Christine de Pizan focuses on  how men and women have different emotional states. Women being more caring, nurturing, and men being easily angered, aggressive, and competitive. She states this because of the compatibility of the two states. How women are the best cure for men and vise versa.

Rhetoric expanded from ancient Athens to the Roman empire. Many people may look at the progression of rhetoric through Quintilian and assess that rhetoric was limited by the roman empire. This is due to the fact that during Quintilian’s time he would have been executed for use of political rhetoric. However, during Quintilian’s time the elegance of rhetoric was improved greatly. This focused a lot on the audience, the grace of the speakers words, and how the speaker presented his or herself when  addressing an audience. One figure who is not considered is Augustine. Augustine is thought to have saved rhetoric through using it in his sermons. Augustine studied rhetoric extensively, reading the texts of Plato, Aristotle, and Cicero first hand. He deduces from his extensive studies of rhetorical tradition that he can gain and improve servants of god by using rhetoric in his sermons to persuade and convince the many to see the church in his eyes. Rhetorical traditions expanded from Ancient Greece to the Roman Empire through furthering the use of elegance and better the sermons preached in religious institutions throughput the region.

Vir Bonus is a common topic among Cicero and Quintilian. Vir bonus meaning good man, speaking well. To delve into this definition, it means a man of good character and virtue that speaks well, through rhetoric. A second meaning is to speak well of a good or virtuous man. Cicero tends to side with Aristotle when it comes to epideictic rhetoric and giving praise or blame. Cicero wants the audience to be happy and enjoy what the author is saying. He believes that when praising someone for a virtuous deed such as, “done without profit or reward” as he states on page 167. Quintilian however believes that this should only be used for, “the betterment of the community.” (168-169) This would be for something such as a funeral service or in a court.

This is such a concern to roman rhetoricians because it is important to capture the audience’s attention and hold it for as long as possible. This will also put them in a good mood (pathos) so they can readily accept the logos that is almost imminent.

english essay fall semester MAJ. Garriott-2j4318c

1. I learned  a lot about rhetoric and about writing as well. I was able to formulate my own definition of rhetoric and I now side with a rhetorician, Aristotle, as opposed to, Plato. I learned that it is a good habit to communicate with your professors outside of class if you are struggling with something. I really enjoyed learning about the History of rhetoric and the different methods it was used for. It was interesting to find out at one point in time it was debated that rhetoric was something that not everyone could use, considering rhetoric is in everything we say. That would be like saying some people cannot speak.
2. I have really enjoyed the out side of class reading paired with class discussions. I learn a lot when you over see class discussion when the students bring up a point or question and  you give feed back or go more in depth on the point. The only struggle I have had is posting annotations or e-portfolio. I like the idea but I am disinclined technologically so it was tough for me. I did not have trouble with doing the annotations themselves.

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