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__Joan of Arc__

Joan is the main charater of the tale and she is on a mission that she beleives is given to her by god. She is somewhat charasmatic and has great leadership once hse comes to her full potential as a leader. She is very pious and faithful in the voices that have been speaking to her. She has been listening to her voices word for word and completing the task just as it is said to her. She relies on her voices and even commits heresy because of the voices of the saints. An example from the movie is a light from heaven shines on her during church and she hears voices. Another example is when she is dying on the battlefield she sees and hears a saint descending from heaven. Then there was Sir Robert who was skeptical of her beleifs. He laughs at her when she is brought to him because she snuck in one of his carts. He sends her away from him and does not call her back until he is pretty much forced too. He is unfaithful in god compared to Joan. He starts to beleive once she builds up a fort outside his building and the hens stop laying eggs because he turned her away. He basicly steals from the derfont and steals the livestock meant for Charles. Jean DeMetz is another character that befriends Joan and wants more than friendship with her. He loves Joan and travels with her to Chinon and beleives in her and her voices as well. He travels with her on her whole journey to her death. He is loyal to Joan, maybe not in the beginning but later on he trusts everything she says. He also carries the cross to Joan while she is burning because she asked for it. He carries the message of Joans death to her parents aswell. Captain L'heure doesnt believe in Joan in the beginning, just like Sir Robert. He is close to Athiest, and does not even pray before a battle like everyone else. He beleives that he is on his own and must watch his own back. He also cares about his men and will do anything to have them win the battle. He eventualy starts to believe in Joan and her gift. He even trys to save Joan when she is getting burned.

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 * The Renaissance influenced writers and philosophers just as it did artists.
 * Writers adopted the ideal of humanism. Humanists who put a religious slant on the ideal were called christian humanists.
 * The bests known Christian humanists were Desiderius Erasmus and Thomas More.
 * Erasmus' most famous work was the //Praise of Folly//.
 * Thomas More is most famous for //Utopia// a book about a land of peace loving people.
 * Francois Rabelais, a humanist from France, wrote about how humans are good if they follow their instincts rather than religious beliefs.
 * William Shakespear lived during the English renassaince and is considered one of the most famous playwrights of all time.
 * He understands human beings very well and is very knowledgable about the english language which made him a great playwright.
 * His most famous plays are Macbeth, King Lear, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, and a Midsummer Night's Dream.
 * The English Renassaince is also refered to as the Elizabethan Age, named after Queen Elizabeth I who ruled during the time period.