“The Solitude of Self” as a Humanistic Rhetoric
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton's 1982 speech
- Understanding the significance of the speech
- Stanton's largest obstacles
- The style of the speech in connection with its purpose
- Conclusion
- References
Abstract
the discourse of human rights has been a pervasive topic of rhetorical analysis since the earliest days of America. As different groups of people have moved through social reform, the pursuit of natural rights is often the underlying desire. What makes a human being subject to the freedoms of natural rights? Is every human entitled to such rights, and on what grounds is this justification warranted? In an article entitled "the Constitution of Aspiration and 'the Rights That Belong to Us All'", Hendrick Hartog (1987) paints an answer to these questions by proposing the statement: If our Constitutional beliefs are synonymous with a guaranteed membership in "We the people" , then it is seemingly inappropriate to define oneself by such an "metaphorical image of rights" due to the fact that the Constitution itself excludes many types of individuals from many of these said rights.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton's 1982 speech entitled "the solitude of self " is a critical piece of American literature that finds itself in the middle of a body of historical rhetoric about natural rights. Stanton was a prominent figure associated with the Women's Right Movement of the ninetieth century. Before "the solitude of self" was delivered in 1982, she had spoken about women's rights and suffrage many times before, including one of her most famous speeches at the Seneca Fall convention, "the Declaration of Sentiments". In the "solitude of self" however, Stanton refutes a sole interest in strictly women's rights and draws her audience into an overarching discussion about human and individual rights in general.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton's 1982 speech entitled "the solitude of self " is a critical piece of American literature that finds itself in the middle of a body of historical rhetoric about natural rights. Stanton was a prominent figure associated with the Women's Right Movement of the ninetieth century. Before "the solitude of self" was delivered in 1982, she had spoken about women's rights and suffrage many times before, including one of her most famous speeches at the Seneca Fall convention, "the Declaration of Sentiments". In the "solitude of self" however, Stanton refutes a sole interest in strictly women's rights and draws her audience into an overarching discussion about human and individual rights in general.
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