Choose the three speeches that tell You what type of man Henry V was.

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Henry V

       Choose the three speeches that tell

       You what type of man Henry V was.

The three speeches that I have studied are the speech he gave to his men during the Battle of Harfleur urging them to go back through the breach; the speech he gave to the governor of Harfleur in order for to surrender; and the speech he gives his men to raise their morale before the Battle of Agincourt.  

        One of Henrys best qualities is that he is an outstanding orator. A good example of this is how he encouraged his men to attack the breach of the wall at Harfleur. He had to get the adrenaline pumping, because many close friends had already died and many more will get injured or killed. Henry started his speech by saying: “Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more, or close up the wall with our English dead.” Which is saying lets go fight and win, and if we don’t win, then we shall build the wall back up with all our dead soldiers. Henry V makes his men feel special by calling them his “dear friends” and by making them feel special they will fight for their king he then goes on to say: “Dishonour not your mothers; now attest That those whom you call’d fathers did beget you,” which makes the men determined to win so as to not disappoint their mothers and prove that they are their fathers son.

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        Henry V is an extremely determined man who shows this when he is ready to destroy a whole town, Harfleur, just to get his own way. This is in Act III Scene II when he gives his speech to governor ordering him to surrender: “I will not leave the half achieved Harfleur Till in her ashes she lied buried.” This is scaring the governor, because Henry V is saying that he might as well surrender, because if he doesn’t then there will be nothing left of Harfleur. Henry threatens the whole town by making threats about raping the young women ...

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