... as Dauphin showed very little respect to him, disagreed with the French King by saying Henry was a 'vain, giddy, shallow, humorous youth.' The internal conflict in the court, showed the disunity of the French, as they did not trust and co-operate with the French King. Expectedly, they would lose in the battle. The night before the battle of Harfleur, the dukes and the king's son Dauphin chatted relaxingly, paying no attention to the battle and having no worries about defeating the English, as the French were overconfident with themselves. They despised and mocked at the English, as the English were 'foolish curs, that run winking into the mouth of a Russian bear, and have their heads crushed like rotten apples!' Metaphorically, the English were compared to dogs, which had a much lower status than humans; and they seek death, using simile of their injured heads by comparing to the 'rotten ...

See this essay or coursework document in full right now