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 a mask of contempt. We see this when she revels the truth about Marquis de St. Cyr to Percy, here he reacts with a shallow attitude. Percy’s different traits affected his life in many ways; because his outward appearance doesn’t fit the stereotype, he was able to secretly evolve as The Scarlet Pimpernel without anyone even knowing. Also, Lady Blakeney’s traits resulted in her being considered, “the cleverest woman in Europe”. She was a renowned socialite and the town …show more content…
Lady Blakeneys is symbolized by her dual identities. The pimpernel is used to hide the identity of the Scarlet Pimpernel. This is how he left his mark when he completed a mission. Before Lady Blakeney married Percy she was considered Marguerite St. Just. As Marguerite she caused the condemnation of Marquis by misspoken information. After marrying Percy, she was Lady Blakeney in England. Along came different standards and haughty charm. She evolves into the true Lady Blakeney, supporting her husband with a humble and deferential attitude. The connotative meaning of the pimpernel, is mysterious figure. The denotative meaning of it, “is a small plant belonging to the primrose family, having scarlet or white flowers that close at the approach of bad weather”. The connotative meaning of dual identities is “two personalities”. The denotative meaning of it is, “an identification with both one’s ethnos culture minority in group and one’s society of
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 a mask of contempt. We see this when she revels the truth about Marquis de St. Cyr to Percy, here he reacts with a shallow attitude. Percy’s different traits affected his life in many ways; because his outward appearance doesn’t fit the stereotype, he was able to secretly evolve as The Scarlet Pimpernel without anyone even knowing. Also, Lady Blakeney’s traits resulted in her being considered, “the cleverest woman in Europe”. She was a renowned socialite and the town …show more content…
Lady Blakeneys is symbolized by her dual identities. The pimpernel is used to hide the identity of the Scarlet Pimpernel. This is how he left his mark when he completed a mission. Before Lady Blakeney married Percy she was considered Marguerite St. Just. As Marguerite she caused the condemnation of Marquis by misspoken information. After marrying Percy, she was Lady Blakeney in England. Along came different standards and haughty charm. She evolves into the true Lady Blakeney, supporting her husband with a humble and deferential attitude. The connotative meaning of the pimpernel, is mysterious figure. The denotative meaning of it, “is a small plant belonging to the primrose family, having scarlet or white flowers that close at the approach of bad weather”. The connotative meaning of dual identities is “two personalities”. The denotative meaning of it is, “an identification with both one’s ethnos culture minority in group and one’s society of