Rhetorical Analysis Of Patrick Henry's Speech To The Virginia Convention

“is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?”. Taken place at the revolutionary war era that people feared that we could lose our independence to Great Britain. People of this time were more focused their attention on the war then their own problems. Patrick Henry really expresses the technique of pathos. He shows a lot of this in his famous speech, “Speech to the Virginia convention”. The famous speech of Patrick Henry shows emotion that came upon the audience and tells what happened during the war. The audience that were there for the speech tells how they were feeling when they were hearing this powerful message. “Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled that force must be called

into win back our love” (henry qtd. in speech to the Virginia convention). I like that he tells they we need to show love instead of hate. People say that love can win over hate even when they use weapons and force. Patrick henry has a few quotes that explains the revolutionary war and what it was like at the time. “these are the implements of war and subjugations; the last arguments to which king’s resort. I ask gentlemen, sir, what means this martial array, if its purpose be not to force us to submission?” (henry qtd. In speech to the Virginia convention). I believe that this tells that we should be allowed to do our own thing. People of this time believed that they will fight for what they want and that is independence. Patrick henry shows pathos of using his speech to convince the audience that they need to fight back. The famous states that the British army may take Americas independence and that the Americans feared. How did he work in is most famous quote “give me liberty or give me death” in the speech to the Virginia convention?