Gettysburg Address

The Gettysburg Address is considered by scholars and historians to be one of the most famous and meaningful speeches ever given by a president of the United States. Different from the average politician Lincoln’s speech was short, he said what he wanted to say without complicating it; making it easy for the audience to understand and to get his point across. Lincoln limited his subject, and removed confusion, in order to inspire the principles of human equality in his audience with the intent to unify the nation. While, in the midst of a civil war, Lincoln used words that not only inspired the people, would resonate through time, for example, consecrate, proposition, sacred and hallowed ground. Abraham Lincoln delivered one of the most memorable speeches in American history in just two-minutes, and consisting of just 272 words at the dedication ceremony for the National Cemetery of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania. Within, the first sentence of Lincoln’s speech he reminds the citizens that our fore fathers “brought forth, on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal” (Gettysburg Address, 2013). “Proposition” is Lincolns comparison to the original dream of our country, and the dedication to the men that sacrificed everything to fight, he is wants everyone to…

Two iconic people and their iconic speeches marked the history of America. “I Have A Dream” by Martin Luther King Jr, it was given during the march on Washington for jobs and Freedom on August 28,1963. In his speech he demanded an end to racism in the United States and he called for equality for all people. On “The Gettysburg Address” by Abraham Lincoln, his speech was given at Gettysburg during the American Civil War on November 19,1863 as a memorable speech for all soldiers who died during the…

The word admirable by definition means the following: .arousing or deserving respect and approval. That is the first word used to describe Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, and there is not a better word I can think of for this touching speech. The Gettysburg Address was recited after the Civil War, on the very field it was fought on. When the president was invited to give a speech in the place where so many died, it was expected to be emotional at the very least. However, Lincoln went past…

The syntax found in “The Gettysburg Address” (1863) by Abraham Lincoln is contained within only ten potent sentences providing a rich variety of mostly compound-complex sentences and peppered with simple sentences. By using this syntax structure, he is nebulous to the meaning or interpretation. However, he garnishes it with clauses, phrases, balanced sentences, repetition, rhyme, rhythm, poetry, and paradoxes. Syntax is not only nebulous, but it zealously guards the rules and yet gambles with…

After the long hard-fought, battle Abraham Lincoln gave a very necessary speech titled "Gettysburg Address." Lincoln's speech was about how the people should help make the founding father's statement true. The people that did believe that all men are created equal, they were young men's that had a big soul to fight in that war to succeed what our founding fathers stated. Young men had the guts go out in the battlefield and fight for their rights of being free and be treated equally. Ultimately,…

That November day in 1863 was undoubtedly filled with many emotions to begin with, but somehow Lincoln managed to bring forth even more from his audience. In particular, the speech was being given on the very ground that the bloody battle of Gettysburg had been fought on just four months earlier. Lincoln had intended on delivering this speech in order to tell the people that this battlefield would be turned into a cemetery for those fallen in battle. But with the civil war still raging on, he…

Rules are Meant for Breaking; A Comparison between Anthony Weston and Garry Wills Garry Wills’ Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America explores the infamous words that Abraham Lincoln spoke, or rather, did not speak in his Gettysburg Address. The chapter, “Revolution in Thought”, examines how Lincoln helped promote harmony and countered the common idea that the states were united only through the contract agreements signed in the Constitution. Anthony Weston, the author of A…

The Gettysburg Address, in my opinion, is one of the most famous speeches in our nation’s history. There were many devices used during President’s Lincoln speech like pathos. Pathos cleverly used in his Gettysburg Address; how he describes a part of the nation’s history and where the country was heading. I think Abraham Lincoln used pathos because to make a genuine connection; with the people of the United States after the tragedy of the war. In the Gettysburg Address, the rhetorical appeals…

The Gettysburg Address is the greatest speech in American History. President Abraham Lincoln delivered an inspiring speech at the dedication of the Soldiers National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on November 19, 1863, to honor the soldiers who died at the Battle of Gettysburg. He was the 16th American President who served in office from March 4, 1861 to April 15, 1865. The Gettysburg Address was one of the important events during his presidency. Although it was just a short, two minute…

How does Lincoln, in the Gettysburg Address, try to change what his readers/listeners believe about what it means to be dedicated to the American idea that “All men are created equal"? In the Gettysburg Address Lincoln wants to change what his readers believe about what it means to be dedicated to the American idea that “All men are created equal.'' by giving out his speech he was saying ''all men are created equal '' over and over to try and give the people an idea about the society and nation…