I Have A Dream Analysis
Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address/ Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream”
The “Gettysburg Address” was presented by President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War in 1863. The “I Have a Dream” speech was presented during the March on Washington during the Civil Rights Movement in 1963. These speeches, even one-hundred years difference in time when given, they both address a common theme for freedom and equality. The “Gettysburg Address” purpose was to urge and give hope to his audience to continue to fight for the Union so America would not perish and the “I Have a Dream” purpose of demanding an urgent change for equality for all. This paper will examine how each speaker uses rhetorical devices to attain their purposes.
“It is for us, the living, rather, to be …show more content…
Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksand’s of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children.” Dr. King states. Dr. King uses parallelism to state the conditions of why now was the time to stand up and act. His use of repetition on “Now is the time…” urges his audience to seize the moment. He uses this device so his audience would realize that, that very moment was the moment to realize and act for the idea for both freedom and equality. That this will make his audience react by demanding for racial equality. To make those promises of justice true for all.
Overall, both speakers of the “Gettysburg Address” and the “I Have a Dream” speech uses their rhetoric devices to attain their purposes. The purpose of “Gettysburg Address” to urge and give hope to America and “I Have a Dream” to urge America to fight for the equal justice. Their use of rhetoric tools help define both their difference in theme but also helps their theme for unity, freedom, and justice stands for
The “Gettysburg Address” was presented by President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War in 1863. The “I Have a Dream” speech was presented during the March on Washington during the Civil Rights Movement in 1963. These speeches, even one-hundred years difference in time when given, they both address a common theme for freedom and equality. The “Gettysburg Address” purpose was to urge and give hope to his audience to continue to fight for the Union so America would not perish and the “I Have a Dream” purpose of demanding an urgent change for equality for all. This paper will examine how each speaker uses rhetorical devices to attain their purposes.
“It is for us, the living, rather, to be …show more content…
Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksand’s of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children.” Dr. King states. Dr. King uses parallelism to state the conditions of why now was the time to stand up and act. His use of repetition on “Now is the time…” urges his audience to seize the moment. He uses this device so his audience would realize that, that very moment was the moment to realize and act for the idea for both freedom and equality. That this will make his audience react by demanding for racial equality. To make those promises of justice true for all.
Overall, both speakers of the “Gettysburg Address” and the “I Have a Dream” speech uses their rhetoric devices to attain their purposes. The purpose of “Gettysburg Address” to urge and give hope to America and “I Have a Dream” to urge America to fight for the equal justice. Their use of rhetoric tools help define both their difference in theme but also helps their theme for unity, freedom, and justice stands for