In the (Genre) (Title of the Piece), (Contextual Information about Author and/or Text),

(Author’s Name) (Rhetorical Choice 1), (Rhetorical Choice 2), (Rhetorical Choice 3) in
order to ____(Answer: What is the audience supposed to understand after experiencing the
text?)____, ultimately moving (insert audience) to ____(Answer: what is the audience
supposed to do after experiencing the text?).

In Walt Disney’s movie Beauty and the Beast, the characters break into song (genre) as they
learned that the Beast was living within a castle nearby. They all begin to sing about how they
will defend their town against him in “The Mob Song.” The composer Alan Menken and lyricist
Howard Ashman worked together to write this piece for Disney's character Gaston, a malicious
and egocentric character. Within the song, Gaston uses an urgent tone to project fear among the
townspeople. He also uses phrases like “we will” and other collective pronouns like “we go” to
show that he is commanding instead of asking for the townspeople to join him in his crusade
against the Beast. Another important aspect of the singing style of the character is the diction of
the speaker. He uses words such as, “Sally forth! or “tally ho!” forging excitement and
connection in and with the townspeople. This also gives a deeper look into the time period even
though the rest of the movie is done with modern language. Gaston does this with the intention
of ultimately instilling a burning desire in the townspeople to kill the Beast.