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The Use Of Pathos In The Play 'Leaving Home'

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I found in the play “Leaving Home” that I could find the use of pathos in various spots. I noticed the definition “an expression or utterance that evokes sadness or sympathy, esp. in a work of literature; a description, passage, or scene of this nature” more than the others. In this text, I could really see the use of pathos being used by the emotionally-loaded language, the emotional examples, the figurative language, and the emotional tone. The actors had a lot going on in just the short time of the play. In “Leaving Home” I could really see emotionally - loaded language a lot throughout the play. When Kathy said “I had a miscarriage…” that had to of been very tough for her to mention even as being an actress, that was one of the hardest lines to possibly read (French 33). Especially after having Bill asking her all the questions like; if he did something or if she is mad at him. But I am very impressed that she tried to put if off as much as she did even though she knew she would have to tell him sooner or later. I feel that she was not very smart for asking Bill if they would still get married if it was not for the baby because that could lead to many more issues. There were a couple vivid descriptions in the play that I noticed. For example, the biggest one I remember of is when Jacob went to tear up Ben’s diploma. I found that very vivid because the play says “… Then he notices the diploma lying on the table. He grabs it. … He just stares at his father, who stares

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