Critical Study on Abraham Lincoln's "The Ghettysburg Adress" and Martin Luther King's "I have a Dream" Speeches.

There's more than one way to skin a cat, likewise, there are numerous ways to interpret a text. It is crucial that we engage it from different perspectives, within different contexts, and value it for its various qualities. Using the Post-Structuralism reading and by looking through different contextual windows, we can give Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg address and Martin Luther King's 'I have a dream speech', innumerous permutations of meanings. We can also choose to set …

…understanding that there is no one true meaning for the text. From the moment the speech was created, it became susceptible to innumerous interpretations from as many different contexts and perspective. At the same time, we may strip the text of any external contexts, and appreciate it solely for its artistic qualities. But the fact remains that, we as the responder will ultimately decide the way for which we will remember and value the text.