Shaw, George Bernard: 1856-1950
Saint Joan, 1923 - Language/Style
- English Language Level: Moderate Difficulty
- Vocabulary – Mostly everyday early 20th-century English, with some historical, religious, military, and formal terms that are slightly challenging.
Sentence Structure – Mix of short, clear dialogue and longer, rhetorical or complex sentences, especially in speeches and courtroom passages.
- Vocabulary – Mostly everyday early 20th-century English, with some historical, religious, military, and formal terms that are slightly challenging.
- The play mixes mostly clear, everyday English with occasional formal, historical, or philosophical words and some long, complex sentences, making it generally understandable.