e hopes to appeal to the English reader's patriotic and charitable nature so they will help him.Although technically I align myself with Frethorne's secondary audience I do not feel that I am his intended secondary audience. I align myself in such a way because I am the intended audience of the historian that deemed this piece worthy of reprinting. I am not Frethorne's parents, and because of time and situation I am not able to aid Frethorne in any way. Nor am I British, and in these ways, I am not his intended audience.Frethorne's intentions, leave me with the feeling that I am spying into his personal life. Although he intended this letter to be read by others, I cannot help feeling something like a voyeur reading his begging words. This is the case most times I read personal or semi-personal letters. However, I can rationalize this feeling by understanding that as a member of an unintended audience the goal of his words changes. His letter was meant, originally, to evoke feelings of pity and to convince readers to help him in his plight. Because I can not aid him in any way, the goal of his letter changes. The goal of the letter that I am reading is to evoke feelings of pity for Frethorne's situation.Frethorne's letter accomplishes its desired end. Even though I am not capable of helping Frethorne in any way, his letter does make me feel pity for his state. From my perspective, Frethorne's pleadings are from the heart and are believable and pitiful. I can pity Frethorne's position and state, even though I do not feel that I am the intended audience for his letter. Frethorne's situation was unfortunate and difficult and I feel pity for him because of the conditions of his life. I cannot know what it is like to be his original intended audience, I am now only the historian's audience. But I feel and understand what the historians expected and hoped that I would feel.I am not the intended audience of Richard Frethorne, but I am the inte...
