A Burkean analysis of the rhetorical dimensions of a multiple murder and suicide

1 April 1974

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in Quarterly Journal of Speech

Vol. 60 (2) , 175-189
https://doi.org/10.1080/00335637409383223

Abstract

The documented facts of an actual multiple murder and suicide are presented. The case is then analyzed through melding Kenneth Burke's theory with his critical calculus, the hexad. Example of the Agent acting out and personifying principles of Burkean theory are presented and analyzed. It is suggested that such pathological, dysfunctional rhetoric become an area of study for theorists.

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