Rhetorical Analysis Of Hillary Clinton's Speech

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On November 8th 2016, many Americans lives were turned upside down when they began to realize they had to accept the reality that Donald Trump is the President of the United States of America. Although Clinton won the popular vote with 53% of women and 41% of males voting for her Trump managed to win the electoral votes (fortune). The following day, Hillary Clinton delivered her concession speech. She sent her condolences to her supporters by expressing gratitude and thanking them for sticking by her side. Throughout the speech, Clinton excluded and marginalized certain social groups including the Republicans and men.
Clinton starts off by addressing her fans and supporters, often referred to as the Democratic party, excluding the Republicans. …show more content…

Males have dominated over the females for so many years, creating the stereotypes that women should stay at home and cook dinner for the children. Throughout the speech, Clinton focuses on the women instead of the men because she believed that it was time for women to take that role, for women to stand up and take their rightful place. Men have always been taken seriously in the political arena but Clinton thought it was time for women to be taken seriously and she still believes this can happen as she continues to say “I know we have still not shattered that highest and hardest glass ceiling but someday someone will” (CNN). Clinton refers to the stereotypes that have made it difficult for women to achieve the same goals as men but soon after sets a hopeful and optimistic tone to show her female supporters that even though she was not capable of making the difference, someone will be able to. Clinton always focuses on the females in her speeches because they are the ones that need to be lifted up, men are well respected in the political/social arena but women have to work twice as hard to earn the same amount of respect. Additionally, Clinton disregards the men because only 41% of them voted for her while 53% of women voted for her. It is evident that Clinton is able to appeal to women by promising the change they want to see. In this speech, Clinton appealed to the audience she knew would back her up, as they are the ones that voted for her. She did not address the men as she knew they did not envision the America she was

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