This speech is very powerful and when someone is feeling unmotivated and depressed it has the ability to stir you to focus. Henry knew that he was sending his troops out into a battle they would lose but instead of dwelling on this Henry convinces his men that the battle is more than a mathematical formula that they have all come there to fight for honour, for justice and for glory. He makes fighting with him at Agincourt sound like a privilege. Henry also brings up, once more the motif of the bond between kind and commoner. In the scene before the battle of Harfleur, he unites himself with his men, he says “We few, we happy few, we band of brothers.
Patrick Henry's Speech Analysis In the speech, “Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death,” Patrick Henry set out to convince theVirginia delegates that war with England was inevitable and the longer they waited the harder the war would be to win. Patrick Henry displays immaculate persuasion skills that disarm his audience from favoring reconciliation with Britain. Henry uses rhetorical strategies, such as, allusions, parallelism, and repetition to captivate his audience and appeal to their emotions. Henry institutes effective use of the range of appeals, ethos, logos, and pathos cementing the speech in physical and mental wholeness. These devices and strategies being used result in highly persuasive, motivational, and emotional words and ideas which produce an extremely powerful speech.
When Henry arrives at the walls of Harfleur and gives another one of his famous speeches, he explains what will happen to the people of France if the King does not surrender the crown. He threatens that his men will destroy the town, rape the women, and kill the children. I’ve done some research on what other people think about the play being anti or pro war, come to find out some critics who have read the play feel that it glorifies war and imperialism. I don’t necessarily think that the play “glorifies” war but
He asks Canterbury if England's claim to France is strong enough to go to war over with the strict injunction to tell the truth, because "never two such kingdoms did contend without much fall of blood, whose guiltless drops are every one a woe"(I.ii.24-26). King Henry tells Canterbury that war must only be waged for just and valid reasons since it "makes such waste in brief mortality"(I.ii.28). The King gives the impression of a man who values human life greatly and appreciates the sacrifices that are inescapable in any war. He and his advisors are still talking when a messenger from the Dauphin arrives, holding a gift from France. King Henry is gracious
Their purpose is to convince all Americans that dying in battle is an honorable death that should be recognized instead of being condemned. He uses patriotic allusion, folksy diction, juxtaposition and rhetorical questions in the speech to show the manipulation of conniving politicians. In the beginning of the sonnet cummings employs an obvious allusion to spur a sense of patriotism in the audience. The speaker calls out “i love you land of the pilgrims’…say can you see by the dawn’s early…” The use of patriotic songs that most Americans are familiar with is intended to remind Americans about their history and how their ancestors fought for this country which is why they should do the same. Cummings makes a flippant comment when the speaker says “and so forth” which is to express in reality that the speaker somewhat does not really care about those songs and only uses them to create ethos and pathos in the heart of Americans.
The nobility of England appeared to increase in power because of the weakness of the king. The King had clear favourites in both the Earl of Somerset and the Earl of Suffolk. The Earl of Suffolk was permitted to ‘dominate’ the royal household during the period Henry was too young to be ruler. When he was accused of treason by the commons due to the business in France, the King stood by him in protection. The king sent him to exile, however in the English Channel, the ship carrying the Earl of Suffolk was intercepted by ‘Nicholas of the Tower’, and Suffolk was beheaded by its sailors in April 1450.
Art is good because This pathos and ethos made people, no matter the North or the South, to feel that they are in unity. Both sides were suffering the same war and urged to end it, while they shared a same religion. God plays an important role to connect the people together, which enhances Lincoln’s credibility in his speech besides his position as a president and occasion of this speech. Lincoln ended his speech by claiming that they would “strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations” (Wilhoit 138). This pathos describes how Lincoln would care for his people and how he would put the task of helping the people suffering from the war first, serving as a strong pathos since it is not only emotionally affecting his people, but also encouraging and giving them hope.
The third poem is ‘The Soldier’; Brooke uses the message of England being the soldiers’ mother and the personification of England itself to raise pride and morality for the young men signing up for the army. Tone’s such as pride, enthusiasm and passion makes the poem convey an idealised view of war. It makes the readers want to be part of the war and fight for their ‘mother’ England. In ‘Peace’, Brooke uses language to give the impression of an
Dying in battle against the Turks would result in absolution and the complete remission of sins. This absolution combined with the prospect of battle tantalised the young middle class knights of Europe. They met the Crusade with an enthusiastic response and joined in their thousands. Christian knights and soldiers were encouraged to leave their petty quarrels behind and to journey to the frontiers of Christendom to fight against the infidel.² In addition as a reward for their service they might take possession of the lands that they reconquered. Aside from providing assistance to the Byzantine empire, the crusade had another goal.
Soldiers were brainwashed with the idea of patriotism - leading their country to victory at all costs, even if meant going into battle knowing you were going to die enforcing the message of the movie that, “The paths of glory lead but to the grave.” At first, the movie described the trench warfare situation of World War I. Then we are introduced to General Mireau who had been ordered to send his division in on a suicide mission to the well-defended German position called the “Ant Hill.” At first Mireau refuses, trying to explain the impossibility of success but as soon as a promotion for him is mentioned, he’s suddenly convinced the attack will be successful. Mireau leaves the attack to Colonel Dax, despite Dax’s protests that the attack will only result in failure and weaken his army. During a nighttime scouting mission prior to the attack, a drunken lieutenant named Roget sends one of his two men ahead as a scout. Overcome by fear waiting for the scout's return, he lobs a grenade and retreats.