Directions: Watch the video below, and answer the questions.
- Who is the target audience for this eulogy (think about the target audience for any eulogy, but, also, who Angelou identifies as her audience)?
- What is the Occasion/Situation? Think about what makes this situation different from any other speech honoring someone.
- What is the purpose of this eulogy (regard all the different ways that Angelou talks about King; how do the different approaches she takes reveal the multiple aspects of King's life and mission?)?
- What are some of the rhetorical appeals in this eulogy, and why are they necessary? (Think about how she connects to the audience emotionally and logically. What is her credibility, beyond the fact that she is Maya Angelou?)
- Do you see any logical fallacies? If so, what are they?
Initial blog post due before class on March 12th. Try to keep your post as succinct as possible.
Reply to classmate: Find a classmate who does not already have a response, and note one aspect of the response that you feel was particularly effective in its identification of either Audience, Occasion, Purpose or Rhetorical Appeal. Tell your classmate why and how his/her approach to that aspect was effective (what appeals does s/he use for his/her audience: you?)
Reply due before class on March 17th. Be clear, detailed and succinct in your reply.
Maya Angelou direct audience was those who gather there, principalities, presidents, senators, those of us who run great companies, who know something about being parents, who know something about being preachers and teachers her indirect audience was the Nation.
ReplyDeleteThe Occasion was Angelou eulogy for her family and it was to honor a loved one who has died. But also honor a great equal rights activist and revisit her goal for equality. Angelou pledges to not stop the fight for equality.
The purpose was to help us picture the departed person. The eulogy brings the audience together. Once united, Angelou gives the audience a call to action.
Ethos
Angelou emphasizes her relationship with Mrs. King, and therefore her qualifications to speak, by referring to herself and King as “we” and also as “a sister-of-a-sister.” Through Angelou’s has a first person reference and reference to racial affiliation, Angelou makes it clear that she is qualified to speak to others that cared about Mrs. King because they were friends.
It makes a saint into a human It would be easy to consider Mrs. King a martyr of sorts, but Angelou brings her back to earth with personal stories only she would know
Logos
The logic that, people who have learned something from Coretta Scott King know about dignity without being cold and aloof, because Miss King was those things.
“I have beside me up here millions of people who are living and standing straight and erect, and knowing something about dignity without being cold and aloof, knowing something about being contained without being unapproachable -- people who have learned something from Coretta Scott King.”
Pathos
“Coretta Scott King's face remained a study in serenity.
Liking her with serenity
“She was a born of flesh and destined to become iron, born -- born a cornflower and destined to become a steel magnolia.”
Showing how resolved she was by invoking are emotions using powerful words like she became Iron and a steel magnolia.
Fallacies
Flattery “And those of us who gather here, principalities, presidents, senators, those of us who run great companies, who know something about being parents, who know something about being preachers and teachers”
She treats her audience like they are capable of great leadership
Argument ad populum by appealing to audience general values
1. Maya Angelou direct audience was the presidents, senators, people who run great companies, parents, preachers and teachers and her indirect audience was the Nation.
ReplyDelete2. The Occasion was Angelou eulogy for her family and it was to honor a loved one who has died. But also honor a great equal rights activist and revisit her goal for equality. Angelou pledges to not stop the fight for equality.
3. The purpose was to help us picture the whole concept. The eulogy brings the audience together.Angelou gives the audience a call to action.
Ethos
4. Angelou talks about her relationship with Mrs. King, and her qualifications to speak, by referring to herself and King as “we” or “a sister-of-a-sister.” Through Angelou’s has a first person reference and reference to racial affiliation, Angelou makes it clear that she is qualified to speak to others that cared about Mrs. King because they were friends.
Marquest, right on with your reply and Ms. Angelou is very effective in that identification of her audience. However, I felt that her audience was not just this nation, but the entire world. When Ms. Angelou said Mrs. King was concerned for the struggle in Ireland and Palestine as well as Israel. I think her audience was everybody and anyone that can help this situation. (Holla Back)
DeleteMs. Angelou general audience was not only the people there at the eulogy for Mrs. King, but the world over. Sure Ms. Angelou included the president and senators as her target audience, because they were people of power, but she identified her audience as people who knew something about dignity and being contained, people who learned from Mrs. King.
ReplyDeleteThis situation is different because this is about a woman that’s not in power. A woman that cared deeply, not just for her race but cared for humans in all countries. The fight for equal rights for everyone, all races. The president is the president of the USA. His eulogy may not include a world of people, however Mrs. King was an ambassador for everybody. All races in every country around the world.
Ms. Angelou connected with her audience by stating that Mrs. King believed religiously in a non- violent protest that could heal the entire nation. That she was a quintessential woman who cherished her race and women and cared for the conditions of human being. She related to people who knew something about being contained and Dignity, logically speaking, somebody who learned from Mrs. King. Ms. Angelou is a well-known poet and her creditability is in poetry.
I like your blog. I feel you were effective with using Mrs. Kings kind heart to portray her as a humanitarian not only for her race, but for all mankind. I do agree with you that the eulogy was meant for people all over.
Delete1.) Ms. Angelou direct audience is the president, the senators, great companies, preachers, teachers, and the men and women sitting before her. Her indirect audience is the nation in general.
ReplyDelete2.) Her situation was that Ms. Angelou cares so deeply about equality and civil rights and she will not give up on equality. She told her audience how much she honors the Kings and how they were like "sisters".
3.) The purpose for Ms. Angelou's speech was for the nation to better understand equality and hope one day everyone will be treated equally. Also that there are still people in the world still fighting for equality and will not give up.
4.) Ms. Angelou uses emotion to grab her audiences attention by letting her audience know she considers the Kings as family. She used examples of conversations she had and how they both feel the same about equality.
Her purpose and situation was definitely affective. Equality was was big thing for her and the kings. She did use quite some emotion when talking about her friend. But I do believe that its not just the nation she is talking about but equality starts with the nation.
DeleteMaya Angelou's audience was to the nation and every one for equality and change. She also stated that it was for "her family and anyone who wanted to attend but couldn't,those who live with dignity,and people who learned something from Loretta Scott King." The occasion was powerful because not only did she re-live precious moments they shared but also shared what Coretta wanted and how she wanted us (the world) to be 1. She also stated the every day struggle and how peace and justice should be allowed to everyone at anytime. She didn't want to leave as just a "footnote on the page of history." She re-instated what Mrs King as well as Martin Luther King Jr's dreams were for the nation. The purpose was to mention the issue of equality as well as inform that although she is gone, she isn't the only one who wants equality. She brings them not only an inspiring tribute of Mrs Kings hopes and dreams, as well as what Mrs. King accomplished. She pulls the audience in by making it about everyone because that is what Coretta Scott King wanted, every one to be as one. I believe she connected with her audience because the way she spoke of people with dignity, teachers, senators, and those who know about being parents and led them to believe they were all capable of great things. Angelou used logic in mentioning the ongoing issues of of equality all over the world as well as what Mrs. King did and what she believed. " She believed It could heal a nation mired in a history of slavery and all its excesses." and emotionally pulled us in by singing powerful words and talking about how Mrs King cherished not only women but the conditions of human beings. She cared for every body and their struggles. Maya is very credible as a poet, sister and close friend of Coretta. "I pledge to you, my sister, i mean to say I want to see a better world..." was a beautiful ending to the eulogy as well as statement that left the audience feeling empowered and hopeful for a better future.
ReplyDeleteLia, your description of the situation and audience was extremely well supported. Your use of the ideals and images used by Maya supported your stance and were easy to read and understand. I feel the way you built up to the close was a very good and accurate summary of the feelings and thoughts given in the eulogy.
Delete1.Maya Angelou's target audience would be the president, the preachers, the teachers, the senators, and all others who are gathered before her that are considered people of power. Her indirect audience I think would be those who were not in attendance, but still listened to the speech.
ReplyDelete2. Her situation was that she cared so deeply about others and she wanted everyone to be treated equal no matter there race.
3. The purpose of her speech was to show the importance of equality and for people to understand it. She also expresses her feelings on how there is still inequality in the world.
4. She first explains how she is qualified to speak and then begins to use emotion to capture the audiences attention. She personally knew the Kings and considered them family, so she uses personal conversations they shared to express to the audience how they agreed that people should have equal rights.
1.Her target audience was to the people ones look up to. Leaders that guide you.
ReplyDelete2. Her situation was that her speech geared more towards everyone to be treated equally and honoring her friend. Towards peace, kindness, and justice.
3.The purpose was to share her point of equality in, race, gender, and creed.
4. she got on a personal level by using jokes and singing. She also used personal experiences and talk about her friend. Logically she talked about race and things some could relate to.
5. I actually did not notice any logical fallacies
Tyie responding to one of the posts, yours really stood out to me. When you said Maya Angelou got on a personal level with the audience by using jokes and singing. I don’t think anyone else pointed this out. She did get on a personal level from the start with singing to you like she would if you were in her church and then following that with her anecdotes. You also defined her target audience, situation and purpose well.
Delete1. Maya Angelou stated her audience as people of power and influence. her indirect audience was the nation as a whole.
ReplyDelete2. The situation was how everyone should be treated equally, how people should treat other people with fairness.
3.The purpose of the eulogy was to express inequality in the world. And how big of a problem inequality was to her.
4. Maya Angelou used emotion and recall on her and King equal understanding for inequality.
5. I could not spot any fallacies
1. The target audience was influential people and anyone who cared to listen.
ReplyDelete2. The situation was that she cared about equality no matter the race.
3. The purpose of the eulogy was to share her opinions about the lack of equality in the world.
4. Maya Angelou reminiscing about the King's used emotion to connect to the people and to show how her and the King's shared the same views.
5. Did not see any fallacies.
The target audience were the people at Coretta Scott Kings funeral, principals, presidents, senators, those who run great companies,who know something about being parents, preachers, teachers. The situation, is the death of Coretta Scott King, and most importantly remembering her life, strong beliefs for equality, and love for people world wide no matter your race, gender, sex, age, or status.The Purpose of the eulogy is to remember who Mrs. King was and what she represented when she was alive. Ms. Angelou uses poetry, repetition, humor, and powerful emotion. Some rhetorical appeals in the eulogy were:
ReplyDeletePathos - in the beginning of the video when she was singing, she also uses humor when she refers back to when Angelou and Mrs. King referred to one another as "girl". The use of pathos always gets me emotionally attached. She also uses logos, and talks about the beliefs of peace and equality,fair play, kindness, and justice. Her credibility is she was Mrs. Kings "chosen" sister. Maya Angelou is a civil rights activists, and a family friend to Coretta Scott King.
I completely agree with everything you stated in your paragraph. She used strong pathos and the humor definitely helped draw people in. I believe she did a great job of using all three appeals to draw people in and get them hooked by the emotion and wanting for change. By also specifying what Mrs. King represented and what they still fight for was powerful. :) Great job!
Delete1. The Audience she spoke at were those in attendance, the ones she spoke to were mainly minorities and women. In general people that are one way or another oppressed in one fashion or another. People in power that can make a difference.
ReplyDelete2. The situation is a funeral of a very influential women that was not only an equality activist herself but the widow of Martin Luther King Jr. who by all standards was one of the most quintessential figures in the civil rights movement and beloved worldwide, whose ideologies she carried forward till her own death, drew worldwide attention.
Maya was her friend, she loved and cared for her as a person.
3. The Purpose was to express the values of Coretta Scott King and unite all minorities of both race and gender to perpetuate a stand for equality in all its forms by stance of non-violence. An appeal for action against injustice by," calling out" world leaders with millions via TV in attendance.
4. Maya uses a gospel hymn type opening to "set the stage" in connecting to the religious attendees. She used personnel experience with the deceased as "Sisters" to give connection to both depth of relationship and appeal to black women, as well as women in general. Maya builds and expands to specifically call out all minorities and turns the position of power back at the players at large by looking directly at those in attendance when asking for people not be "footnotes." This is a women who was directly involved in the history we read or the School namesake we studied in. She was a witness to the lives of people that "did" make a difference for all of us - if that's not credibility, I wouldn't know what to look for.
5. I really didn't find anything else but really enjoyed the way she used one jump to the other and always held attention no matter by singing or reflection, she came across very personnel and as someone with deep love, admiration, and understanding of Coretta Scott King and what she stood for.
1) Maya Angleou’s audience was family, friends, presidents, senators, preachers, and teachers. Her indirect audience was the entire world.
ReplyDelete2) The speech was given at Mrs. King’s eulogy. This speech is different because Mrs. King touched a lot of peoples live not just here in the States, but all across the globe by being a well-respected humanitarian and civil rights activist.
3) The purpose of Ms. Angleou’s eulogy was to remember a very strong, caring black woman who wanted to see equality for all. No matter a person’s race, gender, or even sexual preference.
4) Maya Angelou was a dear friend to Mrs. King. They were “sisters” and would always get together each year on the day Mr. King died, which also was Angelou’s birthday. Her tight bond with Mrs. King and her examples is what creates her credibility as well as emotions. Angleou first addresses the audience with Mrs. King’s beliefs of non-violent religious protest for all people. Also what Mrs. King has accomplished over the years with equality, human and civil rights. This establishes logical reasoning as well as credibility.
5) “She was a born of flesh and destined to become iron, born -- born a cornflower and destined to become a steel magnolia.” I believe this is a logical fallacy.
I must tell you that I'm doubting right now about fallacies, you could be right on your last sentences. I didn't find any though but I could be wrong.
DeleteI agree with your blog Leah. You showed Angelou's credibility by giving Angelou's experiences with the kings and how close they were. Great job!
DeleteHere is my succinct response. I am not understanding this pathos, ethos and logos, getting frustrated trying to find them. Any help is welcome.
ReplyDeleteMaya Angelou’s audience is made up of well educated and politically influential people. Her audience is also made up of affluent people from around the world as well as civil rights activists. People in her audience included persons who knew Mrs. Coretta Scott King well. The occasion is the funeral service of Mrs. King. This situation is different than any other speech honoring someone because Mrs. Angelou was a very close friend of Mrs. King. The purpose of this speech is to give words of remembrance and speak of Mrs. King’s accomplishments.
Ethos
Maya Angelou mentions that she and Mrs. King used to call themselves “Chosen Sisters.”
Pathos
“She loved her church fervently. She loved and adored her husband and her children.”
Logos
“I do believe that peace and justice should belong to every person, everywhere, all the time.”
Jess, You are frustrated, that's Pathos. You are qualified to tell me that you are frustrated, that's Ethos. And, I am not understanding this. Well, that's Logos.
DeleteJess, I get frustrated as well, but not from reading this. Its from knowing that this unjust really did happen. Ms. Angelou audience was also made up of people just like you, frustrated and not understanding how this unjust can go on. How does it feel? That's your emotions, the pathos.
DeleteMaya Angelou's audience was everybody in general but she highlight important people as she stayed: presidents, teachers, preachers and people from great companies
ReplyDeleteThe Occasion is Honoring Mrs. King. For what she was and for what she believed expressing that she made a difference
This Eulogy had the purpose was tell the audience about what Mrs. King believes, and how did she felt about society. that equality should be among us regardless race, color and/or religious
Maya’s emotion is definitely the main reason in how she got the attention from the audience as she described how close they were and how they called each other “sister.” she used Gospel song as intro and at the end of her speech which it made the speech even more emotional.
I didn’t find any logical fallacies since she always refer to someone or to something specific.
I agree with you, there is no question about her credibility (ethos). She was effective in getting the audience’s attention because she used personal examples about her and Mrs. King. It was interesting to find out what kind of relationship they had.
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