statement incidentally supports the need to be alive (Seigel