Saint Crispin's Speech Analysis

This image is of Henry’s Saint Crispin’s day speech with Henry standing above his soldiers who are gathered around him in their war attire with swords and other weapons listening attentively to his words encouragement. These excerpts are significant to the play’s characters because without this speech there is no telling how Henry’s soldiers would have done in battle or what the outcome of the Battle of Agincourt would have been. These quotations demonstrate Henry’s ability to persuade others and what he is like as a leader. Before his Saint Crispin’s day speech, the soldiers were worried about going into battle and were quite afraid, but through his compelling diction Henry succeeded in raising the morale of his soldiers therefore boosting