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Shaw's Saint Joan And Shakespeare's Henry IV: Honor And Valor
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In Shakespeare’s play Henry IV, Part 1 Shakespeare takes the different attitudes of Falstaff and Prince Hal to show the danger and rewards of honor and valor. In a similar but different fashion the play Saint Joan, written by Bernard Shaw, uses a single character, Joan or the Maid, to show the pe ....
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....live, thou get’st not my sword…”
Falstaff is hesitant to give up his sword for fear he might be slain without it.
Bernard Shaw explores how Joan’s arrogance becomes an obstacle in her quest for heroism. Whoever Joan speaks to throughout with the entire play, she proclaims she is correct and never wrong, “But I do know better than any of you seem to. And I am not proud; I never speak unless I know I am right,” which defines arrogance. Joan thinks she is better than everyone else because she .... |
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