transcend the contextual audience‚ and may be as relevant to modern-day audiences as they were to the audience to whom the speech was first presented. Speeches in which this is observed include "I Have A Dream" by Martin Luther King and "The Gettysburg Address" by Abraham Lincoln which have been valued and remembered throughout time as being historically influential and valued‚ as such‚ as they use the values of their time and audience to inspire‚ persuade and unite the public with their message.
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shaped by our views and values‚ which naturally leads to preferences to some over others. Background Information Past and Present(Obama’s speech) Therefore‚ two most motivational speeches were “I have a Dream” by Martin Luther King and “ The Gettysburg Address” by Abraham Lincoln. These two speeches were said by very important people that hoped that one day will change the human world. On October 16‚ 201l Barack Obama made a memorial dedication for Martin Luther King Jr. dedicating that the United
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specifically states : “But let justice roll on like a river‚ righteousness like a never-failing stream!”Another example of one‚ is to Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address when King states “Five score years ago” at the start of his speech‚ which King is directly lamenting to the phrase “Four score and seven years ago” that started in the beginning of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.The biblical allusion that King refers to explains how people think of a stream as being mighty and overwhelming‚ which elevates King’s
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events that are much more important than some though. One moment in history that I think is important is‚ the Gettysburg Address. Why is this an important moment? It is important because of all the soldiers that died‚ it relates to other important moments‚ and is short but one of the most meaningful documents to Americans. Many things have happened in American history. The Battle of Gettysburg is what most will say the turning point in the war. It’s just that Lincoln did not really take the win as a
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different style than what it is commonly used today. This can make the task of learning the speech seem impossible. Ken Burns’ documentary “The Address” (PBS 2014) takes place at the Greenwood School in Putney‚ Vermont. Part of their curriculum every year‚ for students that have not already completed it‚ is to learn the history behind and recite the Gettysburg Address from memory to earn a school coin. It’s a difficult and daunting task for many of the students at the Greenwood School‚ but by the end‚ it
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famous reference to the Emancipation Proclamation was in a speech given on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial at the 1963 march for Jobs and Freedom. Another legacy was president Kennedy. On June 11 in 1963‚ Kennedy appeared on national television to address the issue of civil rights. He addressed the issue that slaves weren’t fully free and he wanted to fully free all
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savior of the Union and Emancipator of the slaves creates a legacy that endures. With his flow of eloquence in democracy and the importance of saving a worthy Union embodied the idea of self-government that all nations strive to achieve. In the Gettysburg Address‚ he dedicated the principles of liberty and equality for all. In this‚ he invoked the foundations of human equality contained in the Declaration of Independence and connected the sacrifices of the Civil War with the desire for “a new birth of
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Safire’s “A Spirit Reborn” he talks about the Gettysburg Address in comparison to 9/11 while also analyzing the Gettysburg Address in more depth and as a purpose for writing his article. On the other hand in “Victory Speech” by James Woods he talks about President Obama and how he flows through different things‚ he also offers some critique while analyzing certain details of Obama’s speech. President Lincoln’s famous speech the Gettysburg Address was given after a horrible incident with many
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The Civil war was the Bloodiest war in American history and Abraham Lincoln was the president at the time. “I have a dream” speech is one the greatest speech ever. Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr. were two very important people for equal rights. When you compare both of them they have lots of similarities‚ but they also have differences to. Abraham Lincoln was a huge impact in black lives matter. Before he was a president helping the blacks he was just a little boy. Abraham was born February
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powerful words to persuade his audience to take the first step in their obligation of taking action. Uniting the people is the only way to start uniting the country for the people during the hard times of the Civil War. In Abraham Lincoln’s “The Gettysburg Address”‚ Lincoln uses rhetoric to convince his audience to come together. To effectively persuade his audience‚ Lincoln used pathos‚ antithesis‚ and repetition. Throughout Lincoln’s speech he uses pathos to get to the emotions of the audience and
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