Kenneth Burke’s dramatism

In this discussion, we will focus on Kenneth Burke’s dramatism. For this discussion, you will provide a brief rhetorical criticism, an interpretation of a rhetorical artifact. You will need to use the terms of the dramatistic pentad — provided in the notes. Search the internet for an image of Grant Wood’s painting “The midnight ride of Paul Revere.” Using the terms of Burke’s dramatistic pentad (act, scene, agent, agency, purpose), explain how Wood asks the viewer to understand Revere’s ride. Remember that there is what actually occurred when Revere rode from Boston to Concord and there are dramatic ways of recounting and using the story of the event. A rhetorical critic is interested in the latter, but that doesn’t mean historical information or information about the rhetor (Grant Wood in this case) is not useful to aid the critic. Do some online research to aid your understanding of the painting and its rhetoric.