Rhetorical Analysis Of Martin Luther King's I Have Dream Speech

Martin Luther King Jr delivered a speech on August 1963 called “I Have Dream” on the March unto Washington D.C. As a result of the Jim Crow law, communities were segregated. One man changed that, Martin Luther King Jr. He started a movement that led up to his “I Have A Dream” speech. This speech impacted over 250,000 people, that brought unity and liberty. Dr King’s speech impacted many due to the cause that the whole movement was approached in a nonviolent manner. Dr. King’s speech solved economic and financial difficulties. His speech brought together an entire nation that was crumbling down. In Martin Luther King’s “I Have A Dream” speech he demonstrated the use of literary devices such as metaphors, imagery, and symbolism to bring unification …show more content…
Dr King uses the phrase “place of justice” as a symbolic reference. Dr. King uses this reference to imply the people are right on the edge, and stayed there for a long time, but haven’t reached the palace of justice. This phrase is a demonstration everyone’s place, but if the people come together as one, they will go from injustice to the palace of justice. More effectively Dr. King uses segregation as a symbol. “Children stripped of their childhood, and robbed of their dignity by signs stating for whites only.” Blacks don’t have the equal privileges as whites do. This symbolizes that everyone started their own journey, but can’t go any further due to prejudice. If people come together not by their color but by their character, everyone will be in harmony. Most effective is Doctor King’s profound meaning for the Declaration Of Independence . “They were signing a promissory note to which every American was fall to heir.” The Declaration Of Independence is a symbol that every American has the right to be free, weather black or white, every race should have equal privileges. Equal rights leads to harmony because everyone has the same