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Back to category: English Limited version - please login or register to view the entire paper. english hsc- speeches study notes Study Notes- English Socrates- “No evil can happen” Purpose Socrates’ actual purpose is to defend freedom of conscience. His ostensible purpose is to be acquitted. Audience 501 judges of Athens in 399BC. Context Athens was a burgeoning democracy and has just been through the ‘glory days’ of Pericles (440BC). They have just fought the Peloponnesian war against Sparta and its democracy is under threat. Techniques • He writes in first person, as he is defending himself. • Uses a morality statement to begin “Thou doest wrong to think that a man of any use at all is to weigh the risk of life and death, and not to consider one thing only, whether when h... Posted by: John Mayes Limited version - please login or register to view the entire paper. |
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