Henry V And St Joan Gender

Reading shakespeare in the modern area has proven to be quite a challenge. There have been many websites created for students and other people to understand the text. The old english has lost its touch but the meaning is still the same. Taking a closer look at how shakespeare gets his meaning across one can find many surprising views, such as gender can change the way people view others. This point was widely seen throughout two of Shakespeare's plays. In the plays Henry V and St Joan written by shakespeare both portray gender and class critical lenses and pathos rhetorical strategies. There is vast diversity between the two play's main characters. One of the major differences is there gender. Henry was clearly born male and wealthy. His masculinity
She was raised as a poor farm girl and therefore has different experiences than henry. In one of her speeches she relies on God to persuade the people with her language not her nobility. joan is more persuasive because she has to be more creative. The people of (france?) are forced to see beyond her appearance and status. When she eventually dresses masculine this allows the citizens to her what she truly has to say. I believe joan might not have truly believed in God but decided if these people are religious then she would be able to convince them to go to war if she had them believing God told her to do this. Joan saw an opportunity to lead a battle and the people would listen. Joan's speech was the most creative and persuasive. She also tends to say “for my king” more often than not. This helps with persuasion because her king is male and the people forget she's female. They start to think that
Henry and joan's speech both focused on pathos. Henry used emotion to encourage anger from his men. After being mocked he wanted to get his people frustrated and excited to go to war. In his speech he said ““When thousands weep more than did laugh at it” (sparknotes n.pag.). King henry’s speech was less persuasive than Joan’s. Not only was Henry born into nobility but he was also male. In this time period people thought that men were the only ones in power and didn’t feel that women could handle complex roles. In Henry's speech he just