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The man in black is Joan's split personality, a spiritual fantasy formed by her denial of herself.
Why did my sister die like this? Why were you injured in the war? Why were so many people killed and injured in the war? Why can't we capture the city of Paris? Why was it abandoned by the King of France and fell into the hands of the British? Why should you receive a trial of heresy? The seemingly unconsidered issues accumulated bit by bit and became Joan's unconscious denial of his beliefs, and the man in black appeared. So far, the man in black is not God, not Satan, but the "humanity" deep in her heart. Humanity tells her that you are a person, an ordinary person, not a messenger, denying her "God's will", so She once gave up her previous beliefs for her own life. But the extreme loyalty to God from a young age did not allow her to shake her religion at all, so the person in black changed her identity again and began to deny her "humanity" and criticize her betrayal of God, so she resumed her faith and accepted The fate of death. Is her humanity back at this time? Calmly accepting destiny arrangements cannot be regarded as human nature. Human nature fights against destiny.
No matter how strong and deified Joan was in the war, she was still a little girl who had witnessed the death of her relatives but was helpless, questioning why she existed, shouting for revenge, full of painful self-denial.

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  • Pierre Cauchon: Joan, be careful, you're not helping yourself by refusing to submit to our judgment.

    Joan of Arc: You, who claimed to be my judges, you'll be careful, for you too one day will be judged.

  • Joan of Arc: Give me an army, send me to Orleans, and I will show you the sign I was sent to make.