Joan Of Arc: A Tragic Hero

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to lead a whole army throughout an important battle? Or how about what it’s like to become famous over many impacting events that people thought would never happen, actually become a reality? Well, this and many other tragic occurrences happened to Joan of Arc. More than what you could ever imagine. While Joan of Arc was wandering in her father’s garden, she was playing around with the flowers. Moments later she then heard some bells ringing. There she stood, wondering from where it was coming from but still couldn’t figure it out. Then, that’s when she heard it. Being accompanied by a white light, Joan heard some voices. According to Joan, she claimed the voices to be angels and saints, whom God was trying …show more content…
One of the youngest people in history to command the armies of a nation includes Joan of Arc. In 1456, (10 years after Joan of Arc’s death) King Charles ordered an investigation on her case and resulted in declaring that Joan was actually innocent of all charges she had against her (around 70 charges). Although, after Joan of Arc’s death, she became extremely dangerous to England by engaging the century-long holy war known as the “Hundred Years War” even more and continued on for another 22 years after her death. Interestingly, Joan became largely forgotten about for around 400 years, but eventually resurrected back in the mid-19th century. After becoming familiar again, she became canonized as the Saint of France on May 16, 1920 and had a feast day created in her honor on May 30th. An outstanding leader and the Savior of France truly fits Joan of Arc considering all the positive impacts and outcomes she created. To summarize Joan of Arc, she had a very unique childhood that affected and sculpted her whole life, career, and choices. There were many conflicts and struggles she had to overcome that resulted in her becoming the person she was; that person was a great leader, role model, and