Comparison Between "I Have a Dream" and "Ain't I a Woman" Speeches
In these speeches there are many differences and similarities. "Ain't I A Woman" focuses more on the right that men and women should be treated equally. "I Have A Dream" focuses on the equality for all races. Both of these speeches still have things in common. For example, they both strive for equality in the human race. They also have many rhetorical devices, such as metaphors, similes, repetition, etc. They are trying to make a difference in life.
"Ain't I A Woman" wants men to treat women like everyone else. Sojourner Truth delivered her speech at a Woman's Convention. This took place 1851 in Akron, Ohio. Truth says women can do just as much as a man so why can't they be treated the same. Truth wants equal rights as a man has.
"I Have A Dream" wants all races to be treated the same. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his speech August 28, 1963 in Washington D.C. He says that the life of a Negro will still be broken one hundred years later because of unequal rights. In the speech he talks about the black race being free from the rights in the eyes of a white man. Martin Luther King wants equally rights for all races.
These speeches "Ain't I A Woman" and "I Have A Dream" both use many rhetorical devices. There are similes, metaphors, repetition, and more. For instance "Ain't I A Woman" uses a simile where she says "I could work as much and eat as much as a man." There is also repetition, but unlike "I Have A Dream" where Martin Luther King uses Negro, America, and I had dream, Sojourner says "Ain't i a woman" which repetition and also a rhetorical question. Sojourner uses many more rhetorical question, but also has metaphors like "If my cup won't hold but a pint, and yours holds a quart, wouldn't you be mean not to let my little half measure be full?". Martin Luther King also uses metaphors where he says “the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity”. These speeches are very similar and
"Ain't I A Woman" wants men to treat women like everyone else. Sojourner Truth delivered her speech at a Woman's Convention. This took place 1851 in Akron, Ohio. Truth says women can do just as much as a man so why can't they be treated the same. Truth wants equal rights as a man has.
"I Have A Dream" wants all races to be treated the same. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his speech August 28, 1963 in Washington D.C. He says that the life of a Negro will still be broken one hundred years later because of unequal rights. In the speech he talks about the black race being free from the rights in the eyes of a white man. Martin Luther King wants equally rights for all races.
These speeches "Ain't I A Woman" and "I Have A Dream" both use many rhetorical devices. There are similes, metaphors, repetition, and more. For instance "Ain't I A Woman" uses a simile where she says "I could work as much and eat as much as a man." There is also repetition, but unlike "I Have A Dream" where Martin Luther King uses Negro, America, and I had dream, Sojourner says "Ain't i a woman" which repetition and also a rhetorical question. Sojourner uses many more rhetorical question, but also has metaphors like "If my cup won't hold but a pint, and yours holds a quart, wouldn't you be mean not to let my little half measure be full?". Martin Luther King also uses metaphors where he says “the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity”. These speeches are very similar and