Charlie Chaplin, an actor best known for his works in silent films, broke the silence and first debuted his voice in his self-written, directed, and produced  movie, “The Great Dictator.” The film premiered on October 15, 1940, a time in which the United States was still conciliating with Nazi Germany. The primary purpose of the film was to challenge the Nazi party and their methods, and, to some degree, mock Adolf Hitler himself while doing so. The most well-know section of “The Great Dictator” is a speech in which Chaplin portrayed Hitler. It was not a speech that Hitler wrote, but one that Chaplin did. He spoke as if Hitler had come to the realization that he was wrong in his ways, that humans could progress without violence or hatred. He stated that humans should not fall under the dictation of “machine men with machine minds and machine hearts.” Throughout the entire monologue he used pathos, emotional appeal, to not only show that he was passionate, but to get through to the audience that prejudice and hate is not the way man will advance.
	Though pathos is the strongest method used, it it almost never used directly. Chaplin added bits of it into every nook and cranny of the speech. For example, his somber tone. He spoke steadily, simply, softly. He spoke remorsefully, “I’m sorry, but I don’t want to be an emperor. That’s not my business. I don’t want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone - if possible - Jew, Gentile - black man - white.” However, as the speaking progresses, he develops a far more passionate voice to a point where he is nearly shouting at his peers, a wake up call to those whose minds were numbed by the persuasive words against the Jews. Caplin bellows, “Let us all unite. Let us fight for a new world, a decent world that will give men a chance to work, that will give youth a future and old age a security. By the promise of these things, brutes have risen to power. But they lie! They do not fulfill their promise. They never will! Dictators free themselves but enslave the people! Now let us fight to fulfill that promise! Let us fight to free the world! To do away with national barriers! To do away with greed, with hate and intolerance! Let us fight for a world of reason, a world where science and progress will lead to all men’s happiness. Soldiers, in the name of democracy, let us all unite!" That excerpt not only contains evidence of his use of tone, but a mass of other devices, such as parallel structure.
	Parallel structure is used in virtually every paragraph of Chaplin’s speech, most commonly preceded by “let us.” Us. Us as a nation, us as a people, us as one. The people should not be segregated, be it in location and lifestyle or mindset and the principles by which they live their lives. This emotional bond of being one with the people of your nation creates a sense of familiarity with the audience, displaying that he is willing to throw away his chances of ruling all of Europe just so the world can progress as one.