Logos And Pathos In The Crucible '

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Abigail is her sons biggest advocate, she wants him to succeed, especially in the footsteps of his father who is massively successful. Throughout this passage, she gushes to her son that she is incredibly proud of where he is in life. Logos and pathos are frequently used to justify her love. Pathos is a way of pursuing with the use of emotions, in this letter Adams is informing her son that she believes in him because he doesn't seem to believe in himself. She begins the letter being passive aggressive, “I should not have urged you to accompany your father and brother when you appeared so averse to the voyage” (line 6-8), followed by “You, however, readily submitted to my advice”. Essentially she is saying you choose to go to France, but
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