Joan of Arc :: essays research papers

Choose one of the women discussed and decide which of the syndromes you think society would have applied to her and why? Do you agree or disagree?Joan of Arc the Patron Saint of France could have very easily been characterized under many syndromes by her society. Joan being a virgin and highly religious could have been viewed under the pure Syndrome, she may have been viewed under the Tomboy Syndrome for being a warrior and dressing like a man, or she may have been viewed under the Shame Syndrome for taking command of the French army leading them to defeat over England. Joan possibly could have been viewed by society under a culmination of all these syndromes, being called a Warrior Queen. It is difficult to choose just one of Joans abnormalitys or shall I say syndromes according to her society, but the Chaste Syndrome describes her the best from my view.Joan being a virgin, which is none of my business or her communitys, and showing a venerance to immortal correlates closely to th e image of the pure(a) Mary. Joan being such a close resemblance to the Virgin Mary would allow her society to classify her under the Chaste Syndrome. Throughout the classroom reading assignment on Joan of Arc I get the impression she is pristine and wants nothing but to obey the voices of St. Catherine, and St. Margaret. When being interrogated she says, that the voices told her to engagement boldly and God would help her. Joans society would have hopefully seen her under the Chaste Syndrome, she was one to be revered and emulated much like that of the Virgin Mary. In conclusion my opinion stands in disagreeance with Joans society for one reason, a syndrome is defined as a group of signs and symptoms that occur together and characterized a particular abnormality.