Lincoln's second inaugural address

Obviously, the moral duty is apparent to us now, but for the 1850s the idea to free the slaves was certainly pretty radical. In his 2nd Inaugural Address, he mentioned how he believed that the war was God’s punishment for immorally enslaving millions of people, saying that “If God wills that it continue, until all the wealth piled by the bond-men’s two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil…

vote; but he gave him probably the best line in the whole movie, “But this is History.” And with the final vote cased the Amendment would pass and slavery was “over”. The movie continues all the way through Lincoln’s death. But the last part of the movie shows the second inaugural address. With the final scene complete and the credits rolling; the historical accuracy is not perfect but it allows for the most part a true understanding of the events that made up the history of the United States.…

Civil War happened Lincoln did everything in his power to try and stop it from happening but when he couldn’t make it happen he put all of his effort into trying to heal our broken nation. During Lincoln’s presidency if he didn’t honestly believe in our Union, America would not have been well off after Lincoln’s death in 1865. If it wasn’t for his optimism for the future of our nation and his high dedication, we would not be the Great United States we are today. When Lincoln was president he…

Rhetorical Analysis of Lincoln and Kennedy Speeches Political speeches have produced some of the most organized, articulated, and aesthetic language throughout history. In their first and second inaugural addresses respectively, John F. Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln presented to the country a beautiful collection of lines, many of them still remembered to this day. These artfully written speeches were not written in such style on accident, as the mastery of syntax, diction, and trope are used to…

March 4th, 1865 Abraham Lincoln delivered his second inaugural address during his second inauguration as President of the United States. At a time when victory over the secessionists in the American Civil War was within days and slavery was near an end, Lincoln did not speak of happiness, but of sadness. After Lincoln gave his speech, he left the podium to ask his friend Frederick Douglass, how he felt about it. Lincoln said to Douglass, “Well, what did you think?” Douglass replied, “I agree…

Rhetoric and analysis is still it's own beast but, after palming through countless literary works such as Black Boy, Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address, Letter from Birmingham Jail, Macbeth, The Great Gatsby and many others, spotting an anaphora is no longer an unbearable burden upon my chest. Symbolism is no longer something out of reach but rather something I can easily spot. I, like…

Kennedy assumed the office of the President of the United States” (Overview:Inaugural). This quote is important because although it was cold, everyone still gathered. Within fifteen minutes of the Inaugural speech…

for such a massive structure” (NPS Lincoln Memorial). The memorial was mainly made out of marble, granite, limestone, and concrete. There also are decorative murals painted on the tops of the south and north walls and the Gettysburg Address and the Second Inaugural are carved into the stone beneath the paintings. All the materials that Henry Bacon chose, tell a very specific story. “A country torn apart by war can come together, not only to build something beautiful but also explain the…

As his Presidential term began for a second time making him President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln faced a country steeped in division and anger as they were still in the midst of a civil war. Lincoln used a myriad of rhetorical strategies in this awe-inspiring speech. Lincoln’s diction, tone, and syntax help to achieve his purpose of uniting the nation. Clearly, we see he is speaking to both the North and South as his audience. He uses such words as: “both, us, we, neither, each” in…

In Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution, James McPherson discusses not only the many changes wrought upon the United States because of the Civil War, but also the ways in which President Abraham Lincoln was instrumental in the carrying out of these changes. When Lincoln gave his inaugural address, he spoke only of the Union, but by the time he gave his infamous Gettysburg address, he spoke only of a united nation (McPherson, viii). A nation he united through “revolution”—a complete…