Analyzing Mlk's Speech I Have A Dream
Today, I chose to analyze MLK”s speech “I have a dream” because of the affect it still has on people till this day, and because it shows what the peaceful spoken word can accomplish.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was an American activist and leader of the American civil rights movement. He fought to overturn segregation laws and to eliminate social and economic differences between blacks and whites in America. And he is known for his nonviolent resistance. His "I Have a Dream" speech was delivered in front of the Lincoln Memorial, Aug. 23, 1963. Almost 100 years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation by Abraham Lincoln, which gave black slaves their freedom, but were never allowed the same privileges as white people. Dr. King gave …show more content…
In the second half of the speech, MLK changes tone completely. Here the speech starts to display a vision of harmony and equality
First he uses the pronoun (us) grouping himself with his audience.
Then says his famous line (I have a dream) I refers to all black people, repeating this to emphasize his vision of the new America. And he supports this by quoting from the declaration of independence “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.”
And he in fact uses repetition a lot in his speech which is a powerful way to let people remember what he says also to stimulate an emotional response
The word (freedom), for example, is repeated 20 times creating a theme of freedom.
The word (we) is repeated 30 times creating the theme of unity.
Nation (10 times)
Justice (8 times)
Dream (11 times)
“Let freedom ring “(11 times)
This repetition will be a constant echo not only to MLK‘s words, but also to the hopes of every person or nation in captivity or suffering from injustice, and a reassuring that freedom will ring.
Through this brief analysis, we understand that with the right choices of words and references, a speech can be more powerful than a
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was an American activist and leader of the American civil rights movement. He fought to overturn segregation laws and to eliminate social and economic differences between blacks and whites in America. And he is known for his nonviolent resistance. His "I Have a Dream" speech was delivered in front of the Lincoln Memorial, Aug. 23, 1963. Almost 100 years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation by Abraham Lincoln, which gave black slaves their freedom, but were never allowed the same privileges as white people. Dr. King gave …show more content…
In the second half of the speech, MLK changes tone completely. Here the speech starts to display a vision of harmony and equality
First he uses the pronoun (us) grouping himself with his audience.
Then says his famous line (I have a dream) I refers to all black people, repeating this to emphasize his vision of the new America. And he supports this by quoting from the declaration of independence “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.”
And he in fact uses repetition a lot in his speech which is a powerful way to let people remember what he says also to stimulate an emotional response
The word (freedom), for example, is repeated 20 times creating a theme of freedom.
The word (we) is repeated 30 times creating the theme of unity.
Nation (10 times)
Justice (8 times)
Dream (11 times)
“Let freedom ring “(11 times)
This repetition will be a constant echo not only to MLK‘s words, but also to the hopes of every person or nation in captivity or suffering from injustice, and a reassuring that freedom will ring.
Through this brief analysis, we understand that with the right choices of words and references, a speech can be more powerful than a