Indholdsfortegnelse
ln what way does Martin Luther King speak?
Who were present in the audience?
Are you moved by his speech? Why/why not?
- Topic:
- Reader:
- Circumstances:
- Language:
- Writer:
Who are the recipients of"\ Have a Dream"? Is there more than one?
Find information about Martin Luther King in the introduction and account for his ethos in relation to this speech:
Find some examples of logos in the speech and explain the idea behind using them.
What exactly makes this speech unforgettable? Point out a quote from the speech that you think made it unforgettable in 1963 - and point out one that makes it unforgettable in our time:
Comment on the following quotes from Martin Luther King's speech. You can find help in the box about metaphors p. 81: • " ... the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity."
America has given the Negro people a bad check which has come back marked 'insufficient funds'
Comment on the concept of light in the following quotations from Martin Luther King's speech:
• "This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice." (p. 120, li. 4-6)
• "lt came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity." (p. 120, li. 6-7)
Comment on the anaphoras listed below and explain the purpose of them.
o one hundred years later:
o we can never be satisfied:
o I have a dream:
What exactly is Martin Luther King's dream?
Martin l.uthel King mentions that his dream is "deeply rooted in the American dream"
Martin Luther King mentions "a great American" (p. 120, l. 3). Who is he referring to? Why?
Why does Martin Luther King mention the Emancipation Proclamation and the Constitution?
Optimer dit sprog - Læs vores guide og scor topkarakter
Uddrag
ln what way does Martin Luther King speak? Martin Luther King speak like he is singing in waves. He starts in a low voice and shout at the end of the sentence
He has these patterns in his speech that makes people remember his speech. Every time I hear the sentence “I have a dream” I think of martin Luther Kings speech.
When there is something important that he is going to say, he speaks louder so the people in the back can hear the important part.
Who were present in the audience? There were both blacks and whites but mostly black people.
All around him there are only blacks, but below the audience are blacks and whites. there are most older people, but you can also see a lot of young people among them
Are you moved by his speech? Why/why not? Yes, I am moved by his speech because of his dream. If I lived in that time, I would probably have the same dream. His dreams is almost impossible in that time. But now that dream is not longer a dream but a reality.
---
What exactly makes this speech unforgettable? Point out a quote from the speech that you think made it unforgettable in 1963 - and point out one that makes it unforgettable in our time:
the speech is unforgettable in itself, but what probably made it unforgettable in 1963 is that for the first time there is a black man standing up and talking their case in front of the whole country.
but what we know the speech for is "I have a dream" as it is something he says a lot of times in the speech.
Comment on the following quotes from Martin Luther King's speech. You can find help in the box about metaphors p. 81:
• " ... the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity." By using the analogy of lonely islands of poverty in a vast ocean of material prosperity
MLK was encouraging people to visualise that racial divide, and their segregated society, in those terms and to demand racial justice for mistreated African Americans.
- America has given the Negro people a bad check which has come back marked 'insufficient funds' MLK argued, when he spoke the words
“America had given the Negro people a bad check,” that the United States has promised all people a promise of “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” no particular race was said, which means that one means all people.
Skriv et svar