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In the film about the journey of Joan of Arc and her rebellion against those who apposed her and her wish for a perfect government, as led by the voice of Jesus. The characters that I have chosen to compare are Joan and Jacques, her father, and Jean and the Bishop.

Throughout the film, Joan showed adrimable care for her country in her journey to make Charles king. Her father, Jacques, hadn't always been so supportive. Right from the start the two had a stressed relationship. Joan is compassionate and shows amazing character, while Jacques belives that he is the man of the house, and those who oppose him should show him respect. I believe that the relationship between Joan and Jacques is somewhat stressed because of Joan's branching out from the rules of Jacques. Jacques showed deep disrespt at a dinner had at their dinner table when Jacques was infuriated by Joan's choice to travel and listen to these "voices". Another instence that this is occured is when Joan is first fighting the forces of the English, and Pierre is murdered. When Joan makes her way back home, another dinner table backlash occurs, and Joan storms out, not sure what to do. Jacques blames her for Pierre's untimely death, as she is the believer that she is speaking to God. At the end of the film, Jacques experienced a sudden change when news came from Joan's warrior-friend Jean, that his daughter had been burned for her act of herecy. At that moment, I came image the feeling that Jacques must have been feeling at that moment, when he realized how he wronged his daughter.

The next pair of people I have decided to compare are Jean and the Bishop. In various parts of the film, the pair experienced different moments in the course of Joan's fall that they showed just how much they cared for her. Close to the end, Jean attempts to help Joan escape the torturement she had been put in. The Bishop tried to save Joan by warning her that her actions in the trial would get her burned. The Bishop tried once again to save Joan when she was forced to go to Father Robert, warning her of her sin and that she had better adhere to the seriousness of her situation. She yet again failed to listen. At the execution, Jean showed his undying love for his belief in Joan that he yanked a cross from a clergy and put it to her eyes-length as she requested, Jean crying as he did this. To the very death of Joan's death at the stake, both of these men honorablly fought to save the "Maid of Lorraine", and the beliefs she held. All the valiant people that I have told of in this paragraph have either influenced, or were influenced by the life led by Joan of Arc.