Crime/Detective Fiction

Murder in the Rue Morgue:

The Murder in the Rue Morgue, written by Edgar Allan Poe in 1841 is one of the most popular and classic crime/detecive fiction short stories. In the Murder in the Rue Morgue, Edgar Allan Poe writes about an unnamed ordinary protagonist who recollects his campionionship with a strange yet intellectual man named August Dupin through their adventure to solve the mysterious murder in the rue mrgue. The short story starts off by the protagonist telling us how he and the character August Dupin had met and how their relationship had begun. Soon after, Edgar Allan Poe starts to describe August Dupin specifically through a conversation the protagonist had with August Dupin . Edgar Allan Poe uses this as an opportunity to open the general reader’s mind to the genre of crime/detective fiction specifically using logos to explain the way August Dupin thinks, acts, and feels. This use of logos creates a “exciting” moment for the general reader which allows for him to build suspense off of. After the initial introductions to the main protagonist, Edgar Allan Poe truly starts off the adventure with a run down of the case (all the preliminary details gathered by the police) while specifying that the police were overwhelmed. August Dupin determined that there had to be an answer begins to investigate the case himself while the protagonist accompanies him. Edgar Allan Poe uses August Dupin’s investigation to build on the suspense he created in the beginning of the short story while keeping the reader “excited” through his clever tone portrayed from August Dupin’s explanation of his own reasoning .

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: A Scandal in Bohemia:

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: A Scandal in Bohemia, written by Arthur Conan Doyle in 1892, is the most iconic short story in the genre of crime/detective fiction. In The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: A Scandal in Bohemia, a unorthodoxed private detective named Sherlock Holmes with his companion Dr.Watson are hired by a mysterious client to retrieve explicit photos of the king and “The Woman” Irene Adler, which if leaked would damage the upcoming royal wedding. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: A Scandal in Bohemia starts off with Sherlock greeting Dr.Watson after a long time . As Sherlock greets his old friend Dr. Watson he begins to deduce things about him in a rather clever yet unorthodox way. Sherlock quickly explains how he his able to come to his deductions by explaining what details he uses and what they tell him about an individual. Arthur Conan Doyle uses this opportunity to introduce to us both who the main characters are and to build suspense around Sherlock Holmes. This immediately catches the eye of the reader setting the tone for the rest of the short story. Sherlock Holmes begins to investigate the letter he receives from his mysterious client, he asks Dr. Watson to give the letter a look to see if he also comes to the same conclusion. As Dr. Watson inspects the letter and explains his thoughts, Sherlock rushes in and explains what he has deduced from the letter . Later, when the mysterious masked client arrives, Sherlock continues to deduce who he is by the way he dresses, his transportation method, the letter that was written to him, and many more details to come to the conclusion that he is the King of Bohemia. The client was surprised that Sherlock was able to identify him while he had a mask on. Arthur Conan Doyle uses a lot of logos specifically through Sherlock Holmes explaining his deduction to others, which helps create suspense around Sherlock Holmes himself.

Bones: The Man in the SUV

Bones: Pilot, written by Hart Hanson, is a 2005 TV drama/crime/detective fiction series that centers around Dr. Temperance Brennan or “Bones”, a forensic anthropologist working with the FBI, specifically Special Agent Booth, in order to help solve crimes. In the beginning of the episode “Pilot”, Brennan’s friend, Angela Montenegro, comes to pick her up at the airport from her trip to Guatemala. As Angela and Brennan are walking through their airport, they are being followed by a man in a black suit. After following them for a short-period of time, Dr. Temperance Brennan confronts the follower by taking him down, while other cops surround her as she supposedly takes down a homeland security agent. They take her bag to find out that she’s carrying a human skull. Hart Hanson uses a very unique scene to introduce us to the series, immediately creating suspense and diving right into the action. Brennan is later bailed out by Agent Booth, where we find out that she is a forensic anthropologist that works for the FBI under Agent Booth. Dr. Brennan is brought to a crime scene to help identify the body under a pond of a cemetary. Dr. Brennan is able to determine the age (18-22), sex (Female), and body type (Athletic: Tennis Player) by just examining the bone structure of the body. After the body is brought to the lab and tests are run, Dr. Brennan’s team is able to identify the body (Cleo Louise), the murder weapon (Hammer), a motive for murder (Cleo Louise was pregnant and rumored to have an affair with the Senator), and place of murder. Hart Hanson subtly builds suspense throughout the episode not only through logos of the lab experiments but also adding drama into the scene. The drama Hart Hanson adds to this specific episode is when Dr. Brennan choses to confront the Senator Bethlehem, Ken Thompson (Cleo Louise’s Boyfreind), and Oliver Laurier (Cleo Louise’s Stalker) on different occasions about the murder of Cleo while almost putting Agent Booth and the investigation at risk. This mix of drama with the crime/detective fiction genre allows Hart Hanson to appeal a wider audience, laid-back tv series watchers, crime/detective fiction fans, and drama genre fans.

The Silence of the Lambs:

The Silence of the Lambs is a really popular horror/crime fiction novel written by Thomas Harris in 1988, which was later turned into a movie in 1991 directed by Jonathan Demme. In The Silence of the Lambs, FBI trainee Clarice Starling is selected by Jack Crawford, the FBI’s behavioral science unit, to investigate Dr. Hannibal Lester, a psychopathic-cannibalistic-serial-killing psychiatrist, to learn more information about Buffalo Bill, a psychopathic-serial-killer. The Silence of the Lambs starts off with Clarice Starling, an FBI trainee, being called by her former professor Jack Crawford from her training, as Calrice Starling walks into Jack Crawford’s office she sees images of murder victims with part of their skins missing. Jack Crawford assigns her to investigate Dr. Lester and complete a simple questionnaire, as Clarice Starling investigates Dr. Lester, he begins to make conclusions of Clarice Starling: She isn’t really an FBI Agent based on the expiration date of her badge, she’s one of Jack Crawford’s “people”, and what lotion and perfume she usually wears just by smelling the air through the hole of his glass cell. Thomas Harris uses this conversation to introduce to us Dr. Lester’s personality and his wittiness allowing their to be suspense around Dr. Lester and Buffalo Bill. At the end he mentions one of his patients name for Clarice Starling to investigate. Clarice Realizes that the name she was given was acronym, and locates a storage unit, as she investigates the storage unit she finds a decapitated head in a jar with parts of skin missing. Clarice returns to Dr. Lester with what she has found and he offers to profile Buffalo Bill if he can see the case papers and can be transferred to a different prison where he can see the outside world.

The Dark Knight:

The Dark Knight is a crime/detective fiction movie written and produced by Christopher Nolan in 2008. In The Dark Knight, Batman, alongside Lieutenant James Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, cleanse Gotham City of its criminal activity until a psychopathic criminal, called the joker, begins to take over Gotham City through his organized crime and constant run-ins with the mob, once again creating the mass criminal activity in Gotham City. The Dark Knight starts of with the scene of five clown-masked men attempting to rob a bank planned by an anonymous mastermind named the Joker, who instructs each of the robbers to kill the other when their job is done to increase each person’s share. At the end of the scene only one clown is left standing with all of the money, mysteriously revealing that he is the Joker. Christopher Nolan uses this scene to emphasize the Joker’s love for chaos which he will build off of throughout the movie. The police use this opportunity to investigate the bank to collect more evidence to persecute the mob. As their investigation continues, District Attorney Harvey Dent with the help of Batman are able to catch one of the members of the mob and get him to accept a plea deal, essentially ratting out the rest of the mob. District Attorney is able to use this and put the mob behind bars, becoming the hero of Gotham City. The Joker then begins to target Harvey Dent, James Gordon and Batman to begin his path to taking over Gotham City. As the Joker begins to target the heroes of Gotham, Christopher Nolan uses the concept of chaos (a special form of logos) as a way to create suspense from the Joker’s actions. Soon after beginning his path to taking over Gotham, the Joker is caught by Batman and Lieutenant James Gordan. While in Jail the joker was able to capture Harvey Dent and his fiance, attorney Rachel Dawes, and hold them as hostages. The Joker ends up killing Rachel Dawes while severely injuring the hero of Gotham, Harvey Dent, turning him into a criminal (called two-face) seeking vengeance for the death of his fiance. Christopher Nola’s use of chaos keeps the Batman fans as well as others on their feet throughout the movie. Christpher Nolan uses the concept of Chaos till the very end of the movie, as the famous words said by Harvey Dent ironically come to life: “You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.”

Death Note:

Death Note is one of the most popular crime/detective fiction manga/anime series, written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata, published in 2006. In the Death Note, honor-student Light Yagami comes across a supernatural notebook called the “Death Note”. As Light explores the contents of the notebook he discovers its ability to kill anyone whose name is written in the notebook, this power influences Light to embark on a journey to become a “god” of the world who passes rightful judgement to the criminals and those who oppose his goal. Tsugumi Ohba starts off the series by giving a little insight into who Light Yagami is (a purposeless bored high school senior honor student) to give backstory to Light Yagami’s goal and his cleverness. Soon after discovering and testing out the Death Note, Light Yagami begins to kill criminals through the use of heart attacks gaining the support of numerous people via the internet, nicknaming him as Kira. As the National Police Agency (NPA) observes the deaths of criminals by heart attacks, they are introduced to the world’s greatest yet anonymous detective, L, who immediately begins his investigation into this crime. As L initially tests Light Yagami through a stand-in broadcast in a region of Japan, Tsugumi Ohba uses this opportunity to build suspense by introducing these arch-rivals to each other through logos, specifically as L outsmarts Light Yagami by only broadcasting a fake stand-in for himself over a region of Japan to locate and learn more about Kira’s killing ability. The fact that both Kira and L have been introduced to each other but do not know of each others real name or face created even more suspense for Tsugumi Ohba to work with. Tsugumi Ohba doesn’t only do this to create suspense but also to introduce two different ideologies into the series. As the series progresses, Tsugumi Ohba poses the question: “Is it a crime to kill those who have done mischief or is it a crime to try to save those who have made their decision of causing mischief”, to the audience with each side reflecting through Kira and L in the series. This creates a new twist to the genre of crime/detective fiction as both Kira and L hunt each other down, both desiring to bring justice to the world while carrying different ideologies.

Annotated Bibliography

 

Genre-Short Stories

 

Racquel Naraysingh

 

In the short story, “Why The Autumn Leaves Are Red”, tells an indian legend on why the leaves change colour in the fall. It depicts how everything came to be by using animals act and behave in the same way as humans. “Some of the animals became jealous of Little Turtle, especially the Deer.” Deer became so jealous that he decided to go to Skyland so he could get the same attention that Little Turtle was getting but in reality he was throwing the balance and peace off between the animals. “The shook his antlers angrily. “ What right have you to question me? No one but the Wolf may question why I came. I will kill you for your impertinence.”… The battle of the Deer and the Bear shook Skyland. The animals looked up from the earth.” This great war began over silly human emotions, almost childlike where a parent would have to come and break up the fight, demonstrating how the season fall could be the reason for automatic mood change based on the way the story interprets it because it came about over negative emotions.

 

In the short story, “The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees”, the author tells a tale about wasps and bees. These insects who have complex societies, fall into chaos when they go up against each other, especially as the last days of summer begin to change to Fall. “The anarchists labored secretly but rapidly, drones alongside workers, because the copper taste of autumn was in the air. None had seen a winter before, but the memory of the species is subtle and long, and in their hearts, despite the summer sun, they felt an imminent darkness.” This shows the idea that Fall always come with a dark and gloomy setting.

 

In the short story,“Untitled” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie tells of a woman who takes a walk on a windy morning in November but the author manages to turn this walk into a journey of the woman struggling to connect to the world around her. “The young boy was saying something to her. She nodded. She did not know why but the nod seemed to be the appropriate response because he kept talking. She kept nodding it was not agreement or disagreement, it was just nodding.” This shows her going through seasonal depression, throughout the audio she constantly fights to get out of bed and continues to go through less than inviting weather. This shows that in the season of Fall, due to the weather not being all sunshine and rainbows all the time anymore, factors such as laziness and sadness begin to heighten in their abilities to take over.

 

In the short story, “Broads”, at the end of the day, fall really only means one thing: cuffing season. Everyone is desperately searching for that special someone to hunker down for the winter. “Jimmy doubts that Greta knows his name, but he leaves her a generous tip every day. He compliments her on the way she manages to dangle a cigarette between her lips and hold a conversation all while pouring coffee.”Jimmy Nolan lusts after a loud brassy woman but worries that his feminine hands will keep him from ever finding love. This shows that the season fall brings about all the bad feelings we try our best to forget, in terms of this story it is loneliness and insecurities to a point where Jimmy is scared to even ask her out on a date because of his hands. 

 

In the short story, “October in the chair”, the twelve months of the year are personified in gathering around the campfire and tell campfire stories. October begins his story about Donald Covay, a 10-year-old boy who has a miserable home life. Not because he is physically beaten, but because he does not fit in well. Compared to the story before (September), who has a more cheerful story about her favourite chef. “October is described as a pale man in blue and grey attire, with a beard resembling all the colors of autumn.” This describes the season Fall as a gloomy weather and often depressing down to the colours that it brings all the way to the depressing stories that withhold through the months of the season Fall.

 

In the short story, “Three Days”, it starts with the image of a girl named Beatrice walking down the highway, trying to avoid cars by walking right up against the guardrail, with all the trash and the corpse of a bloated raccoon. “Beatrice imagines that every car and truck passing holds someone she once knew in high school. Inside their cars they are shaking their heads and asking, “Is that Beatrice? What the hell is she doing with a bloated raccoon carcass?”.” This captures the darker side of autumn, and of traveling home to see family on a cold and lonely road. And just like the rest of the stories it shows that Fall is the time where things change and dark and moody days tend to follow until the season changes again.

Sehun Bolaji

Rhetorical Analysis 

 

Lliad: Poem by Hormer 

 

The poem Lliad by the Greek author Hormer was a poem written in 762 B.C that tells the tale which takes place nine years after the start of the Trojan War was a battle between the Achaeans and Trojans that had involved many known demigods and Greek gods in Greek mythology such as Achilles, Zues, Apollo, Athena, and so on. Although the poem has many themes such as love, friendship, fate, free will, and the glory of war, I feel the main theme of this poem is the costs of pride as Achilles pride being the main reason so many people in his army got slaughtered by the Trojans. He didn’t want to battle in the Trojan War regardless of his human strength and invulnerability due to his war prize (Briseis) being taken from him by Agamemnon, King of Mycenae, for his own. The target audience of this story is for anyone who is getting drafted for war, forcing them to leave their family behind . As a matter of fact, in Book 6 of the Iliad, “Woman, I too take thought of all this…

 

Nor doth mine own heart suffer it, seeing I have learnt to

 

be valiant always and to fight amid the foremost

 

Trojans, striving to win my father’s great glory and

 

mine own.” This clearly states that Hectors wife begged him to stay home instead of going to war and leaving his child to become an orphan, but hectors feels like finding true glory for his family is of utmost importance, that him bringing glory to them is better than him actually being there for them, regardless of his endless love for them. The tone of this poem is a serious and unpleasant ones as shown by the many horrifying events that take place in the poem, such as the Greek Camp being devastated by a horrifying plague, due to Chryses( a priest of the god Apollo) prayer to Apollo. The rhetorical appeal used in this poem is pathos as shown by the constant grief, longing, and anger shown in the story due to the effects of warfare. This gives the reader an insight on why war is such a serious thing and how it can change a person as they live on through their lives, no matter how strong or invulnerable they may appear to be.

 

Work Cited

https://www.planetebook.com/free-ebooks/the-iliad.pdf

 

Sehun Bolaji

Annotated Bibliography

The Story of Hercules 

 

Hercules, a Demigod, son of Zeus, was a hero born with unfathomable amount of strength. Even with all this power however, his life was a living hell, due to the Goddess Hera putting a spell on him causing him to kill his wife and three sons that he loved so much. Although he was under a spell he couldn’t forgive himself for his actions and sought some form of justice from Apollo, and even though Apollo knew it wasn’t Hercules fault for the crimes he committed, he still insisted that he make amends, ordering Hercules to perform the 12 Heroic labors, which is supposed to absolve him of his guilt and grant him immortality if he’s successful. The theme of this story is that life is supposed to be hard, and that it’s up to you to try and rise above them, and hopefully become better in certain events as you struggle through these hardships. You won’t learn anything by having an easy life. It might even cause personal stagnation in the end. The story of Hercules can relate to depressed and suicidal teenagers around the globe. Hercules story can be an inspiration to them, trying to motivate them that they should not give up due to the burdens of their past, that they should struggle to find something meaningful in their life. The tone of the story is depressing and inspirational due to how regardless of the struggles he had faced in the past, the wars, the murder of his family, and Hera constantly trying to ruin his life, he still tried to fight through all of it and make a name for himself, and in the end, gain immortality to join his father and the rest of his friends in Olympus. The rhetorical appeal used in this story is Pathos as shown by how the emotional struggles the main protagonist went though in the past affects his decisions in the future, how it changed him and turned him into the hero he is today. The author used his problems to grasp the reader and have the reader feel pity for Hercules, while showing us his character growth to motivate his readers on a worldwide scale.

 

Work Cited

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.history.com/.amp/topics/ancient-history/hercules

Sehun Bolaji

Literary Analysis 

 

The Myth Of Perseus and Medusa

 

In the myth of Perseus and Medusa was about how a demigod named Perseus was tasked by King Polydectes to bring him the head of the gorgon famous in myths legends as Medusa, who was a beautiful monster which snakes for hair and eyes that legend says turns you into stone. With the help of Athena and Hermes he was able to slay the beast and not only bring it back, but use it in battle until he finally handed it to the goddess Athena. The main theme of this myth is courage and perseverance , as shown by him traveling to the ends of the earth to slay a legendary, undefeated monster without even having to look in her direction. Which is why he’s a symbol of great heroism and courage in Greek Mythology to this day. One target audience of this piece could be towards 12 grade students who are preparing for college. As shown by Perseus, if you try hard enough and believe in yourself, with the help of those around you anything is possible regardless of how impossible it may seem at first. The King Polydectes sent Perseus to slay Medusa thinking that it would be impossible so that he would be able to take Perseus mother (Danae) as his wife. But regardless of this with the help of the gods and goddess Athena and Hermes he was able to win the battle. Furthermore, gain a weapon to help him in the future battles. The tone of this myth is amusing and awes-trucking as depicted as the main protagonist beating a monster which has never been defeated before, even when to the readers they had thought it was impossible, additionally surprising and shown by how he defeated Medusa by him using the reflection on his shield to battle her. The rhetorical appeal of this story would be pathos, as shown by the author of this myth using emotions to keep the readers entertained throughout the story, and for us to be inspired by it.

 

Work Cited

https://www.greekmyths-greekmythology.com/myth-perseus-and-medusa/

 

Sehun Bolaji

Rhetorical Analysis 

Orpheus and Eurydice

 

In the myth, Orpheus (Son of Apollo and Calliope) has fallen in love with a beautiful woman who goes by the name of Eurydice and had fallen in love with her and was happily married to her until she had met her premature death by being bitten and poisoned by a snake. In an attempt to get her back, he played his lyre in sadness which had moved even that of the Greek gods which allowed him passage and protection so he would be able to travel to the underworld and get his wife back but under one condition, the condition he doesn’t look back at her until they both leave the underworld. In fear that he was being tricked by the god of the underworld Hades, he looks back at a time of weakness and uncertainty and sees her soul being dragged back to the underworld, unable to see her again unless he dies, which happened soon after. The theme of this myth is the importance of faith, the importance of trust. By him losing faith in the Hades his wife was forced back to the underworld, where they are unable to see each other for as long as Orpheus lived. The tone of the myth was romantic and cruel as shown by the unfathomable love Orpheus and Eurydice had shared for each other, and how sudden Eurydice has died and how Orpheus mistake caused him to lose her for as long as he lived. One target audience for this myth could be for married couples. In order for you to be with your loved ones till death do you must have faith in each other, to trust each other or just like Orpheus, you could lose that loved one forever, due to one little mistake. The rhetorical appeal for this myth is pathos as shown by love and sadness being the dominant emotions in this story. They use these emotions to get the moral of the story across and to move the readers.

 

Work Cited

https://www.greekmyths-greekmythology.com/orpheus-and-eurydice/

Sehun Bolaji

Rhetorical Analysis 

Theseus and the Labyrinth

 

The story of Theseus and the Labyrinth is about how a boy named Theseus went to the labyrinth where boys and girls are being sacrificed to the Minotaur to kill the Minotaur and stop the sacrifices forever. He managed to slay the beast and get the daughter of the king to fall in love with him and celebrated his feat after. But then he forgotten to change the sails of the boat from black to white as his father asked him to and because of this his father thought he was dead and committed suicide thereafter. The theme of this story is that you shouldn’t let fun and happiness distract you from more important matters, as shown by how Theseus forgot to change the color of the sails making his father believe he had died in the labyrinth. One audience this myth could have targeted is college students. The reason I chose college students as a target audience is because they can let college parties distract them from doing more important things like studying and their hw, just like how Theseus forgot to change the sails because he was celebrating the death of the Minotaur. The tone of this myth is intense, ironic, and tragic as well as shown by Theseus fighting the Minotaur, finding a way out of the labyrinth, and his father killing himself for thinking his son died when he succeeds in his plan. The rhetorical appeal used in this myth was none other than pathos as shown by tragic ending appeared to be because of one little mistake the main protagonist made. It made the readers feel happy at first then despair as shown by his dad committing suicide for a little misunderstanding.

 

Work Cited

https://www-numi.fnal.gov/offline_software/oldiupages/simulation/theseus_story.html

 

Sehun Bolaji

Annotated Bibliography

 

The Story of Echo and Narcissus From The Book Of Ovid “Metamorphoses” 

 

In the story of Echo and Narcissus, Narcissus was considered a very handsome man who everyone fell in love at first sight , but he was very narcissistic so he never returned the affection he received towards others. He literally carries around a spear to keep the girls away. A nymph that goes by the name of Echo( who got cursed to only repeat a person’s last words by Hera/Juno) fell in love with him and began to stalk him. One day, he came across a lake to drink some water from after a hike and then he fell in love with his own reflection and stayed and admired himself until he eventually starved himself to death and died. The theme of this story is to beware of the trap of self-absorption. Sure there’s no problem with loving yourself but you shouldn’t love and adore yourself to the point where you refuse to give others the time of day. Furthermore, learn to take rejection because it’s a part of life. The target audience of this piece would be anyone looking for love around the globe. You can’t expect to find love if you refuse to give anyone the time of day, Furthermore, if your stuck on one person who wouldn’t show the same affection you show them. There are “other fish in the sea” so you shouldn’t let one person discourage you, you shouldn’t let someone have a negative effect on your self-esteem. The tone of this story is cautionary. The author is trying to tell us to beware of our own narcissistic behavior for it could be our downfall. The Rhetorical Appeal of this story is pathos, as most Greek mythology stories are. They try to persuade the reader using emotion. The author made the readers feel bad for both echo and narcissus by the unfortunate way they died.

 

Work Cited

http://www.auburn.edu/allynbaconanthology/documents/EchoNarcissus.pdf

 

https://www.classics.uga.edu/sites/default/files/guanci_Final%20Draft%20Teaching%20Project_0.pdf

 

Sehun Bolaji

10/14/19

 

Rhetorical Analysis On the Story of Icarus and Daedalus

 

In the story of Daedalus ( A famous craftsmen in Greek Mythology) and Icarus (His Son) was locked in a tower above Minos (The King of Crete), to keep the secrets of the labyrinth hidden. In order to escape, Daedalus using his crafting skills had crafted two pairs of wings for him and his son to escape. Since Daedalus had crafted the wings using wax, he warned Icarus not to fly too high so the wax won’t melt due to the sun or fly too low so the feathers wont get wet due to the seawater. On their way to freedom Icarus forgot his father’s warning and flew too close to the sun, causing him to fall to the sea and drown. The purpose of the story of Daedalus and Icarus is that you should always heed your parents warning. The basic concept of the story Daedalus and Icarus is that hubris (Pride) is a bad thing. It could be said that the subtext is that you should always heed the advice and warnings of your elders, particularly your parents.

 

The story of Icarus and Daedalus targeted a younger audience, as shown by how Icarus was a young protagonist and fell to his doom not only because of his pride, but because he did not heed his fathers, Daedalus, a more experienced and wiser man warnings. The tone of the story is Egotistical, Arrogant, and Grim. It was egotistical due to the fact that he let his pride get in the way of his judgment. It gave off an Arrogant tone because he did not heed his father’s warning even though he was warned about the consequences of it. Finally, a Grim tone was set because at the end he had faced due to his ignorance. The Myth uses the rhetorical appeal known to us as Pathos. This Myth has an emotional appeal as shown by it using a connection between father and son to get its moral lesson across. Pathos is more effective than ethos and logos due to the target audience. The target audience is a younger age group, to be more specific,  those who don’t respect or listen to their elders, anyone older than them. By using a pathos appeal it keeps the younger audience more entertained. Using stats from ethos and facts from logos would bore the younger generation, if they’re not entertained they won’t be able to get anything out of this mythical story, prohibiting the writer from getting its message across. For instance, icarus getting cocky and flying too close to the sun and falling to his death is more entertaining than that of someone simply saying that listening to our guardians will have a positive effect on us in the future.

 

Work Cited

 

https://www.greekmythology.com/Myths/Mortals/Icarus/icarus.html