A Mom's Rhetoric
A Play in Three Acts By Miriam Burton
ACT I: Ethos
MOM and LITTLE GIRL enter room.
MOM: You need to do your chores now. Go on.
LITTLE GIRL: Why?
MOM: Because I said so.
MOM and LITTLE GIRL leave room. LITTLE GIRL is dissatisfied.
ACT II: Pathos
MOM and LITTLE GIRL enter room.
MOM: You need to do your chores now. Go on.
LITTLE GIRL: Why?
MOM (begins to cry): Because I work around the house all day, and the least you can do is help out once in a while!
MOM and LITTLE GIRL leave room. MOM is still crying, and LITTLE GIRL is distressed.
ACT III: Logos
MOM and LITTLE GIRL enter room.
MOM: You need to do your chores now. Go on.
LITTLE GIRL: Why?
MOM: Because someone needs to do them, or everything will end up run-down and messy. You don't want that, do you? I could do all the chores, but it's your responsibility as a member of this house to help out. Besides, you need to learn how to work so you can be a mother yourself someday.
MOM and LITTLE GIRL leave room. LITTLE GIRL is resigned.
THE END
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