Martin Luther King Jr.’s last speech before he died was “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop”. In this speech, King passionately discusses his view on human equality. He believes that all humans should have the same rights and be treated equally. Martin Luther King Jr. convincingly argues for equal rights by using many literary devices throughout his speech such as foreshadowing, allusions, motifs, and themes. Although all of these devices work well in his speech, through allusions to past events such as slavery in Egypt, Martin Luther King Jr. most strongly influences listeners of his beliefs to the point that people will reflect upon these allusions, and change their own views about them.