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The Dauphin (King Charles VII)
A 26-year-old skilled, successful, and popular French military leader. He recognizes Joan’s own military prowess and supports her throughout the play. Dunois is skeptical of Joan’s voices but accepts them, as her leadership has resulted in many French victories. Dunois rejects Joan’s proposal that the French take Paris before she returns home, deeming her overconfidence foolish and impractical. Dunois ultimately does nothing to interfere with Joan’s execution, nor does he believe she should be resurrected at the end of the play.
Jean, Comte de Dunois, Bastard of Orleans Quotes in Saint Joan
The Saint Joan quotes below are all either spoken by Jean, Comte de Dunois, Bastard of Orleans or refer to Jean, Comte de Dunois, Bastard of Orleans. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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“We want a few mad people now. See where the sane ones have landed us!”
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“I will not look back to see whether anyone is following me.”
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DUNOIS. I, God forgive me, am a little in love with war myself, the ugly devil! I am like a man with two wives. Do you want to be like a woman with two husbands?
JOAN. [matter-of-fact] I will never take a husband. A man in Toul took action against me for breach of promise; but I never promised him. I am a soldier: I do not want to be thought of as a woman. I will not dress as a woman. I do not care for the things women care for. They dream of lovers, and money. I dream of leading a charge, and of placing the big guns.
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“Well, I have to find reasons for you, because you do not believe in my voices. But the voices come first; and I find the reasons after: whatever you may choose to believe.”
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“I was always a rough one: a regular soldier. I might almost as well have been a man. Pity I wasn’t: I should not have bothered you all so much then.”
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Jean, Comte de Dunois, Bastard of Orleans Quotes in Saint Joan
The Saint Joan quotes below are all either spoken by Jean, Comte de Dunois, Bastard of Orleans or refer to Jean, Comte de Dunois, Bastard of Orleans. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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“We want a few mad people now. See where the sane ones have landed us!”
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“I will not look back to see whether anyone is following me.”
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DUNOIS. I, God forgive me, am a little in love with war myself, the ugly devil! I am like a man with two wives. Do you want to be like a woman with two husbands?
JOAN. [matter-of-fact] I will never take a husband. A man in Toul took action against me for breach of promise; but I never promised him. I am a soldier: I do not want to be thought of as a woman. I will not dress as a woman. I do not care for the things women care for. They dream of lovers, and money. I dream of leading a charge, and of placing the big guns.
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“Well, I have to find reasons for you, because you do not believe in my voices. But the voices come first; and I find the reasons after: whatever you may choose to believe.”
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“I was always a rough one: a regular soldier. I might almost as well have been a man. Pity I wasn’t: I should not have bothered you all so much then.”
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