Which female character in the 'Henry VI' plays leads the French forces and is portrayed as a witch by the English characters?
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Correct answer: Joan la Pucelle (Joan of Arc)
In Henry VI Part 1, Joan of Arc is depicted through a hostile English lens as a sorceress and a woman of loose morals. This reflects the patriotic and xenophobic biases present in Elizabethan historical narratives.
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