Very small Reading Thursday

[dhampyresa]

I am currently reading the transcript of Joan of Arc's trial and I love her SO MUCH. She is such a smartass and gives absolutely zero fucks; it's magnificient.

JEANNE: [...] je voudrais encore m'échapper, comme il est licite à quiconque est incarcéré ou prisonnier.

JOAN: I would still like to escape, as do all who are jailed or emprisoned.

L'ÉVÊQUE. - Vous devez dire vérité à votre juge.
JEANNE. - Moi, je vous le dis, avisez-vous bien de ce que vous dites être mon juge, car vous assumez une grande charge, et vous me chargez trop.

BISHOP: You must tell your judge the truth.
JOAN: I tell you, think carefully about calling yourself my judge, for that is a great duty and you weigh too heavily on me.

JEAN BEAUPÈRE. - Savez-vous si vous êtes en la grâce de Dieu?
JEANNE. - Si je n'y suis, Dieu m'y mette ; et si j'y suis, Dieu m'y tienne.

JEAN BEAUPERE: Do you know if you are in the grace of God?
JOAN: If I am not, may got put me there; and if I am, may God keep me there.

FUCKS GIVEN: NONE.

Comments

[yhlee]

This is awesome. Thank you for sharing.

[dhampyresa]

You're very welcome!

[kore]

JEAN BEAUPERE: Do you know if you are in the grace of God?
JOAN: If I am not, may got put me there; and if I am, may God keep me there.

I LOVE THAT BIT, SO MUCH. She just takes the "How dare you think yourself Godly" and turns it right back around on them.

[selenak]

It's also a masterful avoidance of a trial trap. If she'd said "yes", she'd been guilty of hubristic heresy, if she'd said "no", she'd have admmitted to being a lost soul. No wonder this was one of the original trial bits which Shaw used in Saint Joan without changing the phrasing - it can't be improved on!

[kore]

It's so delightful -- it's one of those moments that makes me think, wow, there she is, across the centuries.

[dhampyresa]

She is THE BEST.

[sovay]

FUCKS GIVEN: NONE.

This is very good to read; thank you.

[dhampyresa]

You're welcome!

[yuuago]

ZERO FUCKS GIVEN.

So badass! :O

[dhampyresa]

SUCH A BADASS!

[genarti]

Yesssss so great. Thank you for posting these excellent quotes!

[dhampyresa]

You're very welcome!

[china_shop]

Oh, how cool! :-D

[dhampyresa]

Indeed!