an, he says, "The day after she has been draggedfrom her horse by a goddamn or a Burgundian, and he is not struck dead: the day after she is locked in a dungeon, and the bars and bolts do not fly open at the touch of St. Peter's angel: the day when the enemy finds out that she is as vulnerable as I am and not a bit more invincible, she will not be worth the life of a single soldier to us; and I will not risk that life, much as I cherish her as a companion-in-arms."Appropriately, following Dunois into King Charles' dream is a soldier. We learn from Joan that the soldier had made an erstwhile cross out of two sticks and handed it to Joan when she was about to be burned. This cross-made out of sticks is alluded to at the end of Scene VI. It is unnecessary to introduce the soldier in the epilogue. The only new concept brought forth by his appearance is his description of hell. He says hell is "Like as if you were always drunk without the trouble or expense of drinking. Tip top company too: emperors and popes and kings and all sorts." This is reminiscent of Shaw's Man And Superman, where Shaw explored similar themes definitively in the "Don Juan In Hell" sequence. Not many would argue that these ideas need revisiting and are especially unnecessary in Saint Joan.The remaining characters that appear in the epilogue similarly rehash their earlier actions. John De Stogumber, the Chaplain, recounts his own cruelty and relates that he is now old, but is a changed man due to his experience with Joan. This is foreshadowed by the Chaplain's extreme self-repulsion after Joan has been burnt. This abhorrence of his own action need not be repeated, as it is in the epilogue. In addition, the Earl of Warwick makes his way in, asserting, "The burning was purelypolitical." The fact that the Joans death was purely political was constantly foreshadowed in the previous scenes. Finally, a modern gentleman arrives and announces that Joan has been cano...
