G.B. Shaw’s Saint Joan as a Tragedy

"This shows how dangerous it is to be too good," is Shaw's legendary comment on the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. Undoubtedly, the same can be said of Joan of Arc.In his detailed Preface to St. Joan, Shaw argues that "an irresistible force" in Joan met "an immovable obstacle" in the Church and "developed the heat that consumed poor Joan." Further, he states that he has tried to maintain his