I Have A Dream Speech Essay
The “Gettysburg Address” by President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War and “I Have a Dream” by Doctor Martin Luther King Jr given during the March on Washington. These speeches both have common themes, freedom and equality and they both have rhetorical devices to emphasize the purpose. The purpose of the “Gettysburg Address” is to tell the people to continue the fight. The purpose of the “I Have of Dream” speech is to tell the people to demand their rights. This paper will analysis the two speeches and how they use rhetorical devices to emphasize their purpose.
The “Gettysburg Address” says continue the fight and Lincoln have this sense of urgency in his speech, for example, he threatened the nation three-time “can long endure...that …show more content…
He tells them to “Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities” He says these places because they are the worst in prejudice the he says the slums and ghetto to show all over the country. He has this sense of urgency it by saying GO. He expands this idea by saying “ Let Freedom Ring” he and he says many places to show everywhere they should proclaim their freedom their rights. Martin also says “We cannot be satisfied” many times, he is telling his audience that they cannot be satisfied with injustice, but instead he want them to demand justice their rights. Close to the end Martian says, “...the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together” this emphasizes the reward they will receive and every region person in the crowd would like to receive god’s glory as soon as possible adding to the urgency.
Both the Gettysburg Address and the I have a Dream speech have this sense of urgency and that freedom is important to them. So “Gettysburg Address,” says that the people to continue the fight with urgency and they will receive a new birth of a nation. The “I Have of Dream” says to the people to demand their rights with urgency and they will receive a blessing from
The “Gettysburg Address” says continue the fight and Lincoln have this sense of urgency in his speech, for example, he threatened the nation three-time “can long endure...that …show more content…
He tells them to “Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities” He says these places because they are the worst in prejudice the he says the slums and ghetto to show all over the country. He has this sense of urgency it by saying GO. He expands this idea by saying “ Let Freedom Ring” he and he says many places to show everywhere they should proclaim their freedom their rights. Martin also says “We cannot be satisfied” many times, he is telling his audience that they cannot be satisfied with injustice, but instead he want them to demand justice their rights. Close to the end Martian says, “...the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together” this emphasizes the reward they will receive and every region person in the crowd would like to receive god’s glory as soon as possible adding to the urgency.
Both the Gettysburg Address and the I have a Dream speech have this sense of urgency and that freedom is important to them. So “Gettysburg Address,” says that the people to continue the fight with urgency and they will receive a new birth of a nation. The “I Have of Dream” says to the people to demand their rights with urgency and they will receive a blessing from