43 pages • 1 hour read
Apology
Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult
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Essay Topics
1.
Name two rhetorical techniques Socrates uses in his defense. Do you find these techniques persuasive? Why or why not?
2.
What is the historical context surrounding Socrates’s trial? How did Socrates’s actions during the reign of the Thirty Tyrants influence his accusers’ decision to prosecute him?
3.
What do you view as the purpose of Socrates’s defense? Is it merely to avoid punishment for his alleged crimes? Or does something else motivate Socrates?
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