Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address speech was influenced by Pericles’s speech, because the two speeches deal with the same subject matter in similar ways. Both of speeches were presented on the occasion on serious deaths, regarding the military. Pericles stated, “The power is in the hands of the people. It is not in the hands of a small group.” Abraham Lincoln said something similar in his speech while talking about the government. He said, “...government of the people, by the people, and for the people…” Both of these fragments from their speeches are spoken about in the same manner, and resemble each other. Pericles mentioned that his was an original role model, and people will remember it in the future. At the end of Lincoln’s speech he stated,
Although the Pericles’ Funeral Oration and the Gettysburg Address are hundreds of years apart, many have taken note of the similarities between these two memoirs for fallen soldiers of war. A powerful funeral oration from Athenian culture inspired Abraham Lincoln’s address to the Union during the Civil War. Both the Athenians and the Union were in the midst of fighting another power at the time. The value placed on liberty and democracy amongst these two groups was strong. Although citizens were treated differently and the concept of which people were deserving of rights differed, the Gettysburg Address and Pericles’ Funeral Oration similarly ensured their military conquests and sacrifices would be historically significant as it brings great honor and pride to their respective states. Their deaths were not in vain and would further push the ideas of these two respective societies.
Pericles makes a very significant statement when he says, “Our form of government does not enter into rivalry with
Pericles and Lincoln both employ various rhetorical strategies in their speeches to create a formal tone. In Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, his first line contains an allusion to the Declaration. Lincoln’s allusion, “all men created equal”, helps appeal to pathos in his introduction. Lincoln uses the birth of the nation to persuade the audience they must continue their patriotism. Additionally, Lincoln uses anastrophe in the line, “brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty.”
During the Civil war, Abraham Lincoln was the president and he delivered the Gettysburg Address. The Gettysburg Address was a 2 minute speech presented by Abraham Lincoln, which was extremely influential,
After reading both speeches I found that the purpose of Pericles's speech was to honor the ancestors, the survivors, the ones who died for the country, and their families. It was also to speak of the goodness of Athens and reiterate how rewarding having a democracy is. The purpose of Lincoln's speech was very similar. It was to dedicate a monument as the final resting place for those who have died in the civil war; it was also to reinforce the fact that there is unfinished work. "It is for us the living rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who have fought here have thus far so nobly advanced." (Lincoln "Gettysburg Address")
To begin, Lincoln and Pericles both express tone in similar ways. In order to encourage his frazzled and hopeless soldiers and families, in addition to emphasizing the deceased, Lincoln needed to state his tone in an explicit and benevolent approach in the “Gettysburg Address”. To do this, Lincoln begins his speech with “Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the position that all men are created equal.” Because the exact opposite was enduring at that time, Lincoln states this to remind the soldiers of what they
431 BCE was the year that the end of the Peloponnesian war. A great amount of lives of Athenians were lost, and the city of Athens held a public funeral to keep up with the traditions. At these funerals, a citizen was chosen to give a speech at this event. And happen so, Pericles was chosen to give at this funeral oration, not knowing that it would become one of the most famous speech of all time. Future world leaders would use his speech to inspire their own, including Abraham Lincoln’s “The Gettysburg Address”. Even though, they may be both addressing the people of their nations to keep fighting and mourn the lives lost in these battles, there are differences of how they used rhetorical analysis in their speeches.
Though Lincoln may not have realized it when writing the Gettysburg Address, Pericles’ Funeral Oration served in many ways as a foundation or model for his speech. The two can be compared in terms of similarity in many ways. The first is context in the sense that they were both following a major battle. Lincoln was addressing those in Gettysburg following a gruesome civil war battle, while Pericles was addressing a group of Athenians following the Peloponnesian War. Another similarity was the message of both speeches. What the message of both Lincoln and Pericles’ speech was that those who died in battle did not die in vain, rather they died fighting for a noble cause that was much bigger than themselves. The two speeches are almost identical in overall message except for one concept; the view of the enemy. At no point within the Gettysburg Address did Abraham Lincoln insult the confederacy However, in the case of Pericles, he consistently insults Sparta. He talks about how superior Athens is to all other nations and that those who died had to
He quoted the Declaration of Independence by saying “all men are created equal” in his speech given during a war fought for equal rights of man. He also mentioned the individual man when he said “they gave the last full measure of devotion”, their lives. The men who had died on that battlefield were honored by his words, and had their individual rights addressed. Lincoln balances this by addressing the union. “This nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom” and “that the government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth”.
Lincoln said the war was a “huge morale booster” (Document D). This led to massive tension between the two sides of the war. The Gettysburg Address gave the nation an opportunity to recognize itself not only for the abolishment of slavery, but proving the democratic government is the best way of government. While helping to dedicate a national soldiers’ ceremony in Pennsylvania, Lincoln said to the crowd, “...and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth”. (Document D). Lincoln believed democracy should be the only style of government, and that people should always have a say. He had asked the crowd to pledge to expand freedom and work to make democracy never go
“...We here be dedicated to the great task remaining before us… that the nation, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people for the people shall not perish from the earth.”- Abraham Lincoln. This quote essentially summarizes the
In Lincoln’s “Gettysburg Address,” he uses a combination of forensic, ceremonial, and political oratory within his speech. According to Aristotle, forensic oratory is concerned with the past, with reference to things that have already occurred. Ceremonial oratory is concerned with the present, and make guesses as to what the future holds. Political oratory is concerned with the future, and advises, or advises against something. Lincoln utilizes all three of these methods in his speech, and it really connects with the
The following quote “The sedge is withr’d from the lake, And no birds sing,” (Keats)
Unintended pregnancy is a great concern in the U.S. with “half of all pregnancies are unintended and unintended pregnancy….(is) highly concentrated among low-income women” (Frost, J.J., Sonfield, A., Zolna, M.R., & Finer, L.B., 2014). The goal of family planning services is to help reduce that number, and also reduce the economic and health risks associated with unplanned pregnancy. The benefits of family planning services provided by the government are the preventative health services that are provided, and the cost savings from the reduction of birth related costs.
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