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Gender Roles In Henry V And Saint Joan

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In the both the plays Henry V by Shakespeare and Saint Joan by George Bernard Shaw the theme of gender roles is prevalent throughout the stories of both. In Henry V King Henry has to follow a code of chivalry that every knight has to follow when they are officially accepted as a knight. Even many men of lesser class during this time tried to follow the same code. In Saint Joan Joan is seen as a lowly peasant girl, who has no right to be in war let alone run an army. Both of the these characters has to follow the roles that they are put into at birth in order to fit into society during their time. King Henry, being born of royal blood, was condition from a young age that he had to follow a certain set of moral ideals called the code of chivalry. King Henry was seen by his fellow men as the epitome of chivalry. A knight's loyalty is one aspect of chivalry that was very important during King Henry’s time. When King Henry learns of the treason of some of his closest knights he is taken aback. Henry says “Though the truth of your treachery is as plain as black on white, I can …show more content…

During this speech Henry appeals to the Pathos side of an argument by using emotions to try to convince his knights of their wrong doing. King Henry says “But, oh, what can I say to you, Lord Scroop? You cruel, ungrateful, savage, and inhuman creature! You who had access to all my thoughts, who knew me to the inmost part of my soul,...” (Sparknotes n.pag.) He uses emotional words and sayings like “ungrateful” and “inmost parts of my soul” to really drive home that fact that he felt personally victimized by their betrayal. Henry’s speech was relatively persuasive in the fact that he seemed to actually tell how he felt toward his men, but not really in convincing the men who already betrayed him that they did

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Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston!” Henry appeals to pathos here because he emotionally describes how there is no other choice but to go to war and fight the British. He feels retreating to the British would only result in slavery, and not grant the colonies their freedom. He uses an onomatopoeia to create imagery to the people as if they are locked up, and he lets them know just how great and negative impact a retreat would have on the colonies, thus creating an emotional appeal.

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1). Henry claims there is only two ways: it is either fighting or slavery/British rule. This is an appeal to pathos because he attempts to use it to create anger and purposely upset them with the idea of slavery. This idea is carried on further in the paragraph, "Is it that insidious smile with which our petition has been lately received?" (par. 3).

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Patrick Henry's speech was to connect to the audience and show then exactly how serious this issue is and he did that by using a lot of emotion. The most effective persuasive technique that Patrick Henry used in his famous “ Speech to the Virginia Convention” is pathos because it was used sufficiency throughout his speech. It was important for Patrick Henry to persuade the colonist because he felt like their freedom was at stake and there was not much being done about it. The persuasive technique was used when asking whether staying peaceful and not fighting is worth getting our freedom taken away. “ Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?

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His speech shows his skills at waging battle and encouraging his troops (Shakesphere). As a king he is expected to train his soldiers how to fight and lead them into battle. King Henry should be an expert at advanced tactics to conquer more territory for his kingdom to expand. King Henry employs pathos by talking to the

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He was able to motivate through the use of rhetorical questions, a strong emotional appeal, and speaks directly to the audience in 1st person to influence their opinions personally. One of the main goals of the speech was to bring a sense of nationalism into the colonists through fear of what would happen if the British had control of America. Henry uses first person to bring a sense of mutual bonding to show that he is one of them and wants to help be a part of a movement which drew the people towards him. He encourages the fight by saying “we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight!”.

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