Women: Rhetoric and Daniel Defoe

Romela Deguzman Wowork force back then were facen middle-level to men. They were labeled delicate, dependent, ignorant, or weak. Their central forecast was only marriage but just about intriguingly, education was deprived from women because of their sex. bloody shame Wollstonecraft and Daniel Defoe, both renowned writers wrote essays that demand justice and fight for the education of women. They believed they were sufficient and as intelligent as men. Wollstonecraft and Defoe created outstanding pieces known for its strength and most importantly its effectiveness to deliver their message across.Mary Wollstonecraft wrote the essay A confession of the Rights of Woman on 1792. She used rhetorical devices such as counterargument and comparison to prove her point. For example, one of the counterargument she uses is the female in point of strength isinferior to the maleThis is the law of nature pg. 640. She agrees that women are not as physically strong as men but argues that they could still be as educated and talented as them. She also used analogy such as akin the flowers which are planted in too ample a soil, strength and usefulness are sacrificed to beauty pg. 639.In this analogy, she is trying to pull out that women are being used for adornments just like flowers but they shouldnt allow themselves to be objects of adoration but use their morals and intelligence activity to match men. With the help of rhetoric, her message about women was effectively delivered. Daniel Defoe, the author of The cultivation of Women also used rhetoric to convey his message about prominent women equal education as men. One of the devices he employed was analogy. The sense is placed in the body like a rough rhombus and must be fancifyed, or the luster of it will never turn out pg. 48. He is trying to say that everyone is valuable and unique just like a diamond, but we need education to rise or deal out the best of us.Also you can read Rhetorical Devices in Night Wa lker by Brent StaplesWomen need education to polish their souls. Defoe also used rhetorical questions such as what they can see in ignorance, that they should think it a necessary ornament to a muliebrity? pg. 648. Defoe engages the reader through this question by letting them understand that there is nothing to be proud of about ignorance and should not be presumptuousness to omen. He clearly points out that education is crucial for both men and women. Rhetorical devices such as analogies, rhetorical questions, or counterarguments strengthen Defoe and Wollstonecrafts essay by engaging readers. It successfully allows readers to see their point of horizon in different images they could relate to, and openly addressing arguments. Rhetoric made their pitch effective and most importantly persuasive, invoking action and change.