characters Flashcards
1
Q
robert
A
- full of bluster & violence which serves to cover up his lack of personal virtue
- foil to joan
> lack of imagination vs j’s progressive and creative nature
> positional vs personal authority - feudal power; insistence on established hierarchy
- endorsement of her for practical purposes
2
Q
joan
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- charming & influential
- authentic faith
- imagination
- naive, ignorant
- drive
- youth, inexperience
- inability to differentiate faith & religious power
3
Q
archbishop
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- religious authority
- intelligent & cunning
- reinterpret events to suit his purposes
- sees j’s value practically and in military terms
- hints at power religious institution carries
4
Q
charles
A
- agile & nimble
- detachment & dismissal
- indifferent, tries to absolve himself
- disavowal of responsibility
5
Q
dunois
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- authentic influence
- ability to rationalise use of force (coolly)
- ability to recognise true, personal quality
6
Q
warwick
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- state
- adroit operator used to manoeuvring in political waters
- dehumanises joan
- farsighted & dangerous
7
Q
stogumber
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- church
- blind prejudice & ignorance
- after change: sincere admission of guilt and repentance
8
Q
cauchon
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- ardent defender of church
- concerned with destabilisation of society
9
Q
church
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- cauchon, inquisitor, ladvenu (duty)
- d’estivet, courcelles, stogumber (ignorance)
- archbishop, gentleman (inability to accept joan despite recognising her value)
10
Q
ladvenu
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- evidence of joan’s impact and acknowledgement of a need to right the wrong that was done to her
- universal justice; personal / time
11
Q
the soldier
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- product of human decency and kindness, glimmer of hope towards prog > stagnation
- expose hopelessness and hypocrisy of society
12
Q
the executioner
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- reminder of joan’s immortality
