Rhetorical Analysis Of The Beard

Lastly, episode 15 of season six, ‘The Beard,” is the episode where Elaine attempts to convert a gay man to heterosexuality. At first, Elaine is pretending to be a gay friend’s girlfriend, but soon the facade leads Elaine into developing romantic feelings and deciding to “turn” the man from a homosexual to a heterosexual for her own selfish reasons. By the end of the episode, Elaine learns she cannot force the man to “change teams,” and moves on. The purpose of the episode is that no matter how you feel about someone, if they do not feel the same, you cannot force them to do so. Seinfeld hardly uses the rhetorical appeal of pathos, or the appeal to emotion. The main idea of Seinfeld is to entertain the audience at the expense of the character’s misfortunes throughout the episodes, not to inspire or deject other’s opinions nor to persuade the audience to feel a certain way about subjects at hand. When Elaine attempts to change a man’s sexual orientation for her own benefit, the audience can unravel the end of the episode easily; it is not easy to change how you are and no one should change to make others happy. By hardly using the emotional appeal, the co-creators send the message that individuals should be open-minded to understand why and where other

“He takes issue with a third party jumping to the conclusion that he and Ethan, dining alone together, could not possibly be on a date” (Arbeiter). Arbeiter continues to explain how the situation is funny because Jerry is insecure that he is not seen as a prospective mate for Ethan. The more one tries to read into Seinfeld’s episodes on sexual orientation, the more one may argue that the episodes were too subtle to influence today’s society. However, Arbeiter shared this initial