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A speech is worthy when it is still relevant and relates to audiences throughout time.

Literature has relevance in that it, as well as manifestations of it, reveal insights into the human condition. Speeches are such an example and it is this relationship between text and ideals that can relate to different contexts and different audiences. A speech is relevant even if it evokes a negative response. It still holds an element of altering attitudes for particular audiences.

Atwood’s speech “Spotty Handed Villainesses” gives us an insight into the nature of fiction and its portrayal of the feminine, as it challenges the existing notions of ‘women behaving badly’. Martin Luther King Jr’s speech “I have a dream” deals with the nature of the marginalised and the quest for freedom. Both texts challenge the perceptions of ‘the other’ being our society and appeal to our post- modern, fragmented world and numerous discourses. These speeches are worthy as they expose......

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