Queen Elizabeth I of England and U.S. Army General George S. Patton were most definitely not around in the same time period. In fact, there is a time span of 356 years from when Queen Elizabeth gave her famous speech to the troops at Tilbury and when George Patton delivered his speech about him gaining command of the Third Army. However, they both had the same goal which was to build a connection with their men which in turn motivates the men. The two just happened to do it in very different tones.
In her speech, the Queen uses imagery to build her connection with the troops. While she is talking about the battle and claims that she has come to visit them because, “In the midst of the battle, to live and die amongst you.” This builds up the image of the …show more content…
Patton is very straightforward throughout his entire speech and uses curt sentences to make messages very clear to his troops. One of Patton’s sentences to his troops was: “You are here to fight.” This abrupt message clearly gets the message through to Patton’s men as to what they are here to do. Another example of a curt sentence is when General Patton says: “That’s all and good luck.” Patton could have made this a move loving phrase yet, the shortness and even aggressiveness fits very well with whom he is addressing the speech to. Most soldiers don’t want a sappy ending, they want something that will motivate them to go out and fight, and Patton accomplish that with his sentence structure. Adding onto this, instead of complicating his sentences, Patton uses minimal punctuations asides from periods. In fact, Patton only uses a total of 12 commas, the amount Queen Elizabeth had in one sentence. This helps Patton create an aggressive tone because he doesn’t linger or build emotion on topics, which in the long run, helped him connect with his troops because they weren’t there to build a friendship, they were there to
In her speech, the Queen uses imagery to build her connection with the troops. While she is talking about the battle and claims that she has come to visit them because, “In the midst of the battle, to live and die amongst you.” This builds up the image of the …show more content…
Patton is very straightforward throughout his entire speech and uses curt sentences to make messages very clear to his troops. One of Patton’s sentences to his troops was: “You are here to fight.” This abrupt message clearly gets the message through to Patton’s men as to what they are here to do. Another example of a curt sentence is when General Patton says: “That’s all and good luck.” Patton could have made this a move loving phrase yet, the shortness and even aggressiveness fits very well with whom he is addressing the speech to. Most soldiers don’t want a sappy ending, they want something that will motivate them to go out and fight, and Patton accomplish that with his sentence structure. Adding onto this, instead of complicating his sentences, Patton uses minimal punctuations asides from periods. In fact, Patton only uses a total of 12 commas, the amount Queen Elizabeth had in one sentence. This helps Patton create an aggressive tone because he doesn’t linger or build emotion on topics, which in the long run, helped him connect with his troops because they weren’t there to build a friendship, they were there to