Saint Joan Revision Booklet

1 Saint Joan Revision Booklet

2 Contents Plot Summary ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ .................... 3 Brief Notes – Scene 1 ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ........ 4 Brief Notes – Scene 2 ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ........ 7 Brief Notes – Scene 3 ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ...... 12 Brief Notes – Scene 4 ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ...... 15 Brief Notes – Scene 5 ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ...... 18 Brief Notes – Scene 6 ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ...... 21 Brief Notes – the Epilogue ................................ ................................ ................................ ............................... 25 Essay Questions................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ .............. 29 PBQs ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ............................... 31 PBQ 1 – Scene 4/Joan’s antagonists, RI Prelim 2022 ................................ ................................ .................. 32 PBQ 2 – Scene 5/institutions, RI Prelim 2023 ................................ ................................ .............................. 34 PBQ 3 – Scene 6/Warwick, VJC Prelim 2023................................ ................................ ............................... 36 PBQ 4 – Epilogue/impact of Joan’s death, CJC Prelim 2019 ................................ ................................ ........ 38 PBQ 5 – Scene 4/atmosphere and dramatic effects, CJC Prelim 2021 ................................ ........................ 40 PBQ 6 – Scene 5/righteous indignation, VJC Prelim 2022 ................................ ................................ ........... 42 PBQ 7 – Epilogue/humour, VJC Prelim 2020 ................................ ................................ ............................... 44

3 Plot Summary Scene 1 has Joan enter Robert de Baudricourt’s castle, and persuading him to support her in going to see the Dauphin, in order to fight for France in the Hundred Years War. It establishes the structures of authority that society is built on, and introduces how Joan disrupts those structu