How does Henry demonstrate his skills as an orator in his speeches at Farfleur and Agincourt.

Matthew Russell 11WDW Henry V How does Henry demonstrate his skills as an orator in his speeches at Farfleur and Agincourt. The play of Henry V was originally created by Shakespeare in 1600 and was produced to support the Queens decisions at the time when England was at war with Ireland , with this in mind Shakespeare wanted to create the play with encouraged patriotism and Nationalistic feelings between the public. He did this because Henry V had supposedly done the same to his people. Henry V was one of the greatest warrior Kings that ever lived. When parliament gave the church a bill that would take away a lot of the churches land, they turned for Henry V for help. They would pay him a large sum of money to stop the bill going through. Henry agreed and understood that the only way he could do this was by overtaking France. The church turned to Henry for help because he was an accomplished soldier. He fought his first battle at the age of fourteen and at the age of sixteen he commanded his fathers army at the battle of Shrewsbury. In 1415 Henry proposed to marry Catherine, also demanding for the old Plantagenet lands of Normandy and Anjou as his dowry. Her father, Charles ll refused this and Henry V declared war. With England being in war with Ireland as well he set off to France with only a quarter of the English army, leaving the other three quarters to fight in case

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The Education of Prince Hal - King Henry IV Part 1

Alexander Williamson The Education of Prince Hal King Henry IV Part 1 The main aim of this play is to chart Prince Hal's transition from a rogue to his proper princely position. As with real people who are making a conscious effort to change the way they are, Prince Hal is always altering the perception of the world that he holds and peoples perception of himself. However, we only really get to see the changes that he is making at certain times in the play set at sufficiently regular intervals to allow them to be seen as updates on his personal progress. These are his soliloquies, speeches spoken towards other characters but there for the benefit of the audience only. They are included to show us what is happening inside his head and about his emotional condition. Showing the emotion demonstrated in the soliloquies as part of a conversational piece of script would have seemed unrealistic in the time the play was written and so the soliloquy was utilised to both dramatic and realistic effect. We also see that with each soliloquy Hal matures and becomes more honourable. The three soliloquies that I will be analysing are in Act 1 Scene 2, Act 3 Scene 2 and Act 5 Scene 4. Each shows Prince Hal's progression from a layabout to royalty and the story so effectively that it would be possible to follow what is happening using only these speeches and a minimal amount of other text.

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Henry V Speech Analysis

Henry V persuasion speech analysis. Once more unto the breach dear friends once more. This speech given by Henry 5th is set at the siege of the French town Harfleur, where Henry's miners have blown a breach in the outer wall and his soldiers are reluctant to enter the castle as they know that it means almost certain death. Henry is trying to persuade them to rush into the breach. Shakespeare's speech for Henry is decasyllabic, ( each line has 10 syllables) showing that Henry is a noble man. "dear friends" In the first line of the speech Henry addresses his soldiers personally, this creates a feeling of comradeship and allows him to gain their trust, with the intention of increasing their loyalty to him as they feel that they are respected and held in high esteem. "Or close the wall up with our English dead" Henry does not lie to his soldiers; he is honest and tells them that it is better for them to die fighting like heroes than cowards that will end up filling up the breach with their dead bodies. This reinforces the soldiers trust in Henry as they feel that he is openly addressing the situation at hand and he earns their respect by doing so. "In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility;" Shakespeare uses sibilants which are consonants that are pronounced with a hissing sound in 'peace', 'modest' and 'stillness' and rallentando which

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Was Henry V an inspiring leader or a cold and severe king?

Was Henry V an inspiring leader or a cold and severe king? "Henry was an inspiring leader but a cold and severe king." In this essay I am going to look at the evidence in the play and using this decide which of the points in this statement I agree with. There is no doubt that Henry was a very inspirational man because, by 'firing them up' with his speeches he leads his troops to victory at the battle of Agincourt against all the odds. He inspires them and fires them up getting them ready for battle by telling them they are "lords of the battlefield" and his equal. His stirring speech inspires his men and prepares them to die for King and Country if necessary. However, Shakespeare shows us in the play that Henry can be very cold and severe. For example, he executes his friends Bardolph and Nym for stealing from a holy place. He also rejects and casts his best friend Falstaff away and as the play informs us, he "kills his heart." Henry is inspiring and cold and severe depending on the situation. In the previous plays Henry was a young mischievous boy but in this play it shows Henrys' great transformation from a young wild boy into a great king. This explains his actions towards Falstaff. Henry's actions during the play can be interpreted in different ways. For example when he executes his best friends Bardolph and Nymn for robbing a French church, this could be seen

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Henry VI Part 1.

HENRY VI PART 1 INTRODUCTION This is an extremely important key scene in the play as this is where all the action comes to a climax as the 2 young warriors battle it out once and for all and total redemption takes place, When Hal saves his father from the clutches of Douglas. Section 1 At the start of this climactic scene we are faced with the king and Hal and Lancaster in a tent, by the king's language we can tell that Hal has been wounded from actually fighting in the battlefield. This also shows that what Vernon said about Hal being an "angel" and like the god "mercury" is true by conveying a sense of perfection. Hal also has the god like qualities Hal "bleedest too much" but refuses to leave the field. "Shallow scratch...drive the Prince of Wales" shows how he is dismissing his wound whilst using his title which shows loyalty to his father. The rich language portrays that Hal is going to be independent. Also in this section the very princely qualities are shown by Hal as he takes time to compliment his brother because he "lends mettle to us all" and is an "ungrown warrior" similar to Hal and Hotspur. Here he is proving that he is moving away from his former self and living up to his statement of "loose behaviour I throw off" and is turning into "bright metal on sullen ground" proving his military prowess but has not yet fulfilled his total redemption theme. Whilst all

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An Exploration of Shakespeare(TM)s Presentation of the King in Henry V(TM).

An Exploration of Shakespeare's Presentation of the King in 'Henry V'. The play 'Henry V' written by William Shakespeare depicts Henry to be a magnanimous but ruthless king. He is portrayed as a soldier, a romantic, a friend as well as a king. In the first prologue of the play Henry is shown as having a mythical significance, which sets up an image of Henry before the audience actually encounter him. It is implied to the audience that Henry is an all-powerful being with 'famine, sword and fire' at his feet. This has a strong impact on the audience as a comparison between Henry and the Roman god of war suggests the magnitude of his power. 'Assume the port of Mars'. It represents not only the power he has in physical terms, but also shows his authoritative position. The Bishop develops the positive nature of Henry by referring to him as 'full of grace and fair regard', showing that he is not just an authoritative figure with immense power. In addition to this, in the conversation between Ely and Canterbury, the religious attachment of Henry is presented. For instance the quotation 'and a true lover of the holy church' shows that he is a person who loves and respects the church. Moreover, the fact that these positive comments are made by Ely and Canterbury who both have a prestigious status within the church, creates a significant effect on the audience as if such well

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Farewell To Arms By Ernest Hemmingway.

A Farewell To Arms Emma Oliver By Ernest Hemmingway A Farewell To Arms by Ernest Hemmingway tells the story of a young American soldior, Fredrick Henry and his experiences of being in the italien army during world war one. Hemmingway has chosen to write this novel in first-person with his main character Henry relating the story to us. From the very first chapter we can see what kind of a person Henry is. There is no introduction of himself (in fact we do not even learn his name until chapter 5) and no mention of any other characters. Instead we are immediately introduced to Henry's surroundings. He tells us about everything he sees, from mountains to soldiors and their uniforms. However he does not describe it to us, everything is fact. What he says is precise information. He tells us how it is exactly, plainly. He doesn't waste time with adjectives or feelings. This gives us the instant impression of him being a very accepting, laid back person - nothing seems to faze him. An example of where we can see this is on the second page as he says " At the start of the winter came the permanent rain and with the rain came the cholera. But it was checked and only 7000 died in the army." He says 7000 with only showing that he has no feelings about it. It happened and he accepts that. At the beginning of the novel, we see how shallow a

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Is Henry V an ideal Christian king?

Shakespeare coursework - 'Henry V' Henry V is the last of the four Shakespearean plays dealing with the rise of the House of Lancaster but unlike any of its predecessors, this play focuses more on going to war rather than the issue of ruling over England. In the play Henry [V] is portrayed as being the ideal Christian king, but what made an ideal king? In this essay, I will examine four key speeches made by Henry in the play, analyse them and see what they reveal about his character and from that deduce what made an ideal Christian king. The speeches that I will consider can be found in Act 1 Scene 2 [lines 259-298], Act 2 Scene 2 [lines 79-144], Act 3 Scene 1 [whole scene] and Act 3 Scene 3 [whole scene]. The first extract [Act 1 Scene 2] is Henry's reply to the Dauphin in response to the insult with the tennis balls. The purpose of this speech is very obvious from the start; to warn the Dauphin of the forthcoming invasion of France and the defeat of the French which Henry believes will come about as a result. He also tells the Dauphin that the whole country and its future citizens will hate him for this mockery of the king. The speech starts with an ironic light hearted riposte when he says, "We are glad the Dauphin is so pleasant with us..." [line 260]. Then almost immediately the speech takes on a greater seriousness and we can feel the tension swell in the room as Henry

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In Henry IV Part 1, the transformation of Hal is central to Shakespeares presentation of kingly qualities. Looking at two different scenes from the play, explore the ways in which Shakespeare presents issues related to kingship and how an Elizabet

In Henry IV Part 1, the transformation of Hal is central to Shakespeare's presentation of kingly qualities. Looking at two different scenes from the play, explore the ways in which Shakespeare presents issues related to kingship and how an Elizabethan audience would have seen them. "Henry IV Part 1" is the second in Shakespeare's tetralogy of history plays that focus on the consecutive reigns of Richard II, Henry IV and Henry V; the play is believed to have been written no later than 1547. It is set in 1402 (beginning with Hotspur's battle at Homildon) and ends in 1403 with the defeat of the rebels at Shrewsbury, almost 100 years before it was written. The main characters - with the exception of Sir John Falstaff - are based on real people. However, as the play is a work of fiction and written for entertainment purposes, they are probably caricatured and the dialogues will not be historically accurate. Falstaff was originally called Oldcastle after John Oldcastle, a powerful Protestant martyr. The character's name was changed to Falstaff (after Sir John Fastolf, who had a reputation for cowardice at the Battle of Patay) because of political pressure from living descendents Oldcastle who had powerful acquaintances in England. Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon. When he was 18, he married Anne Hathaway and they had three children. Around 1590 he became an actor,

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King Henry the fifth, Noble hero or Devious brute?

King Henry the fifth, Noble hero or Devious brute? Throughout the play, Henry shows a variety of character aspects and different emotions in each situation. These images of Henry have been developed over a trilogy of plays surrounding him and his family. King Henry IV tells of the young manhood of Henry as the Prince of Wales. It is very much based on henrys friendship with Falstaff and his journeys through life. It also ultimately ends with Henry's rejection of Falstaff when Henry is crowned king. These mood and demeanour changes are very frequent and can be used to paint a very vivid picture of Henry. The most frequently occurring images are of Henry as a Noble hero, and a Devious brute. In the opening act, we are treated to a side of Henry that is very noble in appearance but this changes as the play progresses. The objective of this essay is to decide whether King Henry is noble or devious. In the first scene, there are two bishops, Canterbury and Ely. They are discussing how they are scared of the fact that a bill is about to pass that will give the king control of their land. It would also require the church to give him money and control of knights and various other possessions that the church has. The two bishops begin talking about how the king used to be. It says that when "The breath no sooner left his father's body But that his wildness, mortified in him,

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