Lincoln's second inaugural address

Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address was a seminal document in our nation’s history. Lincoln used the opportunity to try and bring a wounded nation back together, employing several rhetorical strategies in his speech. Lincoln wrote his Second Inaugural Address himself. He had already been president for one term and had just been re-elected. He could have used the speech to celebrate himself and his efforts in the war, which was nearly over. He didn’t. Instead he tried to motivate his people to try to rebuild the nation and not focus on who was wrong or who “lost.” In the second paragraph, Lincoln states, “all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil-war. All dreaded it,” and later in that paragraph he also said, “Both parties…

recite, Abraham Lincoln's second Inaugural Address has a large number of deeper meanings that can easily be foreseen. In Ronald C. White Jr.'s novel Lincoln's Greatest Speech the author makes Lincoln's speech more significant by comparing the Second Inaugural Address to some of Lincoln's other well known speeches, analyzing the language Lincoln used, and by relating Lincoln's ideas and writing strategies to aspects of his early life. The meaningfulness of Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address…

effective speech writers to have ever taken office. Ronald C. White Jr. presents Lincoln's Greatest Speech as an argument that Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address is in fact Lincoln's greatest speech. Through Lincoln's Greatest Speech, White applies several literary techniques to his writing in order to present an effective argument to his audience. The arguments he presents in his book uncover a deeper meaning of Lincoln's speech in a captivating way. White uses the techniques of dramatization,…

the release of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Lincoln was elected president right as these controversial scenarios began to erupt. Although civil war was inevitable, Lincoln’s issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation, his Gettysburg address, and his Second Inaugural Speech were masterfully crafted and delivered at pivotal moments in the war and postwar to do the seemingly impossible job of reuniting America and bring the defeated South out…

In Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address, he uses many rhetorical devices to appeal to our ethos, pathos, and logos. Through this he expresses his feeling about the Civil War; the motivation which made it come about and the outcome of the war. At this point the country had been a war for four years and tensions are high; President Lincoln has been reelected into his second term prepared to give a speech that will hopefully bring the nation back together so that they can “bind up the…

Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address, a speech delivered on March 4th, 1865, addressed the hostilities among a divided nation. In this speech Lincoln demanded that both the North and the South to put aside the divided conflict and reconcile in order to heal the wound of the divided nation. This speech did not honor the North for their victory of the Civil War, nor did it blame the South for causing the war due to their views on slavery; which was believed to be the cause of the nation’s…

Racism and slavery were two rising conflicts in the 18 and 1900’s. There were two very famous speeches given by Abraham Lincoln, and Robert F. Kennedy discussing these two issues. Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address was given on April 10th, 1865 by Abraham Lincoln. He gave this speech to inform the public know about the Civil War. Remarks on the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Was given on April 4th, 1968, by Robert F. Kennedy. Kennedy gave this speech to inform the public that…

his life, and even after his assassination scholars explore his writings. During Lincoln’s presidency, he overcame obstacles such as the division of the states, while exposed to the publics’ ridicule. One example of the horrors of state division occurred in Gettysburg, between the Confederates and the Union armies in the year 1865. After the retreat of the armies,…

A Rhetorical Analysis Of Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address was a speech Abraham Lincoln created and delivered on March 4, 1865. Lincoln wrote this speech for his election day where he would be chosen as America’s new president. The speech’s topic revolves mainly around how Lincoln proposes his plans for how the war, which is currently being faced at the time, should be dealt with. The war is between the Union, or the North, and the Confederates, or the South…

The Healing of the Divided States; How Lincoln Unified a Nation On March 4, 1865, Abraham Lincoln appeared before his fellow countrymen to be sworn in, taking presidential office for the second time. The capitol building stood before an ocean of American citizens from various demographics, ready to take in his words of wisdom. However, Lincoln had more to say than merely recognizing himself to again be the leader of the American people. He talked about an event that deeply distressed the state…