Ad Populum/
Appeal to Popularity/
Bandwagon
By: Amber Archey
and
Kelsey Sturgeon
Dungeon Defenders is saying that you
need friends to play with you. It’s trying
to get everyone to “jump on the
bandwagon.”
Definition
-A party, cause, movement, etc., that by its
mass appeal or strength readily attracts
many followers
Example: If many believe so, then it is so.
Universal Example
One guy is talking to his
buddy and says, “Wassup,”
so they all begin to say it.
One girl begins to sing
about coke, and many
others join in.
One guy purposefully
gets stuck in the elevator
with a girl, and so did his
friend.
Act I, Page 189
Tituba: …And I look-and there was Goody Good! ... And Goody Osburn.
…
Abigail: …I saw Sarah Good with the devil. I saw Goody Osburn with the
Devil. I saw Bridget Bishop with the Devil.
Betty: I saw George Jacobs with the Devil! I saw Goody Howe with the
Devil!
…
Betty: I saw Martha Bellows with the Devil!
Abigail: I saw Goody Sibber with the Devil!
…
Betty: I saw Alice Barrow with the Devil!
Abigail: I saw Goody Hawkins with the Devil!
Betty: I saw Goody Bibber with the Devil!
Abigail: I saw Goody Booth with the Devil!
Act I Page189 Explanation
Tituba confessed to witchcraft to get out of
being hanged. Abigail and Betty began to
accuse people they didn’t like of being with
the Devil. They seized the opportunity to
get others in trouble.
Act 3 Page 224
Abigail: Why-? Why do you come, yellow bird?
…
Susanna Walcott: Her Claws, she’s stretching her
claws!
…
Abigail and All the Girls: Abby, you mustn’t!
Marry Warren: I’m here, I’m here!
Girls: I’m here, I’m here!
Act 3 Page 224 Explanation
Abigail claimed she saw a bird in the court
room during trial. The girls wanted to keep
Abigail out of trouble, so they all claimed
to see the bird and began to mock Mary
Warren.
Citations
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Sept. 2006. Web. 21 Feb. 2012.
CokeConversations, CokeConversations. "I'd Like to Buy the World a Coke
Commercial - 1971." YouTube. YouTube, 27 Aug. 2009. Web. 21 Feb.
2012.
Dobrefilms, Debrofilms. "Bud Light Commercial - The Elevator." YouTube.
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