Gettysburg Address

The Battle of Gettysburg is remembered as one of the bloodiest battle in American History and cost almost 50,000 lives. The Union came out as the victors, yet as Lincoln stood before the crowd at Gettysburg no one rejoiced over this turning point in the war. Grief filled the nation and nationalism decreased as the war dragged on. Abraham Lincoln appeals to war patriotism and inspires his audience by highlighting the beliefs of the nation and the work that needs to be completed by the living in…

The Gettysburg address delivered on November 19, 1863 by Abraham Lincoln was a dedication speech to the brave men and women who fought in the Gettysburg battle. After three revisions, and hours of work, one of the most influential presidents in history delivered an articulately written speech. A speech that has gone down in history as an eloquent example of the rhetorical devices. The execution of the rhetorical triangle, by the President, created a connection amongst the audience and the…

November 19, 1863, I traveled to pay my respects for all of the great soldiers of the Union that had died on this field in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The reason I chose to go four-and-a-half months after the Union had the victory is because I heard that Edward Everett was going to speak. Even though I went to see Edward Everett speak, I found President Lincoln’s Gettysburg address made much more of an impact on the people of the Union. Although Edward Everett’s two hour long speech was a great…

the beginning to one of the most well-known speeches by one of our nation’s presidents, Abraham Lincoln. During Lincoln’s terms as President, America was fighting in the Civil War. President Lincoln used pathos, repetition and allusion in the Gettysburg Address, to persuade Americans to keep fighting and to carry on the fight that their loved ones lost their lives for. In this speech, you will hear President Lincoln use pathos to explain his emotions such as sorrow, disappointment, etc., towards…

Abraham Lincoln’s “Gettysburg Address” was presented in 1863 while Pericles’ “Funeral Oration” was given in 431 BCE. The former was written to close a ceremony dedicating the old battlefield to the fallen soldiers while the latter was presented in a public funeral tradition to honor the dead. Pericles’ Funeral Oration and Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address compare and contrast in terms of historical context, themes, and rhetorical features. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address and Pericles’ Funeral…

Lincoln's two speeches, "The Gettysburg Address" and "Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation" are two different speeches but are related and hold relevance together. Both are during great hardship in the United states as we are enduring a brutal civil war. Lincoln two powerful speeches are delivered using with different tactics from each other. In the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln uses an Ethos appeal to draw the crowd in emotionally and gather support to end the war. In the Emancipation…

delivered, the Gettysburg Address, America was in the midst of a bloody Civil War. Four months before, the Union had just defeated the Confederate soldiers at the Battle of Gettysburg ,which is also known as the turning point of the war. This speech was given at the end of the ceremony dedicating the Battlefield Cemetery to the fallen soldiers. Although this speech was intended for the fallen soldiers, it actually gave the rest of the Union soldiers the push to continue to fight. In the…

The Gettysburg Address is a speech by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, one of the best-known in American history.[4] It was delivered by Lincoln during the American Civil War, on the afternoon of Thursday, November 19, 1863, at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, four and a half months after the Union armies defeated those of the Confederacy at the Battle of Gettysburg. Abraham Lincoln's carefully crafted address, secondary to other presentations that…

In the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln appeals to ethos, logos and pathos through his use of Allusion, structure and diction. While in the mist of the civil car, President Abraham Lincoln went on stage to address the attendees of the Soldiers National Cemetery for their dedication to fighting for the country. During his speech, Lincoln uses pathos to express his message to soldiers of the Civil War. He does this by emphasizing the importance of equality, freedom and liberty. His goal was to…

The Thinking of the Gettysburg Address There have been more than a century since the Gettysburg Address, but the aspiration it brings can still be seen almost everywhere in our life. The sentences are carved on walls or stored in libraries, the address itself is always referred in many different conditions. To me, the Gettysburg Address is famous not only because the stir it made, but also the continuous encouragement and aspiration, which has been inherited and will be going down to later…