Anouilh writes about Joan in a similar fashion especially in the ways she responds to the Inquisitor and the other men in the trial for example when she states, “But if God didn’t mean me to be proud, why did He send an Archangel to see me” (Anouilh, 5). Anouilh beautifully embodies Joan’s refusal to conform to the common stereotypes expected of women in medieval France towards the end of the play. Before she retracts her admission of guilt Joan states, “And that is Joan, and no other one. Certainly not one sitting placid in her convent, pasty-faced and going to pieces in comfort” (Anouilh, 31). However, Anouilh betrays the courageous and confident nature of Joan by portraying her as a reluctant and timid girl who used her femininity in order to secure what she
Anouilh writes about Joan in a similar fashion especially in the ways she responds to the Inquisitor and the other men in the trial for example when she states, “But if God didn’t mean me to be proud, why did He send an Archangel to see me” (Anouilh, 5). Anouilh beautifully embodies Joan’s refusal to conform to the common stereotypes expected of women in medieval France towards the end of the play. Before she retracts her admission of guilt Joan states, “And that is Joan, and no other one. Certainly not one sitting placid in her convent, pasty-faced and going to pieces in comfort” (Anouilh, 31). However, Anouilh betrays the courageous and confident nature of Joan by portraying her as a reluctant and timid girl who used her femininity in order to secure what she