MLK Speech Analysis

You will analyze Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech using the Dramatistic Pentad. Your analysis will focus on the five elements of the Pentad and draw a conclusion about MLK’s worldview or underlying motive for the speech.

 

The five elements are:

                                                                    Pick one or two below and draw conclusion in pargraph towards end

 

1. Scene                                                                      Situational Determinism

2. Agent                                                                       Idealism

3. Agency                                                                   Pragmatism

4. Act                                                                         Realism

5. Purpose                                                                Mysticism

 

Word Count: 1000