Henry V: Challenging Men To Fight

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Henry v demonstrates his ability to encourage his men to fight on the battlefield. His soldiers that's fighting are equal, very important. He was encouraging them to not be scared, he had that happy face when he was delivering the speech. He was telling them If we lose or win, we know people of England are going to honor us because we were brave enough to come and fight, We are fighting as a country ,not individuals, knowing we have fewer men. This will make else greater, We are going to be the next superhero, we can do this. “We would not die in that man´s company, that fear his fellowship to die with us”
He’s going on and saying we will not lose in his presents, we are going to have the faith and confidence to go out with a strong

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