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Anylase two key speeches in Shakespeare's play Henry V.
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Analyse two key speeches in Shakespeare's play Henry V. Pay particular attention to the persuasive devices being used. Analyse Kenneth Branagh's film version of Henry V and explore how he makes the speeches more effective. The play Henry V was written by William Shakespeare, and was designed to make it enjoyable to Elizabeth | who was the queen at the time. Queen Elizabeth | would enjoy a play with a victorious king and leader, so if the queen enjoyed it the rest of England would, so William Shakespeare would make a lot of money. The play would be performed in the Globe Theatre which was a very rowdy place. So Shakespeare made the speeches attention-grabbing and very effective to entertain people and to make people listen since it was a noisy place. Back then they would also 'boo' at the actors and throw food or other objects at them if...
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