Rhetorical Analysis Of Robert F. Kennedy's Speech

American Politician from Massachusetts, Robert F. Kennedy, spoke in honor of the assassinated Martin Luther King Junior. Kennedy’s goal was to talk to American citizens about not letting this turn into violence against whites and blacks. When speaking, he created a tone of persuasion. He is trying to talk mainly towards the black US citizens to move beyond this assassination of a black man by a white man. His motive, is to keep this nation moving forward. Robert Kennedy’s speech to direct our nation toward nonviolence is strongly put across to the US Citizen’s by choosing to use specific sentence structures of persuasion,parallelism and alliterations. Kennedy begins his speech by acknowledging this assassination of Martin Luther King Junior by a white man will fill those of black color with “ bitterness, hatred and a desire for revenge”. Sad news …show more content…
He had used allusion within a quote from the greeks. The quote is, “ To tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world. Let us dedicate ourselves to that, and say a prayer for our country and for our people.” In that past time period, Julius Caesar was a leader who was turned upon and assassinated. The death of Martin Luther King is not the first time in that someone has been killed at the fault of man’s anger. The greeks struggled with the same issue when you reflect back upon the execution of Julius. Robert Kennedy’s speech was more impactful and remembered from his use of rhetorical devices and diction. After hearing the speech, certain themes and words remain in your head which leave you thinking. Throughout his speech he referred to his own life , family and the use of prayer. Kennedy was portraying empathy with everyone who was affected. Violence was on the brink of breaking out. American politician Robert Kennedy, used this speech to recollect the minds of the blacks and put forth the light of