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Read the monologue for the role of Joan from the script for Henry VI Part 1 by William Shakespeare. Joan says: First, let me tell you whom you have condemn'd: Not me begotten of a...
Actually understand Henry VI, Part 1 Act 5, Scene 4. Read every line of Shakespeare’s original text alongside a modern English translation.
[Enter JOAN LA PUCELLE disguised, with four Soldiers] with sacks upon their backs] Joan la Pucelle. These are the city gates, the gates of Rouen, Through which our policy must make a breach: Take heed, be wary how you place your words; Talk like the vulgar sort of market men That come to gather money for their corn.
1. I,2,262. Reignier, is't thou that thinkest to beguile me? Where is the Dauphin? Come, come from behind;... 2. I,2,269. Dauphin, I am by birth a shepherd's daughter, My wit untrain'd in any kind of art.... 3. I,2,295. I am prepared: here is my keen-edged sword, Deck'd with five flower-de-luces on each side;... 4. I,2,301. And while I live, I ...
Appendix: Joan la Pucelle, or Joan of Arc. A principal difficulty with the text of Henry VI, Part 1 concerns the sharp difference in the characterization of Pucelle between the first four acts and the fifth.
To compass wonders but by help of devils. No, misconceived! Joan of Arc hath been 2720. A virgin from her tender infancy, Chaste and immaculate in very thought; Whose maiden blood, thus rigorously effused, Will cry for vengeance at the gates of heaven. Richard Plantagenet (Duke of Gloucester).
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