The Scarlet Pimpernel

The Scarlet Pimpernel begins during the French Revolution, with the revolutionaries waiting at the West Barricade for aristocrats to be sentenced to death by guillotine. Although many of the fleeing aristocrats were captured, quite a few escaped and survived with the help of the famous Scarlet Pimpernel. In England, fugitives meet with the League of The Scarlet Pimpernel and await the arrival of the latest escapees. Comtesse de Tournay is one of the escapees, along with her daughter and son, but her husband was left in Paris. She wishes to thank the Scarlet Pimpernel, but his identity is to remain a secret. Comtesse mentions the traitorous actions of the women in France, specifically Marguerite St. Just, who walks into the pub at that moment.…

The Scarlet Pimpernel: Choices Lead to the Climax 1. Define climax, as it is used in fiction. The climax is the most intense, exciting, or important point in a story. 2. At the beginning of chapter 29, Chauvelin gives Marguerite what the author describe as an “‘either-or” ten thousand times more appalling and horrible, than the one he suggested to her that fatal night at the ball.” What is the choice she must make this time? Why is it more horrible than the earlier one? The choice she must…

Never judge a book by its cover is an ethical lesson in the diverting novel, “The Scarlet Pimpernel”,written by Countess Orczy. Percy Blakeney is the antagonistic husband of Marquerite Blakeney. He is extremely wealthy and prosperous, but society views him as foolish and ignorant. He values his honor above all and is a force for good in the novel. He is secretly the Scarlet Pimpernel who saves condemned French aristocrats from the guillotine. Sir Percy is very essential to the story because…

There is a name that is known for mischief all for the good of the people. He is like a shadow in the background lurking in the day and night. Not many know what he looks like, only his helpers and the people that he help. I like the description.His name is the Scarlet Pimpernel, leaving a seal of a scarlet pimpernel wherever he has been. It gives a special emphasis on what he does. It tells us a classic story about old time superheros and how things were back then. I have grown to like this…

Summary of The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy takes place in England and France. The story starts during the French revolution when the French aristocrats are being continuously slaughtered, however they are receiving help escaping my a mysterious man whom they call “The Scarlet Pimpernel.” Over in England they too were being effected by this revolt as the French were coming to England to seek refuge. This started to effect the English aristocrats…

The Scarlet Pimpernel: Sir Percy Blakeney and Lady Blakeney Character Analysis Sir Percy Blakeney and Lady Blakeney had many strengths and weaknesses throughout this story. A strength of Percy was his ability to deceive everyone. Lady Blakeney’s strengths included her wit and intelligence. Percy’s weakness was that he was uncharacteristically, cold attitude at times. This behavior of his was no good for his already struggling marriage. A weakness of Lady Blakeney’s was her ability to hide behind…

Rest. The Scarlet Pimpernel: Experiencing the Reign of Terror 1. Reread the incident between Bibot and the car-driving hag at the end of chapter 1. Then read the Comtesse’s recollection in the paragraph…

During this scene she finds out that her own husband is the Scarlet Pimpernel. This causes her to remember everything that has happened in the past few days, with Chauvelin, Percy leaving to help Armand. Then she also remembered that Chauvelin was still going after the Scarlet Pimpernel, more importantly he was going after her husband. She felt another flood of guilt wash over her, when she found out that not only had she led Chauvelin to the Scarlet Pimpernel, but that she had sent her own…

Actress Rebecca Hall once complained, "It's not often you get female characters who don't fit into a box.” What she is saying is that, it is a general cliche that women would fit into a cartoon or princess-like persona. In classical literature, female characters are commonly stereotyped to be or have boring and simple dispositions. The women in The Scarlet Pimpernel are written as intriguing individuals because they have their own feelings and personalities and don't “fit in a box”. The…

Any person or thing you are loyal to will govern your future decisions. In the book The Scarlet Pimpernel, a character named Marguerite struggles with the decision of who or what to give her loyalty to. She has the decision to give her loyalty to either her brother Armand, her husband Percy, the enigmatic hero scarlet pimpernel, or her home country France which is ravaged with injustice. In the beginning of the book a man named Jellyband is shown as a loyal innkeeper who values his customers,…