Patrick Henry Ethos Pathos Logos

    In Henry’s speech, he first sets the stage by using a proud tone while explaining the importance of war with Britain. His illustrious delivery of the speech itself is very moving, as the efforts to convince America to settle on the side of war. He goes on to convey, “Sir, we are not weak, if we make a proper use of  those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power” (Henry 38). His tone of taking charge and only accepting the best from his country supports the claim that Henry is indeed the proud man he is. Henry also in his speech uses an enlightening tone to inspire his crowd he uses terms to explain how he will settle for only the best for the country. He uses phrases such as, “The war is inevitable-and let it come!” (38). This phrase brings up the emotion of the crowd as they believe in war, and Henry himself is full of power as he enforces that war must go on. He uses such enthusiasm and inspiration to uplift himself and the crowd to ensure that war is necessary. Overall, Henry;s tone of the proudness and

Finally, what I consider the most powerful technique Henry uses is the fallacy of appealing to emotion. Henry talks about various actions that the colonists have already taken to protest the English government, such as, “We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated…” By doing so, the audience is reminded of all these things that have been done, only to realize that they have failed. Henry “reveals” that the English government has only denied them and turned them down each time. “Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded; and we have been spurned…” This quote builds up anger in the audience, creating great contempt for the British. The colonists start to feel as though the British have no intention to care about them and will take advantage of Americans every chance they get.

The prominent patriot Patrick Henry once said, “I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!” (Henry 7) implying that a life without liberty is not a righteous life. Henry’s quote is included in his popular oratory, “Speech to the Virginia Convention”, in which he discusses with the colonists who were under the tyrannical reign of the Crown. Throughout his speech, Henry lists all of the discrepancies the thirteen colonies had with Great Britain, concluding that there is no other option, but to retaliate instantaneous. In Patrick Henry’s “Speech to the Virginia Convention,” he utilizes amplifying loaded words and coherent parallelism in order to influence the assembly to unify and reciprocate.

Immediately as the speech begins, Henry’s tone manifests itself and remains unwavering. Henry begins, “It is natural for a man to indulge in the illustration of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth” (1). This sheds insight on his message and portrays him as a well versed individual. He then strengthens his tone when he says

Henry is appealing to the patriotism and emotions of his audience by mentioning things such as “a question of freedom or slavery”, “the great responsibility which we hold to God and our country”, and “the very worth gentlemen who have just addressed the House”.

In “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death,” Henry utilized many rhetorical devices such as logos, pathos, and questions to successfully persuade the delegates at the Second Virginia Convention, in fighting against the British. He stated, “I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience,” revealing his previous struggles with Britain.

Henry uses logical and ethical approaches to help make his point stand out more to the

Henry made the colonist feel the encouragement by using pathos. Several examples are in his speech, Speech to the Virginia Convention. He asked a rhetorical

The prominent patriot Patrick Henry once said, “I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!” (Henry 7) implying that a life without liberty is not a righteous life. Henry’s quote is included in his popular oratory “Speech to the Virginia Convention.” While discussing with the colonists, Henry lists all of the discrepancies the thirteen colonies had with Great Britain, concluding that there is no other option, but to retaliate instantaneously. In Patrick Henry’s “Speech to the Virginia Convention,” he utilizes amplifying loaded words and coherent parallelism in order to influence the assembly to unify and reciprocate.

Patrick Henry uses pathos to describe his feeling about the war and everything else in a way that is not disrespectful. When he uses pathos he wanted to express his feeling by talking about his emotion about the war, and how they suppose to fight British in order to survive. He also uses emotion to gain the colonist trust, so they can believe in him, and understand that he is right. A quote from his speech to explain that is "But different men often see the same subject in different lights; and, therefore, I hope that it will not be thought disrespectful to those gentlemen, if, entertaining as I do opinions of a character very opposite to theirs, I shall speak forth my sentiments freely and without reserve" (263).

Liam Carr Mr. Rutledge Dual Credit English 4 21 September 2015 A Timeless Argument for Liberty Without Patrick Henry’s “Give Me Liberty or Give me Death” speech most of America’s founding fathers would either be forgotten or vilified today. Ironically many Americans today have forgotten Patrick Henry despite his contributions. Patrick Henry used rhetorical questions, context, ethos, pathos, and logos in his speech “Give me Liberty or Give me Death” to convince the colonists to prepare for war with Britain. Patrick Henry believes that war with Britain is inevitable and that the colonies would only be made weaker and less able to resist British tyranny the longer they tried to gain increased independence diplomatically.

Pathos is an essential asset for speakers to appeal to the emotions of an audience. Patrick Henry uses loaded words to convey this method to elicit empathy. “For my own part I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery “ (Henry 102). His use of

To begin with, Mr. Henry first starts his speech off with pathos, appealing to the colonies emotions. For instance, "I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery." By emphasizing the words freedom and slavery in such a way that he did to the colony, brought out their emotions of

Henry begins his argument by his use of Ethos. Henry states, “I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death.” By using this sentence he uses Ethos to catch the audience and force them to believe that he is credible . It caused them to believe that what he was saying was truth. It is just such a powerful sentence that brings the whole speech together, it draws in the audience and gets him the attention; and gets the people thinking that he is true if he is willing to die for his cause.Henry also states “ shall i keep back my opinions at such at a time…”. This shows that he thinks very highly of what he is about to say and feels as though it needs to be said. Giving him more credibility because he feels that it needs to be said because if he does not he believes he will be to blame. Which really shows the audience just how strongly this man believes in his ideas and statements.

The speech utilizes an analogy to create a parallel between the situation the American colonists had at that time been facing and the circumstance found in Bible. Henry uses a notable and well-known scene from the Gospels – the betrayal of Jesus – to illustrate his point. The analogy is made with the line “Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss.” Although