(Crane 7.) This quote shows Henry’s fear about the battle and it also shows his questions about whether he has the courage to fight in the battles. Unlike some other soldiers, Henry isn’t motivated by heroism, but by fear and self-absorption. This passage leaves
Henry appeals to his viewers emotional appeal by conecting and allowing his viewers to understand that no matter what they do, they will fail, and the last resort will be war either way. Although Henry used pathos to appeal to their emotional side, he appeals to their logical side by using
First, he threw out the situation to the audience that they won’t have the peace through negotiations, the only way to achieve peace is to fight for their own; the war was around the corner and it was an unconquerable tide. To continuously argue that the inevitability of the war, Henry compared the coming war to the “gale “ that “sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms.” And then, he said a lot of questions to raise the empathy of the convention, some of those were rhetorical questions; some were used to inspire people to ask themselves inside.
Henry declares, “...to avert the storm which is now coming on” (para.6). This is an appeal to emotion because the colonist feel empowered from his words. The colonist are inspired by the words Henry says and are preparing to weather the imminent storm. The colonist are preparing and are ready to fight for their freedom. Then Henry affirms, “I shall speak forth my sentiments freely, and without reserve” (para.1).
Trust it not,sir; it will prove a snare to your feet. Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss.” (Henry 102) Henry uses pathos,using words that have a deep meaning such as “insidious” and “kiss”. The insidious smile makes it seem like the no matter what you do to try to change the British minds such as with the petition, they will always find a loophole or by pass it to continue to have full control over the colonies.
The reason Henry reacts that way becasue he didn't want to look bad in front of his regiment. He also felt like he was a cog in a machine when he was fighting in the first battle. He flees in the second battle since he thought that they were going to lose the battle. He also didn't feel like he was ready for a second battle. He decided to flee when he saw his men running out of their lines and fleeing away from the battle.
To create rage, Henry utilizes the anaphora “we have petitioned; we have remonstrated….” To enrage the convention.
He does this by explaining “ Is it that insidious smile with which our petition has been lately received? Trust it not, sir, it will prove a snare to your feet. Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss.” (28-30). Henry emphasizes the treacherous ways of the British by not only starting off with a rhetorical question, but then also including an allusion to overall emphasize his stance of the British.
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.
Arthur Dimmesdale: Inside His Own Version of Hell In The Brothers Karamazov, Fyodor Dostoyevsky spoke, “What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.” In Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, a rounded character such as Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale, displays vital roles in the novel: a highly regarded Reverend in a Puritan society and the father of protagonist Hester Prynne’s child, Pearl. Through the well-written and three-dimensional character of Arthur Dimmesdale, Hawthorne exhibits the themes of guilt and suffering.
Conflict: Rising action: Climax: Justification: I chose this image of a train whistle since in the story, Lester Simmons heard a train whistle which the initiation to his frantic attempts to stop his time from running out. His time is going to run out due to him hearing the sound of the 11:59’s whistle, and anyone who hears the 11:59 dies in 24 hours. This whistle is supposed to represent the sound of the 11:59 and his fear of hearing it. Justification: I have selected this locked door to display the rising action of this story since when Lester Simmons was locking his doors, not consuming anything, and turning off electronics, I believed that those actions were bringing the story to a dramatic climax.
In Henry’s speech he holds back none of his feelings towards the change, he
I didn’t like the way Henry was being treated ... Because his ankles were shackled and his hands were locked behind his back, Henry almost stumbled when the guard shoved him forward” (Stevenson 12). The angry guard
For example, Henry says "I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery..." The thoughts and emotions connected with the word slavery bring many things to mind. Like do you want to be under "slavery" for Britain forever to never be free or fight to have
Throughout his speech, Henry used figures of speech to engage his audience. One example of this is the phrase “Suffer not yourselves be betrayed with a kiss”, by this he meant that he hoped that his American comrades would not be fooled by the British and their false promises. These figures of speech, especially figurative language, were used to persuade the audience into turning against the British.
