Henry's Ethos Pathos Logos

Ethos. Pathos. Logos. Shakespeare uses these in his play “Henry V” as persuasive devices to inform the audience of what he is saying. Henry uses ethos to show his soldiers how to fight, he uses pathos to play on their emotions, and logos to provide step-by-step directions. Shakespeare uses ethos in his play “Henry V” to explain how to be a leader. Firstly, Shakespeare the entire speech employs ethos because Henry is the king and an expert at warfare. His speech shows his skills at waging battle and encouraging his troops. Furthermore, Shakespeare uses “the lend the eye a terrible aspect” as an indication of ethos by knowing how he can make his soldiers better perform their duty. Proving this Shakespeare is showing what it takes to become a leader in knowing your troops. As well as ethos Shakespeare also uses pathos in his play. Secondly, Shakespeare uses pathos in the way of calling his troops babies if they don’t stay and fight. Additionally, King Henry implies in his speeches that if you don’t have the guts to fight then leave, calling them cowards with “no stomach to this fight” (Shakespeare). Seeing that his speech shows that if his soldiers defeat their enemy that “yeoman” will remember this day

Henry gives clear, step-by-step directions to his troops. Henry demonstrates that they should “imitate the actions of the tiger” (Shakespeare). Furthermore, he states that they should “[s]tiffen the sinews, summon up the blood” and “set the teeth,” all of which would make soldiers look terrifying to the enemy and give them a boost of self-confidence (Shakespeare). Showing to us that Henry uses animals as examples of how to look, we know that he is very experienced and knows how to win a war. Finally, Shakespeare proves this when he is telling his soldiers how to look bigger, to make them feel better and have confidence for themselves when going into a fight they may or may not