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Definition of Pathos
Pathos, along with logos and ethos, is one of the three "modes of persuasion" in rhetoric (the art of effective speaking or writing). Pathos is an argument that appeals to... read full definition
Pathos, along with logos and ethos, is one of the three "modes of persuasion" in rhetoric (the art of effective speaking or writing). Pathos is... read full definition
Pathos, along with logos and ethos, is one of the three "modes of persuasion" in rhetoric (the art of effective... read full definition
Key Examples in The Count of Monte Cristo
Chapter 7 – The Interrogation
Explanation and Analysis—Society Schmoozing:
In Chapter 7, as Villefort meets with Dantès, he sees a striking similarity between himself and the young accused captain. His thoughts immediately turn to how he can best pitch this similarity to his friends in elegant, aristocratic conversation, however, and craft the story with a particular appeal to emotion (pathos):
This philosophical analogy, he thought, would cause a great stir when he returned to M. de Saint-Méran’s salon; and, while Dantès waited for his next question, he was already mentally ordering the antitheses around which orators construct those sentences designed to elicit applause, but which sometimes produce the illusion of true eloquence.
