Those Glorious American Revolutionaries
How does one write about revolution? Must he describe the powers that rule, or should he paint in the reader's mind a picture of the rising anger the persons seeking justice withhold? In the midst of the 1770's, three writers expressed such vivid opinions. A speech presented by Patrick Henry on March 23 of 1775, the poem "To His Excellency General Washington," by Phillis Wheatley, and the Declaration of Independence written by Thomas Jefferson all share the theme of the rising glory of America. These three examples of revolutionary propaganda have all led me to the same idea. That being revolutionary opinion helped spark the people of that time to fight for their freedom. "If we wish to be free--if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending--if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained--we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight!" This lengthy exert from a speech by Patrick Henry addressed to General Washington I feel shows great esteem for the basis of this essay. Patrick Henry expresses strong opinions on their, the people of the
While some people find poetry to be eccentric and meaningless, others can relate to the emotional pleas and our able to interpret the message that is presented. Phillis Wheatley, a female ex-slave, used a technique called personification to illustrate points in her poems. Phillis Wheatley writes, "While freedom's cause her anxious breast alarms, she flashes dreadful in refulgent arms. See mother earth her offspring's fate bemoan, and nations gaze at scenes before unknown! See the bright beams of heaven's revolving light, involved in sorrows and the veil of night! The goddess comes, she moves divinely fair, olive and laurel binds her golden hair." Lines three through eight of her poem "To His Excellency General Washington" describe America. It talks of the people of America becoming anxious to fight for their freedom. It talks of how the people of America have never experienced this type of commotion before. The goddess most likely represents America, getting ready to fight. The rest of her poem describes how America enters the war as the underdogs, but since God is on their side, they are the ones who will live freely in "the land of freedom's heaven-defended race!" Surely one must believe, provided these examples of revolutionary genius, that the inhibitors of the colonies were encouraged to fight for their freedom because of such works. I do believe though that these works were not made for the sole inten
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