Read this excerpt from a speech Eleanor Roosevelt made following Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor. Which phrase or sentence demons
trates the use of pathos? By tomorrow morning the members of Congress will have a full report and be ready for action. In the meantime, we the people are already prepared for action. For months now the knowledge that something of this kind might happen has been hanging over our heads and yet it seemed impossible to believe, impossible to drop the everyday things of life and feel that there was only one thing which was important—preparation to meet an enemy no matter where he struck. That is all over now and there is no more uncertainty. We know what we have to face and we know that we are ready to face it.
A. By tomorrow morning the members of Congress will have a full report and be ready for action.
B. For months now the knowledge that something of this kind might happen has been hanging over our heads
C. Preparation to meet an enemy no matter where he struck.
D. We know what we have to face and we know that we are ready to face it.
The mood Shakespeare evokes through these lines is one of despair. He is in despair because he is calling out to a "deaf heaven." He knows his cries are useless because they will go unheard or unanswered. He is also feeling unlucky as a result of his fate, feeling as though he is not something more because that fate has held him back or beat him down.
