Gildas

chapter one “To your own ruin did you prove a traitor to their father, and invite the Saxons into the island. You invited them for your safeguard; but they came for a punishment to you”. This excerpt from his writing suggest that Geoffrey thought that the Anglo-Saxon invasion wasn’t an invasion at all. It was because Vortigern, then ruler of the land, invited the foreigners to Britain. Per Gildas and Bede in earlier works Aurelius Ambrosius, as Geoffrey calls him, was the mysterious figure that became known as Arthur. But Geoffrey writes in his History of the Kings of Britain that Aurelius Ambrosius was Arthur’s Uncle. Writing about Aurelius Ambrosius, Geoffrey states in book VIII chapter one that Ambrosius and his brother Uther, Arthur’s father, would invade Britain from the continent of Europe to kill Vortigern. Although in his account Ambrosius was a different character altogether, he still did unite the Celtic people against the “invading” Anglo Saxon tribes and was this fearless leader that…

6 32) Where do changes in maistrie occur in The Wife of Bath's Tale, and what do these changes inmaistrie mean? Consider Arthur's giving maistrie to Guenevere, the rapist-knight's giving it to his hag-wife, and the hag-wife (in her beautiful form) returning it to the rapist-knight (perhaps immediatelyafter receiving it). The Exchange of Maistrie in The Wife of Bath’s Tale Within a modern marriage, there is a give and take relationship that allows for a successful relationship; both people have…

On 4/25/2016 SC received phone call from Pa’s sister/informal CG Gilda and completed monitoring phone. The discussed the purpose and frequency of monitoring telephone with Gilda, because the SC usually has a difficulty time reaching the Pa and the CG by phone for monitoring call. The CG reported that sometime she just forget to return the SC call. The SC asked if there’s a day and/or time to call that works best for both the Pa and his CG. The CG said everyday day is different and so she cant’s…

Gilda, film by Charles Vidor follows the romantic tragedy of two strangers turned lovers Johnny (Glenn Ford) and Gilda (Rita Hayworth). Johnny is a gambler from Buenos Aires that is caught cheating in the game and casino owner Ballin (George Macready) decides to hire him to watch his wife instead of prosecuting him. The plot develops and Johnny and the promiscuous Gilda begin a relationship and husband Ballin finds out and fakes his death. The story then follows Johnny and Gilda in the wake of…

meaning is Ernst Lubitsch’s Design for Living. In Design for Living, the scene in which Gilda and Max have a conversation after their wedding shows through its mis-en-scene how Gilda has only married Max to comply to societal…

In Academic Profiling: Latinos, Asian American, and the Achievement Gap, by Gilda Ochoa, it describes how a focus on the achievement gap, can cause harm to both Latina/Latino and Asian American students by ignoring systematic and structural injustices that maintain “binary” and “hierarchical” thinking. One of her arguments is that the achievement gap gives off a mirage that inequality is being managed by moving the focus to “high-stakes testing”. According to her bibliography Gilda L. Ochoa…

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world will be questioned, along with the variations of the Arthurian story by authors such as Geoffrey of Monmouth, Nennius, Thomas Malory, and Gildas. The various theories regarding Arthur and his existence will be illustrated, and will then close with my own opinion on the matter…

The movie For Colored Girls (2010) , is based on Ntozake Shange’s play known as For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf. It was performed in 1975. Then it is written for the screen , produced and directed by Tyler Perry. This movie is an American drama. It represents the lives of nine African – American women, unlike the play that dealt only with seven women. The movie sheds light on a feminist era. Each character deals with a different personal struggle. For…

significant amounts of territory ranging from Northern Africa to Asia. Rome’s success as empire was for various reasons including their exceptional military, ability to integrate other cultures, and their ability to keep a stable system. Not all these ideas were one’s that the Romans developed on their own rather some borrowed heavily from the Greek city-states including: a strong military, democracy, and cultural adaptation. The Roman empire experienced a shift from paganism to Christianity…