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This scene is set in the ambulatory of the Cathedral of Rheims, just after the Dauphin has been crowned King Charles VII. Joanis praying.  

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SCENE V This scene is set in the ambulatory of the Cathedral of Rheims, just after the Dauphin has been crowned King Charles VII. Joan is praying. She is happy that she has achieved what she has set out to do in crowning the king, but she is sad because she is misunderstood. She also tells Dunois that she misses the excitement of war and being a soldier. Finally, she confesses that, although the masses love her, she can sense the hatred of the nobles towards her. She does not understand the reason for their animosity. Dunois explains that stupid and inefficient people never love those who prove them wrong and supercede them. The Dauphin and the Archbishop enter and discuss whether they should continue the war or seize the opportunity to prepare peace treaties to stop the fighting with the English and the civil struggle amongst the French. Joan...

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