Joan Of Ark
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Mark Twain's Story of Joan Of Arc is a brilliant device in which Twain is able to express his views on feminism, contempt for orgainized religion and his disdain for royalty. In Twain's writing there is an obvious deep respect and patronage paid to Joan of Arc and his desire to write her in the best possible light is masterfully done. He has portrayed her as a true Saint and a most noble women. Although he writes well of Joan and her achievements it seems the deeper motivation for writing her story is to enhance the readers view of feminism and expose the injustices of the Church and the abhorrence of royalty.
It seems apparent in Twain's writing that he is a strong beliver in God, but that the church has skewed religion from it's true meaning and taught foolishness to it's ambassadors. In the beginning of the story Twain writes of fairies that live in a tree and appear to the children of Domremy, in his writing they are simple fairies who bring happiness to the children and Joan, but by the ignorance of a priest they are bannished. The story has Joan plead for the farries and in this passage Twain seems to articulate his belief in God and the foolishness of the clergy. "Then who gave those poor creatures their home? God. Who protected them in it all those centuries?..