Lincoln's Gettysburg address is considered as one of the most influential speeches in the history of the United States of America. It occurred 4 and a half months after the Union defeated The Confederacy in the Civil War.
In this speech, Lincoln clearly makes a stance on his position regarding slavery, stating that the United States was a nation "conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men were created equal.
Lincoln focuses on Pathos. A technique used to appeal to the peoples´ emotions. During his speech, he mentions all of the soldiers who died during the wars up until now and urges the people to honor them by pursuing the goal of a nation where all men are free, regardless of their origins.
A. The mystery around the monkey's paw is introduced
Hints of this lie in the adjectives such as "curiously" and the mention of "magic" which tells the reader that there might be something more to monkey's paw, and that maybe we should be curious.
To show how difficult it is to create a fairy
tale
To describe the effects of imagination on
fear
To reveal the ways in which real life and
fairy tales are similar
To make the author story seem even bleaker by
contrast
