Abraham Lincoln I Have A Dream Analysis

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Abraham Lincoln’s “Gettysburg Address” and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s “I have A Dream” speech were both speeches that convey the message of freedom. The purpose of Lincoln's speech was to get the North to continue fighting. The purpose of Dr. King's speech was to create a sense of urgency in the demand to Civil Rights. This paper will analyze the fight for freedom and the urgent demands as different purposes that approaches the audience in the same way. The purpose of Lincoln writing his speech was for the concerns of the U.S Civil War. Lincoln establishes his concerns by listing many reasons for the North to continue fighting. He also wants the North to honor those who already fought and gave their lives for freedom. Dr. King's purpose was to use his speech as hope that the American Government would “Let freedom ring” for the blacks; and with that the Negroes could be “Free at last”. America’s equality started with Lincoln …show more content…

King used many rhetorical devices. Some rhetorical devices Lincoln used included repetition, parallelism, and contrast. Lincoln used parallelism to create a rhythm; “of the people, by the people, for the people…”. Lincoln uses this line to convey the image that the U.S. is a democracy. In a democracy all people have rights that they are born with. Lincoln is encouraging the North to keep fighting for their rights, and remember of the people who died; they were driven by the people of the South; for the people who deserve their rights. Dr. King used repetition, alliteration, parallelism, and irony. With parallelism he created what he wanted to happen “...every valley shall be exalted, every hill shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight..”. Dr. King uses his lines as an analogy. He compares natural landscapes and how they can be made perfect to people who saw the glory of God and will also be made perfect. Dr. King's dream was for people to be together as

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