The Greek Speech, Against The Stepmother, And An Episode...

This essay compares the Ancient Greek speech Against the Stepmother and an episode of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit entitled Legitimate Rape, with the purpose to display the ways the court cases depicted in both the speech and television episode are both similar and different. Against the Stepmother consists of a young man accusing his stepmother for killing his father and was written in Athens between 420 to 411 BC. The Law and Order: Special Victims Unit episode Legitimate Rape was aired on March 27, 2013, and depicts a court case dealing with a woman named Avery accusing her co-worker, Purcell, of rape and stalking. Despite the temporal and cultural differences, there are significant similarities in regards to the use of rhetoric and evidence. Yet, there are immense differences between these two such as the use of lawyers and police in modern cases and the need to appeal to Gods in Ancient Greek times which vastly segregates the two cases. In the Ancient Greek speech, Agai nst the Stepmother, a young man who is eighteen years old accuses his stepmother of killing his father. In his speech, the young man attempts to persuade the jury to indict his stepmother of killing his father, and does so by using rhetoric and empathy to appeal to the jury. The stepmother is defended by her son, the young man’s half-brother. The young man draws on memories from his childhood to explain his father s death, and implores the jury to punish the woman who is guilty ofShow MoreRelatedtheme of alienation n no where man by kamala markandeya23279 Words   |  94 Pagesï » ¿ANTIGONE KEY LITERARY ELEMENTS SETTING This tragedy is set against the background of the Oedipus legend. It illustrates how the curse on the House of Labdacus (who is the grandson of Cadmus, founder of Thebes, and the father of Laius, whose son is Oedipus) brought about the deaths of Oedipus and his wife-mother, Jocasta, as well as the double fratricide of Eteocles and Polynices. Furthermore, Antigone dies after defying King Creon. The play is set in Thebes, a powerful city-state north of Read MoreLogical Reasoning189930 Words   |  760 Pages............................................................ 220 Exercises .......................................................................................................................................... 220 CHAPTER 7 Defending Against Deception ............................................................................. 226 Deception Is All Around Us ............................................................................................................. 227 Exaggeration