Rebellion Essay - Saint Joan

The play named Saint Joan by Bernard Shaw is set in the early 15th century in France when it was being invaded by the English, from the north. The Dauphin, later to be Charles VII, was to be crowned King at Reims Cathedral in north-eastern France, but that part of France was in English hands and the French were powerless to do anything about this. Joan is a girl from the small town of Domrémy, who rebels against the English and then the Church. She is inspired by her celestial voices, which she believes are from God. At the commencement of the play, she tells the local lord about these voices. The voices exhort her to request the Dauphin for an army that she can use to attack the E

nglish. Despite her military successes, Joan is captured by the Burgundians, who sell her to their allies, the English. At the end of the play, she is burnt at the stake for rebelling against the church, which is a convenient way to get rid of her. In fact, Joan’s claims are embarrassing the Church, and it is an embarrassment to the French that a woman, not a man, led the military successes that helped remove the English from French soil.

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