The Great Dictator Rhetorical Analysis

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In Charles Chaplin's movie "The Great Dictator," the primary Rhetorical Appeal that he employs for the final speech is Pathos. Chaplin, as the Jewish Barber mistaken for the actual Dictator, summons his passion for humanity to unite in order to avoid becoming the mindless machines that have stolen the people's identities. In his speech, the "Dictator" declares, "Don't give yourself to...machine men with machine minds and machine hearts!" Chaplin's exclamatory declaration resonates with the passion necessary to transform the citizens' perceptions of what a leader should be. "Machine men" evokes a robotic, unfeeling state of being that wipes out any trace of compassion. Additionally, machines are created and programmed by humans, which

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