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I Have a Dream A rhetoric Analysis
It was 1963 when the revolutionary leader Martin Luther King delivered a history-making speech at the Lincoln Memorial that motivated and shaken up not only 250,000 audience but also the foundations of inequality. Dr. King asserted that he had a dream that one day, this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed (Kudita, 2019). Through the implication of rhetoric devices, Martin Luther emphasized the innate equality of all humans regardless of their color, ethnicity, class, or language. The eloquence of Dr. Kings oration designated him on the position of a leader that had a strong vision of freedom, equality, peace, and justice, and instead of dismantling the governmental system, he endeavored to establish an egalitarian, democratic society (Sunkara, 2019). The following content analyzes the rhetoric facades of I Have a Dream speech by encapsulating the notions of ethos, pathos, and logos.
Repetition and anaphora are the most eminent gestures that are evident from the context and content of Dr. Kings notorious speech, I Have a Dream. Throughout the delivery, Dr. King specifically underlined the imperativeness of his dream regarding a free and equal America that, in turn, elaborated on the underlying purpose and magnitude of the objectives. In due course, it was demonstrated that a free America needed to comprehend that slaves and their former masters all are created the same, and therefore no one is superior to others. The repeated alluring to the phrase I have a dream connected the listeners with the passion and emotional backdrops of the narrator and consequently substantiated their bond.
Similarly, Dr. King craftily incorporated the tinge of pathos into the core of the speech by intertwining it with family life. People are sentimental, protective, and possessive about their families and want to proffer them secured and esteemed atmosphere to reside in. In order to evoke the snoozed family obligations in the audience, Dr. King narrated that he dreamt that his four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. The allusion ignited the aspiration and empathy in the majority of the audiences and exploited their emotional chord simultaneously. The generic nature of the speech and its message engaged everyone through the thread of a mutual vision and augmented the overall credibility of revolutionary initiatives. Dr. King convinced his audience by bringing them all on the similarly concerned grounds and exhibited the feasibility of his proposed advice. People, of course, never wanted to let their children experiencing the sufferings of social segregation and discrimination, and hence they said amen without hesitation.
Along with considering and addressing other orating intricacies, Dr. King paid additional attention to the structure of the speech. In this context, Dr. King talked first thing first, and that was the predicament of blacks at that time the transparency and authenticity of the matter suffused a surge of credibility in Kings speech. Martin Luther King designed and developed his speech by assessing the tiers and factions of his audiences it was established that there were three major groups of audiences are required to be addressed. The prospect and relevant audiences included the ordinary black populace, who encountered social aloofness on a daily basis. The second group consisted of ordinary white people who believed in the gibberish about blacks and had typical concepts. Lastly, King included racist supremacists into his audiences list that propagated about the self-assumed evilness of blacks and affirmed civil right moment as an atrocious and violent scheme. That was the reason that in the very opening of the speech, Dr. King decanted the dilemma and mistreatment of blacks throughout the white society and elaborated on their fragile circumstances. DR. Kings magnified that blacks are handicapped by the adversaries of segregation and the chains of discrimination, he also clarified that the unequal approach of racists is permeating substantial poverty and detachment into blacks, which was not an acquiescent phenomenon. Moreover, Dr. King reflected on the origin of America when theories such as the emancipation proclamation were approved and signified. Though he explicated that regardless of all signed pacts, blacks are still in suffering mode even after a century.
By analyzing the detailing attributes and impact of I Have a Dream, it becomes definite that Dr. King dexterously utilized rhetoric devices such as ethos, pathos, and logos to engage and instigate his audiences to a considerable extent. The speech enwrapped a broader ethnographic background and through metaphors, alluded to the political disapproval (Alvarez, 1988). Dr. King was a wise and prudent man, and he believed in the power of adhering to nonviolence practices to mitigate the violence and knew how to disagree with an ideology without being disagreeable (Hassan, 2019). Martin Luther King artistically and strategically attained the required attention of people through the utilization of ethos. On the other hand, through employing the suggestion of the rationale, Dr. King revealed the imbalanced and impractical aspects of American politics and fabricated standards and described that America is not persuading the foundation principles. Furthermore, the incorporation of pathos and shared compassionate grounds such as family and secured prospects for upcoming generations melted the hearts of survivors and oppressors as well. From the beginning to the end, the speech I Have a Dream is a rhetorical marvel in the conclusion of the speech, Dr. King encouraged and prompted the government of that time to take corrective measures and to eradicate the negativity associated with civil rights. The influential impact of the speech afterward rectified that rhetoric devices and well-devised oration content is indispensable to win a war through the power of words.
Work Cited
Alvarez, Alexandra. Martin Luther Kings I Have A Dream.Journal Of Black Studies, vol 18, no. 3, 1988, pp. 337-357.SAGE Publications, doi10.1177/002193478801800306.
Hassan, Adeel. Dr. KingS Dream Speech His Son Reflects On How Far We Have Come.Nytimes.Com, 2019, https//www.nytimes.com/2019/08/28/us/martin- luther-king-i-have-a-dream.html.
Kudita, Admire. Power Of Symbolism In Lobbying - The Zimbabwe Independent.The Zimbabwe Independent, 2019, HYPERLINK https//www.theindependent.co.zw/2019/10/18/power-of-symbolism-in-lobbying/ https//www.theindependent.co.zw/2019/10/18/power-of-symbolism-in-lobbying/.
Sunkara, Bhaskar. Martin Luther King Was No Prophet Of Unity. He Was A Radical Bhaskar Sunkara.The Guardian, 2019, https//www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jan/21/martin-luther-king-jr- day-legacy-radical.
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