In scene three, king Henry is exhibited as a sensible leader, versus the man shown to the audience previous to this who is extremely manipulative and aggressive. He is able to softly inspire his troops, which he does through mentions of honor, God, and bravery. First of all, Henry orders, “Wish not a man from England” (Shakespeare IV, iii, 30). In his speech, Henry mentions several times that they are few in numbers, but that he does not wish one man more to be on the battlefield. Henry mentions that this battle is “The greater share of honor” (Shakespeare IV, iii, 22). To fight this battle with him for the soldiers is being together as an entity and giving their best not only for themselves (and survival in general) but also for fighting …show more content…
He tells that it is “God’s will” (Shakespeare IV, iii, 23) for the troops to fight this battle. As we have seen previously, Henry has a habit of bringing God into a conversation as vindication for his actions. God is a higher power, and if the troops cannot put faith in the king, they can surely put faith into God. This ties into the idea of honour but it is an honour towards something more than just …show more content…
After hearing about the slaughter of the unarmed boys guarding the English army’s supplies, Henry uses the situation to his advantage. He declares, “we’ll cut the throats of those we have” (Shakespeare IV, vii, 65), referring to his French prisoners. He makes it seem as if his order to kill the French prisoners was a result of the actions of the French army. Similar to many characters of Glengarry Glen Ross, Henry can think quickly and manipulate a situation to be favourable to him. For example, Roma of Glengarry Glen Ross is able to alter words of a sentence as a tactic of confusion when speaking with individuals, such as Lingk. Roma is able to ‘find’ or more specifically alter a situation so that it works to his advantage. Similarly, Henry, is capable of altering his reasoning through the words of others. Henry is not questioned since he is a monarch, and people omit details of his orderings, so as to make Henry seem like a more honest leader than he truly was. It is also important to remember that Queen Elizabeth (his ancestor) would be seeing this play and expect to see him in a positive
... all of these are examples of when Henry V cried out to God, the most powerful example takes place when the war is finally over. In front of all of his remaining soldiers, he attributes the entire victory of the war to God, telling God to "take it.. for it is none but thine" (4.8.113-114).
The first appeal that Henry uses in his speech is ethos which appeals to ethics. Evidence from the text is, “fulfill the great responsibility which we hold to God and our country” (lines 13-14). This shoes that God has credibility. It also shows that you need to respect God over Britain. The next piece of evidence that I found in the speech is whenever the text said, “…and of an act of disloyalty towards the majesty of heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings” (lines 16-17). This is saying that you should respect God above man. That is two ways how Henry used the ethical appeal, ethos.
Without the ability to connect with the audience, Henry’s oration would have lacked the substantial influence it had. Throughout the speech, he establishes an emotional connection with the audience. One way he did this was when he framed his speech as a polite rebuttal of his peers. Even when Henry speaks vehemently on the subject, he ensures that the audience recognizes he respects their opinions equally. This is seen in the beginning of the piece when he says “...different men often see the
Henry excites fear by stating he is passionately ready to sacrifice for his country. This play towards pathos, or appealing to the audience’s emotions, is an effective way of trying to convince the House to go to war against Britain. This pathos, combined with the logic of Henry’s speech, makes for a convincing argument. Logically taking the House step by step from stating that because he has an outlook on their situation, he should express it to them, to stating his argument before the House, to saying that lacking freedom is worse than death, then taking it full circle pronouncing he would prefer to be “give[n] death” then to have his freedom taken away by the British.
For example, Henry’s actions in the second battle convey his initial cowardice. In response to the enemy coming back to fight, Henry “ran like blind man” (Crane 57). Henry’s actions illustrate his cowardice since he is afraid to stay and fight and flees instead. However, as Henry matures throughout the novel, he learns to control his fears and show courage through his fighting. For instance, in the battle after Henry rejoins the regiment, Henry “had not deemed it possible that his army could that day succeed, and from this he felt the ability to fight harder” (Crane 133). Henry portrays bravery in this battle, since he still fights with all of his strength, when he believes the enemy would win. Henry’s change from cowardice to bravery is conveyed through his act of running away from battle, to fighting courageously in
Henry is somewhat naïve, he dreams of glory, but doesn't think much of the duty that follows. Rather than a sense of patriotism, it is clear to the reader that Henry goals seem a little different, he wants praise and adulation. "On the way to Washington, the regiment was fed and caressed for station after station until the youth beloved
One of the key words in his dialogue is 'honour' because in Elizabethan times honour was bound up with ideas of nobility and manliness. Henry has constant reference to the divine, to get permission for his actions, 'God's will.' Additionally there is various uses of semantic fields, associated with religion, God, covet, honour and sin; all taken from the bible. Henry applies a very close relationship term, 'cuz.'
King Henry was not very proud or accepting of his son. This is shown very early in the play when he speaks about him to Westmoreland. The king states:
If so be a time comes when yeh have to be kilt or do a mean thing, why, Henry, don't think of anything `cept what's right..." Henry carried with himself this counsel throughout his enlistment, resulting in his questioning himself on his bravery. As a sign of Henry's maturation, he began to analyze his character whilst marching, while receiving comments from his brethren of courage in the face of all adversity, as well as their fears ... ... middle of paper ... ... urth kept to himself, fearing for his safety, and ashamed of being captured.
Henry is trying to tell Bates that the King is not responsible for whatever happens to a soldier at war just because he has sent him, and uses the example above to illustrate this.
When the English were facing great defeat in the Battle of Agincourt, Henry tells him mean that it is up to God’s will. This is a great act of faith and trust in God and it emphasizes his noble Christian qualities. Also Henry displays mercy when he gave those who “Hath no stomach to fight” the option to leave. He did not force them to fight in the battle of Agincourt he trusted in God because all his men left him. This is the Kind of wisdom that we often see displayed by kings in the
in Act I Scene I and has all the qualities of being a great leader. He is able to manage people exceptionally well shown by his unification. of the army as a strong force. Shakespeare shows Henry's physical. Courage is never in doubt as he is a brave responsible soldier who does all that he can to protect his men.
Through high moral character Henry established credibility with the audience through creating a setting that aroused feelings in the people at the convention in order to convince them they had to fight for more than just peace. The goal Henry had when he spoke about war was to be honest with the crowd and point out that they needed to do something now or they would lose not just what he loved, but what they also loved. Henry said “If we wish to be free, if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending.and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained, we must fight!”. In this quote, the tactic of ethics is apparent in that Henry wanted to achieve a personal level of connection with the audience and establish his credibility. By relating losing the war it also meant the loss of their feelings of comfort and contentment from the privileges they had worked hard on to achieve.
In the first part of the novel, Henry is a youth that is very inexperienced. His motives were impure. He was a very selfish and self-serving character. He enters the war not for the basis of serving his country, but for the attainment of glory and prestige. Henry wants to be a hero. This represents the natural human characteristic of selfishness. Humans have a want and a need to satisfy themselves. This was Henry's main motive throughout the first part of the novel. On more than one occasion Henry is resolved to that natural selfishness of human beings. After Henry realizes that the attainment of glory and heroism has a price on it. That price is by wounds or worse yet, death. Henry then becomes self-serving in the fact that he wants to survive for himself, not the Union army. There is many a time when Henry wants to justify his natural fear of death. He is at a point where he is questioning deserting the battle; in order to justify this, he asks Jim, the tall soldier, if he would run. Jim declared that he'd thought about it. Surely, thought Henry, if his companion ran, it would be alright if he himself ran. During the battle, when Henry actually did take flight, he justified this selfish deed—selfish in the fact that it did not help his regiment hold the Rebs—by natural instinct. He proclaimed to himself that if a squirrel took flight when a rock was thrown at it, it was alright that he ran when his life was on the line.
In Book III Henry says (175): ”I was always embarrassed by the words sacred, glorious, sacrifice and the expres...