Rebellion Essay - Saint Joan

Rebellion is open resistance against or defiance of any authority or control. It is portrayed in a variety of texts using many techniques, such as costume, hairstyle, contrast, time-lapse photography and battle imagery, to highlight the rebellion. Some texts containing rebellion include the play by George Bernard Shaw titled ‘Saint Joan’, Luc Besson’s movie ‘Joan of Arc’, Alfred Noyes’ romantic ballad named ‘The Highwayman’, a speech of Dr. Martin Luther and a newspaper article titled ‘City throbs to drumbeat of peace’.

The play named Saint Joan by Bernard Shaw is set in the early 15th century in France when it was being invaded by the English, from the north. The Dauphin, later to be Charles VII, was to be crowned King at Reims Cathedral in north-eastern France, but that part of France was in English hands and the French were powerless to do anything about this. Joan is a girl from the small town of Domrémy, who rebels against the English and then the ...