Saturday, December 18, 2010
Persuasive Arguement
Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury. I ask of you, a simple request. My request is that you, the people of London, put this vicious criminal Mr. Hyde in prison for the rest of his days. He brutally murdered a member of parliment Mr. Sir Danvers Carew. It was late at night when this incident occurred. Mr. Hyde beat the life out of Carew. The end of his cane was found in the gutter of his mansion. The next evening Mr. Utterson went to Hyde's house and found the other half of the murder weapon. This also isn't the first time that Hyde commited a crime. One early morning, at about 3 O' Clock, Mr. Hyde trampled a little girl and left her on the ground. As many of you may not know because Hyde bribed the family to keep this a secret. There are witnesses in both of these cases. A maid for the murder and Mr. Enfield for the girl. So my fellow citizens of London, all I ask of you is to make the right decision. Don't let a criminal walk. I don't want any criminals running loose in this fine city. Thank you for your time and I hope you make the right choice.
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Oooh! You really have a flair for this point of view! Spend a little more time expanding your introduction. Consider some of the strategies you witnessed on the youtube clips shown in class. Formally introduce the case and the accused, then remind the jury of what their duty is as jury members and members of society. Next, you can move into separate paragraphs that are focused on your reasons. I think your reasons could be divided into paragraphs according to the following subtopics: the premeditated target (victim) which shows he choose his victim because of his status and therefore was sane, the actual evidence and witnesses to the murder (sum up the testimonies given during the trial), and finally Hyde's character (including character witnesses and Hyde's past transgressions. Great start! Best of luck!
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