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Joan Of Arc And The Inquisitor
The Inquisitor argued against Joan by using pathos in a well organized statement that appealed to the court's emotions and religious beliefs. Joan of Arc was being tried for heresy, disagreeing with church doctrines, and the Inquisitor took this information as a way to directly state that Joan was to be punished for upsetting the church.

"Heresy at first seems innocent and even laudable, but it ends in such a monstrous horror of unnatural wickedness..." The Inquisitor is trying to insinuate that Joan has caused a lot of damage that might not yet be known, this riles the audience into paranoia and anxiousness. The Inquisitor also juxtaposes Joan's actions with that of polygamy and incest. He wants the audience to think of something so sinister
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