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What role does Joan of Arc play in the story?

Joan of Arc, known as Joan la Pucelle in the play, leads the French forces against the English, defeats the English commander Lord Talbot, and influences the duke of Burgundy to defect to the French cause. She is eventually captured by the English, tried as a heretic, and executed by burning at the stake.