St. Crispin’s Day Speech Background:

The Hundred Years War erupted between the French and the English in 1337 A.D. and lasted more than one hundred years, to 1453 A.D. The issue was of sovereignty and succession. Back in the days of Charlemagne’s offspring, the Vikings became the Normans. The Northmen or Normans occupied the land North of France called Normandy. These gentile Vikings intermarried with the French nobility and became tied to the line of succession in France. Then they invaded England in 1066 A.D. and began their own sovereign country that became England, and French was their language. There is much to this story of Angles and Saxons, and fierce battles. One cannot forget Joan of Arc, “The Maid of Orléans”, and her exploits in the Hundred Years War, between the years of 1428-1431 A.D. When the French king died without a direct successor, the English were in line for the throne in France. That did not sit well with the French nobility. Henry was born in August of 1386 A.D. (or 1387 A.D.) at Monmouth Castle on the Welsh border. In 1413 A.D., at the young age of 26, Henry the V took the throne. He renewed English claims in France to assert his legacy and authority. In 1415 A.D. Henry gathered his army and sailed for France. They had a victorious but costly siege of Harfleur, in which one-third of his army died of dysentery. On October 25, 1415 A.D., the feast day of St. Crispin, Henry’s army defeated a much larger French force at Agincourt. Henry’s army of about 6,000 battled up to 30,000 or 5 to 1. Watch the entire Henry IV “St. Crispin’s Day Speech Video on the readings signup sheet. There are two links, choose either Tom Hiddleston or Kenneth Branaugh. These film clips are based on a Shakespearean play covering the real historical English king named Henry.

Q1. How does King Henry use time in the speech?

Q2. What specifically does Henry appeal to in the speech?

Q3. Does Henry use politics, religion, and the base natures of humans (Pride, money, honor, legend, power, etc.) to motivate his people?

Choose one of the following questions to answer for your final essay:

1. What did Barbara Smith from the Combahee River Collective mean "Until Black Women [and we can add here: Black Trans People] Are Free, none of us will be free" and how does this vision of emancipation impact contemporary organizing for social justice (e.g. BLM or the reproductive justice movements)?

2. Compare and contrast two of the theoretical approaches covered in class to analyze a contemporary example of inequality in relation to the themes of sex, gender and power

3. How does gender impact/impacted by [choose one:] the current health crises, US imperialism or neoliberalism? Due 07/10 Your final paper should be 2000 words (including references and footnotes); Double spaced; Must include at least 8 references, 6 of which must be from course syllabus; Use APA style: https:/owl.english.purdue.edw/owl/section/2/10/

Children with Conduct Disorders will not receive special education services even when their behaviors are interfering with the child’s ability to learn because Conduct Disorder involves antisocial behaviors. True or False?

Take a look at this article:https://pledgetimes.com/constitutional-court-rules-italian-children-are-no-longer-automatically-called-like-their-father/

For the last twenty years, issues around manhood and masculinity have been major discussion points around the globe. Books have been published, channels revealed, movies released, courses developed, and songs made—arguments presenting every side of a coin that many believe is determined to lessen men. One thing that everyone appears to agree with is that there is an emergency brewing around issues of “being man” and how that image is presented.  Many have argued that the idea of “manhood” and “masculinity” are in danger.

• The article above shows how man’s identity is being challenged and legally adjusted on a global scale—one that many argue is endangering the very notion of males maintaining their status as being “man,” let alone their understood position as the unchallenged head of the family

Keep the change in Italy’s law in mind.

If you missed the Oscar’s “slap,” take a look at what happened.

After viewing, why was this so disturbing?  Do our feelings of disquiet have to do with the act of a man slapping a man, which many argued was far more disturbing than if Will Smith—6’2, 220 pounds—had hauled off and punched the much smaller Chris Rock—an action that may have broken bone and possibly caused a concussion, or worse?  Yet the “smack” was seemingly the real issue.  Why?

• And why did so many of us argue that Chris Rock should have fought back, which probably would have been a futile act given the size difference, as well as the fact that he had just been attacked by a man who was clearly on the edge?
• Does what you learned about the correlation of being “man” and fighting, as observed in Fight Club—which explained that the idea is not to win the battle, but, more importantly, simply the willingness to fight—speak to what happened?
• Did Chris Rock forfeit his “man” card?