Though the dual identity of the Scarlet Pimpernel certainly makes for an exciting tale of adventure (and inspired countless other similar heroes), in the characters’ personal lives author Orczy argues the value of honesty and the limited power of trickery.Īs Sir Percy Blakeney, the Scarlet Pimpernel is described as a wealthy and handsome, albeit shallow and “brainless” aristocrat who is content to worship his stylish French wife, but this persona is just a disguise.
Both Sir Percy and Lady Blakeney wear “masks” to deceive one another and hide their feelings, and it isn’t until they reveal their true identities that they are able to find real happiness. Just of the French Republic, and she is likewise miserable in their union.
Sir Percy is exceedingly unhappy in his marriage to Lady Blakeney, formerly Marguerite St. The Scarlet Pimpernel is heralded across Great Britain as a hero, but his life as Sir Percy Blakeney is anything but rewarding.
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Due to a series of the Scarlet Pimpernel’s increasingly outlandish and ingenious costumes-including an impoverished hag, an old Jewish man, and even a captain of the French guard-a vast majority of the French émigrés who find sanctuary in Great Britain “owe their safety” to the Scarlet Pimpernel and his many disguises. As the Scarlet Pimpernel, a cunning master of disguise, Sir Percy Blakeney deceives the French government and saves aristocrats from bloody death at the hands of the rebellion and their unforgiving guillotine.
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