![]() Towards the end of the speech, Henry tempers his emotional and vehement speech with a logically sound ultimatum that refers to historically similar occurrences of what happens when constituents avoid what Henry is warning them of. ![]() The way Henry dramatizes his speech by saying that death is preferable to subjugation sparks an emotional need to preserve freedom in the listener. His famous quote: “Give me liberty, or give me death!”, is a derivative of the intense emotional tactics he used in his speech. On top of employing the rampant courage and bravery native to the populous, Henry exploited the pathological need to remain free. In a society where truly fighting for what you believed in wasn’t unheard of, it was wise of Henry to utilize this inherent virtue present in the ethics of the American colonies. ![]() This value was capitalized by Patrick Henry when he called his peers to arms against their seemingly oppressive overlords. It can be assumed that the majority of the population of the thirteen colonies were raised under particularly tough conditions given the environment, helping them have the second-hand ability to adopt heavy responsibilities. ![]()
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