Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech and King George VI’s wartime speech both have a meaningful place in history, as they equally well-written and similar in many aspects.
The first comparison between the speeches are how they were adjusted based on the speaker’s ability to speak. MLK is a confident and strong speaker, who knew how to use his voice captivate an audience. Thus, MLK’s speech was adjusted to include many rhetorical devices such as repetition, alliteration, allusions, and metaphors. These rhetorical devices collaborated well with MLK’s strength as a loud and powerful speaker. Similarly, George VI also had his speech adjusted to fit his speaking ability. His speech contained long pauses between words because it aided George VI problem of his stammers. The long pauses gave him more time to prepare for his next word or sentence and it also added dramatic effect to the speech. Furthermore, due to George VI lack of ability to enunciate, a less wide array of vocabulary words were used in comparison to MLK’s speech. As can be seen, both speeches were altered in a way that maximized the effectiveness of the speech based on the oral abilities of the speaker.
The second…show more content… MLK’s “I Have a Dream” speech was delivered at the Lincoln Memorial to over 250,000 Civil Rights supporters to gain more support for the Civil Rights Movement. In doing so, MLK presented a powerful speech that called for the end of racism in the United States. He wanted people to unite together against the laws that discriminate Africans-Americans and to push for equality of all people of color. On the other hand, George VI speech was to declare Britain’s entry into WWII against Germany. It was broadcasted to the entire people of the British Empire in order to unite together for upcoming war. All in all, both speech were intended to unite people for a common
