SAINT JOAN- EARL OF WARWICK AND CHAPLAIN DE STOGUMBER
...rl of Warwick played these traits very wisely. He is open minded, confident, levelheaded and cunning, however, he’s also deceitful and manipulative. Warwick is a man of high society and takes his position as a nobleman with ease. He stays calm in situations of high stress and slickly talks his way through troubles that might occur. This is shown throughout scene IV when Warwick is frequently covering up for de Stogumber’s ill remarks and loss of temper such as when the de Stogumber calls the a “traitor” in the heat of the debate. Warwick deceives the Bishop into believing the word “traitor” has a different meaning in their language. Warwick is an Englishman; however, he remains unpatriotic and apathetic as a nationalist. He is primarily a Lord, and is concerned with his own interest far more than that of the country. An example of this is when he expresses that his trepidation about Joan is that a man cannot serve two masters; his country and the feudal lords. Warwick’s reasoning behind wanting Joan dead is not because she is a “witch” but her nationalist ideas would ruin him. Warwick’s cunning personality allows him to advance in his role as a feudal Lord. Chaplain de Stogumber is a unique character. He is a churchman, and regardless of this profession, he is self-centered, arrogant, and does not have a way with words. De Stogumber is easily stressed and suppresses his wrath until a certain moment when he feels the need to express it. He exemplifies this periodically through scene IV, such as when he ‘rises in fury’ and calls Cauchon a “traitor” (p.93) for saying he would like to attempt to bring Joan to salvation. As a man of the church, de Stogumber should be concerned with the salvation of sinner’s souls. By showing his unrelenting desire to burn Joan, he disregards the moral values of Christianity. Also at the end of the scene when the Chaplain claims that he could burn Joan with his own bare hands also shows his lack of moral. In spite of his rude behavior de Stogumber still considers himself a ‘gentleman’, as he refers to himself while speaking with Warwick in the beginning of the scene. Unlike Warwick, de Stogumber’s is a patrio...