This is an interesting question to ask,
President Roosevelt's mode of persuasion was "Ethos" this type of persuasion always involves the personal character of the speaker who is speaking.
Moreover, President Roosevelt was the 32nd president of the America , he served as president from 1933 to 1945. His full name was " Franklin D. Roosevelt". The scholars in America rated the Roosevelt very high and ranked him with one of the greatest presidents of american history.
The correct answer here is the flashback. After the soldiers sent him over the bridge to hang we enter a flashback sequence where we find out how Peyton got to the point where we first meet him. We find out that he was tricked by a disgraced Union soldier and he interfered with the railroad and the punishment for that is death by hanging.
<span>A literary critic's analysis of the characters and their contrasts in the play. I would say this would be the best source since presumably the literary critic would be trained in Shakespeare's plays and would be used to writing analyses from long experience doing them whereas students would not have that much experience with his plays most likely.</span>