ENG205H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Letter From Birmingham Jail, Counterpoint, Existentialism
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Eng205 october 15, 2012 . the collaborative we . Be a determinist towards others but an existentialist toward yourself. Letter from birmingham jail the more conscious you are of ethos, the less effective it is! Letter not actually written to the 8 clergymen (as stated); the real audience was the black-asians (the eavesdropping audience) who king was trying to empower. Author"s construction of self: he assumes himself at an equal position in society as the clergymen he is writing to he must affirm this kind of authority at the beginning of the letter, which he does. Arrangement of the letter is dangerous: very sermonic style, Audience feels like oral discourse; uses refutation (point counter-point) refutes each of these counter-points against himself: 4. should be condemned because his actions precipitate. Antithesis opposition or contrast of ideas. King is an extremist refutation is dangerous but if done well, is strong the letter is remarkably devoid of pathos strange!
