Miracle in Shaw's "Saint Joan"

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Shaw's representation of Miraculous in Saint Joan "A miracle, my friend, is an event which creates faith. That is the purpose and nature of miracles. They may seem very wonderful to them who witness them and very simple to those who perform them. That doesn’t matter; if they conform or create faith they are true miracle" (Archbishop; s)cene 2) Shaw explicates undoubtedly what he exactly comprehends as miracle through this dialogue of Archbishop. To relate Shaw's idea of Miracle one ought to be mindful to the religious elements in Saint Joan. Joan of arc is a girl from the village Vosges was born about 1412, burnt alive for heresy, witchcraft, and sorcery in 1431. A few centuries later she was canonized as a Saint in 1920. Shaw aims on the salvation of Joan d' arc as a saint. He needs to depict miraculous evidence to Joan d' Arc's character to establish her as a Saint. He doesn’t affirm these miracles to be supernatural, nor as coincident or superstition. He spares these incidents unexplained and confirms the notion of miracle again and again as the play progresses. The miracles in Saint Joan either can be explained simply as miracles from religious perspective, or in a Logical way from the perspective of scientific minded non-believer reader's perspective. There are several miraculous events in the play. First the voices that Joan hears, the visions she sees. Joan claims that she hears voices from God, and sees vision about Saint Catherine. Her voices and visions play very crucial role with her life and reputation. She is said mad and imposters, then witch and sorcerer, is burnt alive and eventually she is canonized as a Saint! Question is where the voices and vision come from? Is it from God or is Joan's vivid imagination? Shaw defended Joan on the very first scene when Robert de Baudricourt says it is her imagination. Joan replies... "Joan: I hear voices calling
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