Rhetorical Analysis for "Frame of Government of Pennsylvania 1682"

Who is the author?
The author of "Frame of Government of Pennsylvania 1682" is William Penn.

Who is his or her audience?
I am unclear of the audience. But due to the context, I would infer that this is written to anyone who is trying to understand how and why the laws were what they were.

What was the tone of the document?
The tone of "Frame of Government of Pennsylvania 1682" was informative, honest, and religious. In a way, it is also positive, in telling us (the reader) that righteous people should be rewarded and only the people doing non-righteous things should fall under the law and consequences.

What was the purpose and context of the piece?
The purpose and context of this piece was to inform the readers on why laws should be made, in part referring to god and his power, and the main idea was that those who do righteous things, which god made our duty because of all the blessings that he chose to put upon us and make us with, should be acknowledged and those who allow their lust to prevail over their duty should have justify their doings before a court and receive the consequences rightfully owned to them. How this ties into the government (in synapses of the article at hand) is that the all forms of government, whether they be a monarchy, aristocracy, democracy, etc., should follow by rules that point out those that are just and those that aren't, in accordance with the duties put upon them by god and it is better to have good people with a not so great government, then a not so good people and a great government, because good people will continue to do good things regardless and the law is only for those in the wrong.

How is it persuasive?
Ethos (emotions)- the emotional appeal in this piece would have to be good over evil, (like i mentioned several times before) because it talks a lot about how people who do good deserve to acknowledged for it and those who do bad should have to see why their actions were in the wrong and pay the consequences. Another emotional appeal presented in this piece, which is very evadable, would be religious. This is shown in the very last sentence two sentences of the preface, saying "Which I humbly pray and hope God will please to make the lot of this of Pensilvania. Amen." As well as in the first paragraph, saying "When the great and wise God had made the world, if all his creatures, it pleased him to chuse man his Deputy to rule it........" and all in between the the beginning and end of the preface. Basically, god had a profound foundation in this piece.

Pathos (credibility)- William Penn was the author of this article, making it credible because Pennsylvania was named after him because under his direction, it was planned and developed, so clearly he would be a guy to listen to about how the government and laws came about. Also, he was for religious freedom, so him including god in the reasoning, would fit to par.

Logos (logic)- The logic is clear, doing good equals good and doing wrong equals consequences, in a society where religion is cean, god will would be included in the justifaction, and the government is no acception to these two righteous things (for a lack of a better word).