Leadership skills of joan of arc and Henry the fifth.
...he french. The people were drawn to her strength and loud use of words. The way Joan presented herself was another sign of leadership. A leader isn’t always tested on what they do for others, they are tested on what they do for themselves. Even though Joan sighed the letter saying that her voices were from the devil, she soon recanted that and showed leadership through her beliefs. She believed so in her voices so much that she was made a martyr. She showed leadership by dying for what she believed in and because of that, she was declared a saint. In the play Henry V, King Henry leads his people through impossible odds. The way king Henry shows leadership is different than Joan. King Henry shows his leadership through mercy and lessons. During the first fight, he tells the french to basically “surrender or else”. He warns them what will come if they do not surrender by mentioning, “ Defile the locks of your shrill- shrieking daughters; Your fathers taken by their silver beards And their most reverend heads dashed upon the walls. And your infants spitted upon spike”. When the French surrender, he shows true leadership. He tells his soldiers to show mercy to the French. He treats his defeated with kindness, instead of hatred. He says “And fortify it strongly against the French. Use Mercy to them all”. Henry also displays his leadership to his men when he comes across his old friend who stole money from the church. King Henry like do t make an example and he didn’t want his army to start stealing without the fear of punishment. He hung his best friend to let ...