Rebellion is open resistance against or defiance of any authority or control. It is portrayed in a variety of texts using many techniques, such as costume, hairstyle, contrast, time-lapse photography and battle imagery, to highlight the rebellion. Some texts containing rebellion include the play by George Bernard Shaw titled Saint Joan', Luc Besson's movie Joan of Arc', Alfred Noyes' romantic ballad named The Highwayman', a speech of Dr. Martin Luther and a newspaper article titled City throbs to drumbeat of peace'.
The play named Saint Joan by Bernard Shaw is set in the early 15th century in France when it was being invaded by the English, from the north. The Dauphin, later to be Charles VII, was to be crowned King at Reims Cathedral in north-eastern France, but that part of France was in English hands and the French were powerless to do anything about this. Joan is a girl from the small town of Domrémy, who rebels against the English and then the Church. She is inspired by her celestial voices, which she believes are from God. At the commencement of the play, she tells the local lord about these voices. The voices exhort her to request the Dauphin for an army that she can use to attack the English. Despite her military successes, Joan is captured by the Burgundians, who sell her to their allies, the English. At the end of the play, she is burnt at the stake for rebelling against the church, which is a convenient way to get rid of her. In fact, Joan's claims are embarrassing the Church, and it is an embarrassment to the French that a woman, not a man, led the military successes that helped remove the English from French soil. .
Joan's rebellion is portrayed by her costumes, hairstyle and convincing dialogues. She does not dress or acts like other women of those days. She is determined to fight in the battles against Britain, wearing armour and men's clothes.
