Rhetorical Analysis of Martin Luther King Jr.’S Speech
Rhetorical Analysis of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Speech “I Have a Dream” Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech speaking to his people to assess the problem of segregation and the unfairness of it all. The promises made saying that they would fix the problem only to snatch it away at the last second or to add some kind of loophole that they could find their way around. His goal was to get the people to join together to come to a peaceful solution a solution that would come about without the violence of fights breaking out. King uses Ethos, Pathos, and, Logos to make his point to get his idea and dreams across and he gives substantial evidence. Ethos when King begins his speech he uses the same tactic that Abraham Lincoln himself used in the Gettysburg Address he caught their attention by saying “ Five score years ago, a great American, in whose shadow we stand today, signed the emancipation proclamation.” King uses the fact the Abraham Lincoln one of the good presidents we have had was with the idea of African Americans being free to make their own lives since most whites looked up to him he also uses the Lincoln memorial to back his claims. King needed to give the audience of 200,000 people listening to him the proof they needed to actually start wrapping their head around the idea he was presenting to them. That time when Abraham Lincoln was in charge was a revolutionary time he uses that as dramatic as he can which is a form of solidification to make a clearer image. King gives more evidence when he uses pieces of the Declaration of independence talking about “unalienable rights” and “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.” Kings aim was for equality for everyone and especially his people. King uses emotional and beliefs a lot more in his speech than anything else cause he is trying to appeal to his audience to keep their attention to get their support. King uses the bible in order to get the crowd in the spirit such as “We shall not wallow in the valley of