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Unit 25: Saint Joan: Characterization

3. Sketch the character of Joan. Notes
4. Bishop Cauchon emerges in Shaw’s play as a man who wants to do what is right, but who is
unable to do so. Analyze this character in view of this statement.
5. Give a critical view of the following characters in the play Saint Joan:
(a) Bishop Cauchon (b) The Dauphin (c) Captain Jack Dunois

Answers: Self Assessment

1. (a) 2. (b) 3. responsibility and decision-making
4. foolish illusions 5. True 6. False

25.5 Further Readings

George Bernard Shaw, Harold Bloom (ed.). 1987. Saint Joan. Chelsea House
Publishers, New York.
George Bernard Shaw, Dan H. Laurence (ed.). 2001. Saint Joan. Penguin Classics,
UK.

Online links http://www.shmoop.com/saint-joan/characterization.html
http://www.enotes.com/saint-joan-salem/saint-joan

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