The Gettysburg Address Thesis

Abraham Lincoln presented his speech titled “The Gettysburg Address” to highlight many things during the civil war. He repeated many different words in his speech to highlight specific events as well as to elevate the meaning and depth of his address. The word that I am focusing on using today is the word “Dedicate”. He uses this word throughout the speech and it changes in meaning as the speech continues. In the start of his address, the phrase “Concieved in liberty, and dedicated to proposition that all men are created equal” talks about how the americans were founded as a nation that is concieved in liberty and that they shall also show and continue the practice of the value of equal rights. Another example of how the word “Dedicate” is
used is in the phrase “We have come to dedicate this portion of the field”. This phrase uses the word in a sense that Abraham Lincoln is recognizing those who have fallen in the war. It resembles the use of the word “Honor” and not really to be used to talk about devotion or promise. The way he also uses the word “Dedicate” in the phrase “ We can not dedicate, we can not consecrate, we can not hallow this ground” expresses the powerful use of words and highlights the speech in a way that it makes it more memorable and compelling. He used the words in a proper manner to also highlight the real reason that they are fighting. They are fighting not just to free slaves, but to keep the morals and values that made America the way it is.