Even though the wife has now lit her husbands things on fire in their front yard, the audience still takes her side because of Smiths counter argument or cores “you say I’m crazy cause you don’t think I know what you have done.”
Throughout this time and further on pathos is increasing as the senses get more violent and sexual. “I know I’m not the only one,” this is when he gives the evidence that the husband is actually cheating as the sense shows him and his misterus kissing so there is logic to her credibility as she thought he was cheating. Ethos is demonstrated when the lyrics say “for months on end iv had my douts” stating that she is credible for her thoughts from the start that he was cheating, and even though now that she knows its true she still cant let him go because she is to attached. When we look at the middle part of the video we began to see Smiths methods of appeals being used. Lastly for the beginning, the first lyrics stated were “you and me we made a vow.” This is the beginning of the wife being the “good guy” as he persuades the audience to have a lots of empathy for her. Before watching the video and just hearing the lyrics most would think that the women would be the “bad guy” in this story because Sam is a male singer, with this idea he once again demonstrates rhetorical purpose. There Smith uses his first pieces of rhetorical purpose as he tricks the audience into thinking the wrong thing. First off it shows a white pickit fence which is known as a part of everyones American dream leaving the audience with the idea that they have the perfect relationship, when really is the opposite.
In the beginning you are first shown a nice car, a beautiful women waving her husband goodbye, and a lot of white objects. When breaking the video into three parts, a beginning, middle, and end, it is easier to see and understand what Smith was try to make the audience feel and think about during this song. In both the song and the music video Smith creates a picture of a “bad guy good guy” scenario forcing the audience to have a specific view on the story. Smith uses all three emotional appeals attracting the focus audience of male and female’s between the age of 15 and 40. This song tells a story about a husbands and wife’s troubled relationship. In 2014 he released one of his biggest hits “I’m not the only one,” helping him win his first Grammy. Sam Smith was once called, “the story teller of real life love.” He is a pop/soul/R&B singer with an incredible amount of passion.
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