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Joan's Monologue (Saint Joan)
By George Bernard Shaw - Stage play
Roles
- Joan - Teenager (13-19), Young Adult (20-35), Female
About this piece
Joan is expressing her feelings about being imprisoned instead of burnt at the pyre.
Summary
This play is based entirely upon the story of 'Joan of Arc'. It is called Saint Joan. Joan is a young teenager who believed that she could hear the voices of Saint Margaret, Saint Micheal and Saint Catherine accompanied by a blinding white light. This started after English and Burgundian forces burnt her town to the ground. They told her that she should help the Dauphin by breaking England's siege over Orleans. She did this by making herself look like a boy and smuggling herself into the army. She was found out though a couple of years later and ended up going on trial and being punished for her actions. This monologue appears in the last scene (6) and shows Joan expressing her anger and resentment in regards to being imprisoned for life as a punishment instead of burnt at the stake as she desires.
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