Henry's Speech In St. Crispins Day

The next morning, the French and English prepare for battle. Henry, in spite to enlighten his troops, delivers one of the most famous motivational war speeches of all time, St. Crispins Day. Using unity to emphasize his army to show his commitment to bring glory back to England, but yet most importantly justice. With Henry’s speech he’s able to sway his troops and with that them being so outnumbered is better for them because when they come out victorious there will be more honor for each of them.
Astonishingly, the English win the Battle of Agincourt and only a few casualties. Four English nobles and 25 soldiers were killed. Not exactly sure how the French lose so many men because Shakespeare leaves the details a little vague, but Henry dedicates the victory to God and advises if anyone disagrees they'll be executed. …show more content…
Then returns to France to set the agreement of a peace treaty with King Charles and Queen Isabel of France. Henry has a list of terms that he wants to be met, including the right to marry the French princess. Even though Henry knows that Catherine will eventually become his wife, he gets romantic and persuades her anyway, even though by contract she has to. King Charles agrees to the terms of the treaty and announces that Henry and Catherine can get married and that the union will unite France and England.
The genre of Henry V is comedy. There is enough witty remarks in this paper for a few plays. From Shakespeare’s ironic dilemmas to characters having comedic dialogues and physical actions. In the rising action there are harmonizing conflicts then down the road in the climax there is Henry’s disguise. Despite all of the deaths, this plays shows more comedy characteristics than any other. Most importantly, the play ends in a happily marriage between King Henry and Catherine due to the peace