Question

On January 21, 2013, President Barack Obama took the oath of office at the U.S. Capital, and delivered his second inaugural address. The following five items ask students to apply Kenneth Burke’s Dramatistic Pentad to the speech. Each element of the pentad is used only once.

Answer 1

The bonds created by American principles constitute the agents in the speech's drama.

Step-by-step explanation:

Agents

Although Obama is the speaker, he calls upon the entire country to act based upon common beliefs and targets. His use of the pronoun "we", "us" and "our", instead of the pronoun "I", symbolizes all U.S. citizens as agents in the speech's drama.