Communication Theory Application

The Chappaquiddick incident refers to the car accident that occurred on July 18, 1969, involving Ted Kennedy and Mary Jo Kopechne. The incident resulted in Kopechne's death and led to Kennedy being accused of fleeing the scene and facing criminal charges. The incident has been analyzed through various perspectives, including communication theory, using Kenneth Burke's pentad model. According to the model, the five elements that dominated the situation were: scene (the accident), act (Kennedy's actions), agent (Kennedy), agency (the circumstances of the accident), and purpose (to rescue Kennedy).

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ASSIGNMENT

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Answer 1: The location at that evening demonstrated the concerning example i.e. the speech of
Chappaquiddick which might be having the intended gesture of logics in order to rescue the
general picture of Kennedy's population. Further, Kennedy himself as the victim of the picture or
a scene by which he doesn’t require any control. The first half was discussed about the utilization
and the discourse which the exploitation's story was stating through the wrath of the voters of
Massachusetts. Then, the mischance of the auto took place with the lady Marxist-Leninist Jo
Kopechne (Griffiths, C., & Cos, G. 2007). Moreover, the mischance was highlighted once on the
Island of Chappaquiddick. The obligations of Kennedy were vague in relation to the accident,
and the reports were delayed in setting up the situation where he faced the criminal charges along
with the scolds of government funds. Furthermore, defining the mischance in which the lady
(Marxist-Leninist Jo Kopechne) died. Kennedy blamed the lighting, bridge’s slenderness along
with the haziness.
Answer 2: The scene was about the accident. Further, Kennedy might be going under the trials
and on July 25 in order to be liable for fleeing the scenes in relation to the mishap. Moreover, at
that night around 7.30, Kennedy convinced the paramount of the Island Chappaquiddick’s
discourse of the funds of the government. Furthermore, in the speech, the onlooker’s group of
elementary might have hindered the nationals in relation to the Massachusetts. The gathering of
the individuals has become the subject of the US. It has been observed that the Kennedy drove
his car on Marxist-Leninist Jo Kopechne and fled from the place by leaving her behind in order
to die and as a result, the lady died (Cos, G. 2016).
Answer 3: The agents are being defined as the voters, and the inconsistency might be
determined through re-assigning the Massachusetts voters to a part of productiveness and further
allowing Kennedy in order to proceed further. Similarly, agonize unfolding the scene or the

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situation at the end and the energy which is put in the drama doesn’t exaggerate the contention to
a great extent. It has been observed that the agents are being treated as an important part of the
case because the voters were fighting for the right of the lady and they wanted Kennedy to be
punished because he drove the car on the lady and left her at that particular place in order to die.
Personally, I believe that the agents played a crucial role in the cases which include the criminal
charges as the agents help in changing the perception of the law to a great extent if they are not
able to see the truth and a victim is able to get the justice at any cost.
Answer 4: The vagueness includes the accumulation of the things which were done previously,
the other content and the context could be translated as the alternate office of the agonized below
the heading in relation to the scene or the picture in the discourse once Grenada and Lebanon.
Furthermore, the view point of the adaptation is looking into the picture which meets the
requirements along with the gathering of the information and also demonstrates the constraints of
the operations against the investment of America. Moreover, the troops of the Syria or the
bomber of the truck for the distinct contexts might work as the agent of immaculate, alternately
the contenders of anti-Israel which works as the agency will further remain undisputed.
Therefore, in the speech, they worked dramatically as the essential components of the scene or
the picture, and they were also treated as an important aspect of the speech which further made
the speech very interesting.
Answer 5: The purpose of the speech is to describe the mishap which was clinched and killed
the Marxist-Leninist Jo Kopechne. Furthermore, Kennedy blamed the lighting as there was the
absence of the lights, the bridge’s slenderness, and the street’s murkiness even without the
guardrails. Also, Kennedy noticed that the ears were being filled with water quickly and he was
being perplexed due to the darkness of water, coldness and the occasions of sudor. For the

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distinct words, the scene or the picture processed the mishap, and the Kennedy along with the
Leninist Jo Kopechne were exploited due to the circumstances which were being overwhelmed
by the scene’s condition which generated the disaster. Further, it can be observed that it cannot
be the shortcoming of the individuals. Moreover, the leader can be anticipated by the listener in
order to make the animation frustrated which helped in forgetting the people who were being
exploited for the various conditions and they also got a chance in order to be disillusioned along
with the leader who was being triumph by an awful situation or the circumstances.
Answer 6: The pentad was created by the five distinct elements which were found universally in
the narrations. Further, the form of the claims where phrased similarly to the address. The reply
to the inquiries will help in determining the five different elements which dominate one another.
The finder of the fault will settle the choice. Then, the concerned person will be able to answer
the inquiries in relation to a movement which were depicted in the respective context. The ones
who destroyed the place and at what time and under what circumstances the things were made
imperatives for the modes and the methods along with the purpose of alleging. The logical
elements of the Pentad were scene, act and the agent which were further enduring the reason of
existence. Further, in order to reveal the provision, the participation was being shared with the
conviction which further created transformability. Therefore, it has been stated that the replies to
such inquiries might have circumpolar the extent along with the mixed translation.
Answer 7: It has been observed that the Kennedy blamed the absence of lighting, the bridge’s
slenderness, and the street’s haziness without the guardians. Also, Kennedy noticed that the ears
were being filled with water quickly and he was being perplexed due to the darkness of water,
coldness and the occasions of sudor. Further, as a result, the mishap took place, and the Marxist-
Leninist Jo Kopechne was killed (Kuypers, J. A. 2009). Also, it can be said that the Kennedy and

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the Marxist-Leninist Jo Kopechne were being treated as the casualties of that particular situation.
The aid was needed which overwhelmed through the condition, and that condition gave rise to
the accident, and it can be stated that it was not the fault of anyone of them.
Answer 8: To settle on the point of view unmistakable by the requisition of the Pentad permitted
us and was became the reason in order to talk about the influences in a particular manner.
Furthermore, it aids in order to assess the context and the force moved the crowd or the people
against the talk of elite intellectual and finally more than the required energy. Moreover, by
examining the situation quickly along with the emotions and the pictures, we can personally
connect it with the cultural, social and the political content that encompasses the scene or the
situation.

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REFERENCES
Cos, G. (2016). Chappaquiddick Revisited: Scandal and the Modern-Mediated Apologia.
In Scandal in a Digital Age (pp. 41-51). Palgrave Macmillan US.
Griffiths, C., & Cos, G. (2007). A tendency to incite: Applying Kenneth Burke's pentad to Cohen
v. California.
Kuypers, J. A. (2009). Rhetorical criticism: Perspectives in action. Lexington Books.