August 28th, 1963 will always be remembered as the day when 200,000 people gathered to witness the birth of a new chapter in the history of America. During “March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom”, Martin Luther King – minister, speaker and renowned civil rights leader captivated his audience within 17 minutes of sheer eloquence. The sixties marked the apotheosis of racial victimization; it was during the most cynical time that Dr. King rose with a message of peace and equality, staunchly soliciting the acceptance and promotion of equanimity and racial accord. Dr. King in his speech structured a pensive mission illustrating the maltreatment of people of ‘color’ – expressing the forgotten validity of Emancipation Proclamation.
“I Have a Dream” was penned and delivered as an effective lattice of words which catapulted a …show more content…
Dr. King’s use of rhetorical strategies was effective primarily when they were used in conjunction to one another. Dr. King’s intent was to eradicate the diction of animosity from within the audience and the generations that followed. It was through the rhetorical strategy of ethos, pathos and logos along with the extensive use of illustrative metaphors that Dr. King succeeded in achieving his deliberative aim. King carefully chose the strategies of anaphora and parallelism to shape “I have a dream” and “let freedom ring” settle deep into the conscious. The immutable repetition sowed seeds of hope and inspiration in the audience. Dr. King aligned the past, the present and the future intending to end his speech with hopes and promises of a change that was to be conducted with peace and equality, in perfect harmony to humane relations. Martin Luther King through his speech moved a crowd of 200,000 people; his assembly of words and rhetorical strategies managed to advocate humanity in the face of social color blindness. His words still live and continue to inspire thousands
“I Have a Dream” was penned and delivered as an effective lattice of words which catapulted a …show more content…
Dr. King’s use of rhetorical strategies was effective primarily when they were used in conjunction to one another. Dr. King’s intent was to eradicate the diction of animosity from within the audience and the generations that followed. It was through the rhetorical strategy of ethos, pathos and logos along with the extensive use of illustrative metaphors that Dr. King succeeded in achieving his deliberative aim. King carefully chose the strategies of anaphora and parallelism to shape “I have a dream” and “let freedom ring” settle deep into the conscious. The immutable repetition sowed seeds of hope and inspiration in the audience. Dr. King aligned the past, the present and the future intending to end his speech with hopes and promises of a change that was to be conducted with peace and equality, in perfect harmony to humane relations. Martin Luther King through his speech moved a crowd of 200,000 people; his assembly of words and rhetorical strategies managed to advocate humanity in the face of social color blindness. His words still live and continue to inspire thousands