What does Joan symbolize?

Joan represents faith and glory. Joan will eventually achieve fame and glory. When she is executed, the English and the Church hope that they can wipe out her memory and that she will quickly be forgotten. However, Joan's fame lives on for hundreds of years. Ironically, she is persecuted by the Church and the government during her lifetime, but after her death, she becomes praised and celebrated. The statues symbolize how it is important to know the history of celebrated figures: they may have lived very different experiences than what their reputation suggests.