plot significance

Question 1

scene 1

Answer 1

• establishes structures of authority that society is built on, introduces how joan disrupts those structures
• introduces patterns which will repeat on a larger scale through s2&3
• beginning of joan’s ascendancy

Question 1

scene 2

Answer 1

• insight into how joan is viewed from different angles
  > myth of joan growing
• joan’s lack of court manners and relative lack of sophistication in court setting demonstrated
• joan’s influence demonstrated

Question 2

scene 3

Answer 2

• concludes shaw’s framing of play
• joan’s momentum increasing
• hints at potential disaster that wld visit itself upon joan
• solidifies audience’s expectations and impressions of joan

Question 3

scene 4

Answer 3

• marks beginning of joan’s downfall
• opposition: opponents articulate their resistance to joan’s influence
• alliance struck between church and state highlights scale of what joan is up against

Question 4

scene 5

Answer 4

• joan isolated
• joan’s pride

Question 5

scene 6

Answer 5

• trial (climax)
• joan’s burning
• stogumber’s drastic transformation hints at impact of joan’s life and death

Question 6

epilogue

Answer 6

• shaw’s conclusions / answers
• joan transcendent