Henry fought against Lord Dunmore , who ordered all the gunpowder taken away from local patriot forces. He believes that fighting for ones freedom is a great responsibility of God and their country, he aligns God on their side of the colonists. The outcome would have been different if henry wouldn’t have announced his meaningful speech , war would haven’t happened
Henry provoked the Virginians with his words and used rhetoric to persuade them to keep fighting. He began his speech conveying powerful messages to his fellow Virginians. He
He uses ethos to persuade the audience by saying "sir were not ewak", reference to God, the credibility when he talks about God. God is a more credible person than the king. Patrick henry uses questions towards the audience like "are fleets and armies necessary to work of love and reconciliation?" He gets the audience to believe that his decision is a good decision, and that he can bring any fight or war and win like it was nothng.
The Saint Crispin’s speech that Henry V transmitted to all his men demonstrated the way he viewed his men, throughout the speech, Henry V expressed his emotion towards them , such as how he felt every time he lost his men in battles;how the battles brought them closer. His speech strengthened his men and made them feel as if they were all a big family,which made them feel special. The Saint Crispin speech became significant to his men as a result of the emotions he transmitted. He made his man feel valued when he spoke about the scars of the wounds that the battle left “Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars and say These wounds I had on Crispin’s day!
The implication is that the people are being ruled. Henry used his skills in speech to persuade the Council or Parliament that trying to rule over others was wrong. He spoke out against the way things had always been done and
Henry is basically explaining that every man in the union needs to come together, not just the strong ones, but everyone. He says this strategically because he knows that some men don’t think they are strong or brave enough to fight, so he explains this to assure that everyone can and should fight for their country’s independence. Henry also explains the different ways they have been wronged by Britain, “We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne,” (Henry188). Many of the speeches and other literature during this time had listed all the wrong doings of the king, and Henry did the same. In this parallelism example, he lists the ways that the colonists have tried to peacefully come to terms with the British, but their attempts have just been met with rejection and aggression.
(Henry). The desire to fight was strong with those who had had enough of the king’s oppression. Patrick Henry presents his beliefs with passion and
But they put themselves in a level with wood and earth and stones [...] than men of straw or a lump of dirt’’. Henry’s ethos shows the audience of his strategy of going against the government corruption. Henry’s speech was well-planned out to shows his audience of his experience when rebelling the government; in addition, receiving forced punishment for not paying his poll-tax. He thought out things that made himself to commit this disobedience against the government and wanted to express his experience of his ideas and strategy to disobey the government.
Society cannot listen to recordings of Henry’s speech from when Henry First spoke it. Instead, modern audiences have to interpret his character through his words. Henry’s character is one faced with an ultimatum; “Give me liberty or give me death” is his final cry which is remembered throughout history. It is this final line which shows the audience that Henry’s character is at a crossroads in their life, will they fight for the liberty and truth they so desired or stay in “submission and slavery”. The character resounded with the audience at the Virginia Convention and still resounds with many people around the world today.
Using his powers of leadership, he encourages his troops to put up the fight of their lives by stating that they will “close up the wall with our English dead” if they lose. As well as encouraging, he has also trained his archers and provided them with swords and axes. Additionally, Henry has to express pathos, in other words emotion.
He gives credit to their power as coming only from God and give the credit of raising up allies. Henry argues that the country should fight. In order to support his argument, he uses an appeal of vanity to point out he wants peace. Leading to this, Henry talks about working together and fight. Henry reveals his idea when he states, “ Peace, Peace”.
Henry's way of using pathos convinced all the people listening to him, that they felt the same way he did about the arising situation. When Henry used ethos, he continued to show the urgent actions that needed to be done. As Henry's last sentence to the Virginia Convention,“Give me liberty or give me death!” showed that he was willing to die if that was what needed to be done, for the colonists to be free. Patrick Henry was a wonderful speaker and really knew how to capture
Henry’s flawed nature and inner desire to be morally upright are revealed as he escapes the battle and as he justifies himself
Henry’s temper is hard for him to control because he is sometimes faced with situations when he cannot distinguish between King Henry and friend Henry. This duality, paired with the duality that is being a king is an obvious cause for confusion and rage. Henry had such a strong bond with his old friends, that when his new friends were so quick to betray him he was deeply hurt. Another time Henry exhibits incomplete control of his temper is during the battle of Agincourt. Throughout the battle, Henry’s soldiers have taken many French soldiers prisoner and seem to have the advantage.
Based on these actions, King Henry’s rule compares to King Richard’s in several ways. Politically, King Henry was more talented, understanding the people and the nature of politics better. However, a comparison of their morals, creates an equation that is equal. Both King Henry and King Richard display the same hypocrisy of banishing someone who was loyal to them, and further, banishing for a crime that the kings asked them to do. King Henry does appear to be more aware of his crimes, as he pardons Aumerle.
