Dec 26, 2009

Saint Joan | Saint Joan

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Author: George Bernard Shaw
First Published: 1924
Type of Work: Play
Type of Plot: Historical
Time of Work: 1428-1456
Setting: France
Genres: Drama, History play
Subjects: Folkloric or magical people, France or French people, Nationalism, Witches or witchcraft, Fifteenth century, Martyrs or martyrdom, Feudalism, Church or churches, Protestantism or Protestant churches
Locales: France

Characters Discussed

Joan of Arc, a farmer’s daughter from the village of Domrémy. Joan’s imagination is so vivid that her inspirations seem to come to her as visions in which the voices of the saints direct her to raise the siege of Orleans and crown the Dauphin at Rheims. By sheer force of personality and a genius for leadership, the seventeen-year-old Joan does these things. Ignorant of the complexities of politics, Joan is unwilling to defer to the experience and advice of ordinary men. She oversteps herself and is tried by the Inquisition for heresy. Her trial is an...

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Saint Joan | Saint Joan

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Characters Discussed

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