Bark at the Moon by Ozzy Osbourne by Delilah Page - Grade 11 https://padlet.com/4114523/2k9lkwkz00f6u07l Rhetorical Analysis Project en-us 2023-04-27 19:42:51 UTC 2025-12-22 19:25:53 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f43a.png Introduction to SOAPS 4114523 https://padlet.com/4114523/2k9lkwkz00f6u07l/wish/2572199010 For both lyrics and an official video, they have the same speaker. That is the narrator. Perhaps, the narrator was Ozzy Osbourne all along because, during the occasion of Ozzy Osbourne in his Bark at the Moon era from 1983-1986, Ozzy was struggling with addiction, the death of his lead guitar player, and getting a replacement for his lead guitar player ("Bark at the Moon..."). 

Ozzy's purpose in making this song can be related to his occasion was taming the inner beast in you through the chaos--calamity as such in the lyric. The purpose of the official video started early in the video at the part where the scientist drinking bad things could lead to disastrous consequences (such as committing yourself to a mental institution or in a worst-case scenario, death).

The audience could be the ones not yet heard about this story of the werewolf, who had raised from the dead with vengeance. Perhaps, a strong desire to return from the dead to prove to the one who had cursed him and buried him wrong. This could be related to the occasion of how Ozzy had felt.

The main subject for the video is a mad scientist who turned into a werewolf, and the lyric was about the werewolf returning with a pure vengeance.]]> 2023-04-28 19:51:07 UTC https://padlet.com/4114523/2k9lkwkz00f6u07l/wish/2572199010 Bark at the Moon Official Music Video 4114523 https://padlet.com/4114523/2k9lkwkz00f6u07l/wish/2572200025 2023-04-28 19:52:50 UTC https://padlet.com/4114523/2k9lkwkz00f6u07l/wish/2572200025 Bark at the Moon Lyric 4114523 https://padlet.com/4114523/2k9lkwkz00f6u07l/wish/2572200507 2023-04-28 19:53:42 UTC https://padlet.com/4114523/2k9lkwkz00f6u07l/wish/2572200507 Work Cited 4114523 https://padlet.com/4114523/2k9lkwkz00f6u07l/wish/2572203161 “Bark at the Moon by Ozzy Osbourne - Songfacts.” Songfact, https://www.songfacts.com/facts/ozzy-osbourne/bark-at-the-moon. Accessed on 28 April 2023.
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“Bark at the Moon Lyrics.” Google Search, Google, https://www.google.com/search?q=bark%2Bat%2Bthe%2Bmoon%2Blyrics&rlz=1C1GCEA_enUS1025US1025&oq=bark%2Bat%2Bthe%2Bmoon%2Blyric&aqs=chrome.0.69i59l2j0i512j0i22i30l4j69i60.3359j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8. Accessed on 1 May 2023.]]> 2023-04-28 19:58:26 UTC https://padlet.com/4114523/2k9lkwkz00f6u07l/wish/2572203161 Thesis 4114523 https://padlet.com/4114523/2k9lkwkz00f6u07l/wish/2572205083 Ozzy Osbourne acting as the speaker attempts to tell the audience who had yet heard about this story about the werewolf who had raised from the dead with vengeance that the purpose of this song was about taming the inner beast in you through the chaos. 

They use the appeals of logos and pathos in the lyrics, and the appeals of logos and pathos in the video to get this message across. 

In analyzing the lyrics and video, it appears that their use of appeals is effective in convincing their intended audience. 

]]> 2023-04-28 20:01:35 UTC https://padlet.com/4114523/2k9lkwkz00f6u07l/wish/2572205083 Lyric - Pathos 4114523 https://padlet.com/4114523/2k9lkwkz00f6u07l/wish/2572214477 In the sixteenth and seventeenth lines in the lyric, Ozzy spoke about "they cursed and buried him along with shame/and thought his timeless soul had gone". This lyric could imply the problem that Ozzy has gone through with his battle against addictions and his failure to go to rehab ("Bark at the Moon..."). ]]> 2023-04-28 20:18:42 UTC https://padlet.com/4114523/2k9lkwkz00f6u07l/wish/2572214477 Lyric - Logo 4114523 https://padlet.com/4114523/2k9lkwkz00f6u07l/wish/2572215773 The eighth line in the lyric, "years spent in torment," can apply to the logo because it does refer to Ozzy's problem with addiction, and how he suffered from it despite being active on it ("Bark at the Moon..."). 
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In the nineteenth lyric, Ozzy sang about the werewolf who had returned to prove them [people who had shamed him and buried him in a grave] wrong can refer to how Ozzy felt after his lead guitar player got into a fatal plane crash that claimed his life. I think this part of the lyric could imply to people that doubted what Ozzy's music would be like after losing his guitar player and getting a replacement ("Bark at the Moon..."). 

]]> 2023-04-28 20:21:12 UTC https://padlet.com/4114523/2k9lkwkz00f6u07l/wish/2572215773 Pathos - Video 4114523 https://padlet.com/4114523/2k9lkwkz00f6u07l/wish/2574181396 At 0:22, a mad scientist was excited about his experiment--perhaps, very confident that his experiment could achieve what he planned. 

However, at 1:04, that excitement shattered and was replaced with anger as he was forcibly put into a mental institution against his will as his experiment went wrong. ]]> 2023-05-01 20:12:13 UTC https://padlet.com/4114523/2k9lkwkz00f6u07l/wish/2574181396 Logo - Video 4114523 https://padlet.com/4114523/2k9lkwkz00f6u07l/wish/2574184849
From 1:25-1:32, you see a horse-drawn hearse. I concluded that the time of this video takes place between the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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At 1:52, you see an outdated item that hasn't been seen since the Victorian Era--a mourning hat. It is well-known during that era to wear during the mourning period.

]]> 2023-05-01 20:16:46 UTC https://padlet.com/4114523/2k9lkwkz00f6u07l/wish/2574184849 Conclusion 4114523 https://padlet.com/4114523/2k9lkwkz00f6u07l/wish/2577260902 Ozzy Osbourne told the audience, who had yet to hear about a werewolf returned from the dead with pure vengeance. The purpose of this song was to tame the inner beast in you through the chaos. I believe the video and lyrics are effective when you analyze the situation regarding the Bark at the Moon song. ]]> 2023-05-03 19:58:58 UTC https://padlet.com/4114523/2k9lkwkz00f6u07l/wish/2577260902