...Abraham Lincoln confidently addresses the people of America in an attempt to unify and reconstruct The United States after the Civil War through his second Inaugural Address. Lincoln creatively and tactfully assaults the topics of reunification and reconstruction by selectively introducing new ideas and claims then providing large amounts of reason to support them. He uses his specific, detailed, unique strategy in order to create an effective and powerful speech for the public. Lincoln uses a vast variety of sentence structure to maximize the effectiveness of his claims throughout his argument. His syntax differs between simple, compound, and a fairly large amount of complex sentences. He creatively inserts numerous simple sentences in unexpected places throughout his speech to provide extra emphasis on the point of reunification....
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...President Abraham Lincoln, in his speech, the Second Inaugural Address talks about the effects of the Civil War and his views for the future of the nation. President Lincoln supports his claims for a better future by promising the nation unity and peace among its people. Lincoln’s purpose is to heal the wounds of the Civil War and reunite the North and South within the United States. He adopts a righteous and erudite tone for his audience, and others interested in Abraham Lincoln and his speech about the Civil War. Throughout his speech, Abraham Lincoln uses three main literary tools to capture his audience: Biblical allusions, personification of the war, and addresses both the Northerners and Southerners in hopes of reunifying the nation. Through Abraham Lincoln’s use of Biblical allusions, he was able to bring the north and south together by telling them about how God has a plan and the war was a part of his plan. Both sides, the north and south, had Christian values that they followed and each had been praying to God that they win. In paragraph three,...
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...Abraham Lincoln gives his “Second Inaugural Address” after being elected for his second term as president of the United States. As he stands before politicians and and Lincoln-supporters alike, he speaks of the rising tensions between the two sides of the Civil War. The goal of the reelected president’s speech was to keep the country united, regardless of the differences on both sides of the war: however, events such as the recent riots in Charlottesville reveal that this goal has not yet been achieved. In the height of the civil war, Abraham Lincoln makes it his goal to keep the nation united by surpassing their differences and moving forward as a country. Lincoln proclaims that the war will be finished with “malice towards none, with...
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...In President Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address he strategizes his speech in a defiant manner in order to appeal to the audience. Lincoln's strategies were used to help us to notice all Lincoln wanted was to manifest hope and get what the nation so rightfully lacked . Through word choice , tone , and biblical allusion we are fully able to convey the full vision Lincoln drew in a logical sense. Lincoln entices to the emotions of the audience when he uses biblical allusion. Throughout the speech he frequently included God’s words of wisdom . In one sentence Lincoln states, “ Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God , and each invoked his aid against the other (lines 42-44) .” With this Lincoln is able to reframe from being...
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...In Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address he asserts many points on rhetorical strategies while stating his hopes and admirations for what will come after the Civil War. The purpose of Lincoln’s speech was to unify the nation and bring peace to the states. The tone of this speech emphasizes unity for all. Lincoln begins with using parallelism to help get his point across. “Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away.” (lines 61-63) Lincoln uses the phrase “do we” to show unity. By saying ‘we do’ Lincoln isn’t separating himself from the crowd instead he’s stating himself with the crowd. “While the inaugural address was being delivered from this place, devoted altogether to saving...
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...United States, is one of the most well known presidents because of his great leadership. The sixteenth president wrote masterful speeches and one of them is his Second Inaugural Address. The Second Inaugural Address shows President Lincoln’s viewpoint on how he plans to lead the nation in the future and the effects of the Civil War. With this speech directed to everybody, President Abraham Lincoln skillfully embodies biblical allusion, use of generalization, and shows ethos to appeal to the people. President Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address is extremely powerful because he tries to find harmony between the North and the South. By using Christianity as the main common ground for the North and the South, President Lincoln...
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...President Lincoln gave his second inaugural address during a time period where America as a whole was in dire need of leadership and guidance. The Civil War that raged on between the North and the South almost tore this great nation apart. Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States had a vision to restore America to its former glory and to repair our broken nation. The Civil War was brutal and caused many lives to be lost; during the president’s speech he painted a picture of the battlefield where countless amounts of blood had been shed. Abraham Lincoln also provides a strong sense of moral values within his speech; he acknowledges God as the Almighty whose will must be done. There were many key issues that caused this war to begin...
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...Unlike other presidents before him, Abraham Lincoln also included God into the execution of his Presidency. Originally raised Baptist, the impending war, and death of his youngest son while in office, allowed Lincoln to connect with God. A ‘born-again’ Christian, his second inaugural address was packed with biblical allusions and scriptural references. The two most important references derive from Genesis 3:19 and Matthew 7:1 that tie together the Old and New Testament, respectively. Exhibiting the knowledge and comprehension of the word of God, Lincoln says, “It may seem strange than any men should dare to ask a just God’s assistance in wringing the bread from the sweat of other men’s face, but let us judge not, that we be not judged.” In...
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...On March 4, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln gave his second inaugural address speech, where he shared his visions for the future years of his presidency. Also, in his speech, he used rhetorical devices to achieve his purpose. One rhetorical strategy Abraham Lincoln used in his second inaugural speech is appealing to the audience’s pathos. In his speech, he says “one-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part of it.” This statement appeals to the audience’s pathos, in a way where the audience should feel sorrow for the slaves, as they are clearly being unfairly treated. In addition, slaves were “localized in the southern part of it”, meaning they were living...
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...dfsdfsfswgAbraham Lincoln's ability to write and deliver great speeches made him a rising star in national politics and propelled him to the White House. And during his years in office, classic speeches, especially the Gettysburg Address and Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, helped to establish him as one of the greatest American presidents. Follow the links below to read more about Lincoln's greatest speeches. Lincoln's Lyceum Address Buyenlarge/Archive Photos/Getty Images Addressing a local chapter of the American Lyceum Movement in Springfield, Illinois, a 28-year-old Lincoln delivered a surprisingly ambitious speech on a cold winter night in 1838. The speech was entitled "The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions," and Lincoln, who had just been elected to local political office, spoke on matters of great national significance. He made allusions to a recent act of mob violence in Illinois, and also addressed the issue of slavery. Though Lincoln was talking to a smalltown audience of friends and neighbors, he seemed to have ambitions beyond Springfield and his position as a state representative. Lincoln's Address at Cooper Union In late February 1860 Abraham Lincoln took a series of trains from Springfield, Illinois to New York City. He had been invited to speak to a gathering of the Republican Party, a fairly new political party which was opposed to the spread of slavery. Lincoln had gained some fame while debating Stephen A. Douglas two years earlier in a...
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...Abraham Lincoln – 2nd Inaugural Address The Civil War was a time period where the nation was isolated into two regions, the emancipated North and the captive South. The war settled two constitutional questions, whether the United States was to be a segregated confederation of self-governing states or a unified nation with an autonomous national government, and whether this nation, where all men were conceive with an equal right to liberty, would prevail as the largest slaveholding country in the world. After bearing the nation’s agony on his shoulders for four lengthy years, President Abraham Lincoln in his Second Inaugural Address deliberated the outgrowths of the civil war and revealed his vision of unity and forgiveness for the future of the nation. In his Second Inaugural Address, Abraham Lincoln adopts rhetorical devices appealing to his audience’s credibility and emotions to settle the purpose of his speech in merging a broken nation through the abolition of slavery. Lincoln articulates the cause of the war, slavery, in the saying “These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of the war”. Throughout the speech, he outlines American slavery as the harrowing offense that God wills to remove for the well-being and future of slaves. Lincoln insinuated to the common base the North and the South share, particularly religiously, as he asserts “Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God.” Lincoln...
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...West Civ: Modernity Paper 2 Throughout the readings of Lincoln’s Second Inaugural, Flannery O’Connor, “Good Country People”, and Frederick Douglass’s Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, there are several similarities and differences. The main point of this writing is to highlight the simplicity of the readings. Values of humanity, and morality are some of the key points to focus on throughout the writings and will be discussed accordingly. While there are mostly similarities, there are a few differences as well and they will also be examined. Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address, written in 1865 and delivered on March 4, 1865, was delivered directly during the Civil War. The Civil War of America was started and fought for many different...
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...Second Inaugural Address Freedom has many meanings to many races, religions, and cultures. Freedom is the power or right to speak, think, and act without being punished. Freedom is also not being imprisoned or enslaved by one person or one country. The United States was established on owning slaves, and freedom was not common to all men. During The 19th century, slavery was common mostly in the south but not in the north. But one man named Abraham Lincoln had a plan to stop slavery from expanding into new territories such as the north. In the Second Inaugural Address, Abraham stated, “To do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations” (Abraham Lincoln Second Inaugural Address). Lincoln had...
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...speech that changed our nation. After being reelected as president, Lincoln had to deliver a second inaugural address to a broken nation after the long, brutal, bloody Civil War. Although his second inaugural address was brief, many people consider it to be one of the greatest speeches ever written. This speech portrayed the right message for people living at the time, and also today. While Lincoln delivered his second inaugural address, the Union celebrated its imminent victory over the south in the Civil War. President Lincoln was forced to find words that could justify the North without shaming the South. In reference to slavery, Lincoln says, “All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of the war.” Lincoln makes it very clear at the beginning of the speech that slavery was the reason for the war, although some people did not like to admit it. With the end of the war near, Lincoln feared that our nation would never come together as one again. Both the Union and the Confederate armies knew that the war was coming to an end. Although the slaves would now be free, that did not mean that they would be treated equal. Lincoln knew that...
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...White uses the literary tool of parallelism to make the reader aware of the importance of Lincoln's speech at that time in history. White uses parallels between the events surrounding the of the speech and the speech itself. This technique intensifies the words of Lincoln by connecting important events in history to the important words that Lincoln uses in his speech. White analyzes the reasoning and purpose behind the words of Lincoln, and connects his methods to the methods of previous writers and philosophers. White goes from explaining that the audience was "left persuaded that they could trust Lincoln" (83) to connecting Lincoln's techniques to Aristotle's belief that "ethos, or credibility, was the most powerful means of persuasion"...
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