Characters
There are many characters in the Scarlet Pimpernel, but as there is so many i will only list the main characters.
SIR PERCY BLACKNEY- Percy Blackeney appears to us first as the antagonistic husband of Lady Blakeney -- one of the richest, most fashionable men in England, but also a tad slow and stupid. He is built like a truck, apparently, with big shoulders and muscles, but this only adds to his reputation as a stupid stooge. But Percy is of course secretly the Scarlet Pimpernel who raids the barricades of France to save condemned French aristocrats from the guillotine. Sir Percy is of course the main character for without him there would be no Scarlet Pimpernel. He stands at overwhelming height of six feet, broad of shoulder and well build over all. For some reason Orczy insists he has small, delicate hands, which bugs me no end. The man is handsome. Lazy, baby blues, heavy lids he has a "slow-to-appear smile that takes a girl’s breath away when it arrives." Nice teeth. Square chin – a sure sign of stubbornness. Blonde hair that falls flat on his forehead but when worn llong surley has curls. Overall he is the Prince Charming.
MARGURITE ST. JUST/ LADY BLACKNEY- Lady Blakeney, while living in France as an actress, was famous for her beauty, but even more for her charisma, wit, and intelligence. When she marries Percy Blakeney, no one's quite sure what she's thinking. Since he's considered a stupid, slow man and she a renowned socialite, the conclusion is that she's married down. She hears of the talk of the Scarlet Pimpernel (not realizing its her husband as his identity is a secret) and falls in love with him my favorite quote is the following.
"MARGURITE-Oh but Percy, through me, a good, a generous man my lose his life. Oh Percy, what can I do? How can I warn him?
PERCY-Warn him? Against what?
MARGURITE: Against the danger if he goes back to France.
PERCY: Well, if he's the kind of lunatic I take him to be, your warning's not going to stop him.
MARGURIRTE: But he might be going to his death.
PERCY-That's all the fellow lives for. Besides, he doesn't know you're in love with him.
MARGURITE: I'm not in love with him! I admire his head of wisdom, but I'm not in love with him.
PERCY BLACKNEY-Oh, but you are. It's a dangerous game, my dear. Falling in love with a phantom. For all you know, he might be a married man who is deeply in love with his wife."
As you see she is in love with him and her husband could tell. Well you may think that he would get mad, right? Well you forget who her husband is. The Scarlet Pimpernel. They are talking of him now. Percy knows who he is as he is him but he must pretemd he does not know as not to let Margurite know he knows. Wow was that confusing. Any way i especially love the part where Percy says " Falling in love with a phantom. For all you know he might be a married man deeply in love with his wife."
Chauvelin
Chauvelin, the novel's main villain, is a French agent who has English diplomacy rights. He is in England looking for the Pimpernel and anyone else who is attempting to rescue French aristocrats. His 'hard-hearted, vengeful' nature contrasts with the slow witted, dashing Pimpernel.
Armand St. Just
Armand St. Just, Marguerite St. Just's brother, is in touch with the Pimpernel. Chauvelin uses Armand to blackmail Marguerite in an attempt to get to thePimpernel.
Sir Andrew Ffoulkes
Sir Andrew is one of the Scarlet Pimpernel's devoted followers. Marguerite goes to him when she first learns that Percy is the Pimpernel and is in danger of being arrested by Chevalier.
Lord Antony Dewhurst
Lord Antony does not last long in the novel, as he is one of the members of the League of the Pimpernel who is captured by Chauvelin at the pub in Dover.
Comtesse de Tournay
The Comtesse is a French aristocrat rescued by the Scarlet Pimpernel in the opening section of the novel, but her husband is left behind, prompting the dramatic rescue that dominates the novel's main plot. She does not like Marguerite St. Just because she thinks that she caused the departure of the St. Cyr family.
Comte de Tournay
The Comte de Tournay is the Comtesse's husband, rescued from France by the Scarlet Pimpernel.
Lord Grenville
Lord Grenville is an English governmental secretary who holds a grand ball after the opera, a ball which acts as the setting for Chauvelin's and Marguerite's plan to catch the Pimpernel.
Mr. Jellyband
Mr. Jellyband is the owner of the Dover pub called The Fisherman's Rest, which the Scarlet Pimpernel and his league use for meetings.
Degas
Degas is Chauvelin's most trusted henchman who is sent to retrieve soldiers to arrest the Pimpernel. He consistently arrives too late to trap Percy.
Brogard
Brogard is the antagonistic owner of the Chat Gris inn in Calais where Chauvelin and Percy meet for their face-off.
Marquis de St. Cyr
The Marquis de St. Cyr is a French noble who was condemned because Marguerite made a statement about him to a French tribunal.
SIR PERCY BLACKNEY- Percy Blackeney appears to us first as the antagonistic husband of Lady Blakeney -- one of the richest, most fashionable men in England, but also a tad slow and stupid. He is built like a truck, apparently, with big shoulders and muscles, but this only adds to his reputation as a stupid stooge. But Percy is of course secretly the Scarlet Pimpernel who raids the barricades of France to save condemned French aristocrats from the guillotine. Sir Percy is of course the main character for without him there would be no Scarlet Pimpernel. He stands at overwhelming height of six feet, broad of shoulder and well build over all. For some reason Orczy insists he has small, delicate hands, which bugs me no end. The man is handsome. Lazy, baby blues, heavy lids he has a "slow-to-appear smile that takes a girl’s breath away when it arrives." Nice teeth. Square chin – a sure sign of stubbornness. Blonde hair that falls flat on his forehead but when worn llong surley has curls. Overall he is the Prince Charming.
MARGURITE ST. JUST/ LADY BLACKNEY- Lady Blakeney, while living in France as an actress, was famous for her beauty, but even more for her charisma, wit, and intelligence. When she marries Percy Blakeney, no one's quite sure what she's thinking. Since he's considered a stupid, slow man and she a renowned socialite, the conclusion is that she's married down. She hears of the talk of the Scarlet Pimpernel (not realizing its her husband as his identity is a secret) and falls in love with him my favorite quote is the following.
"MARGURITE-Oh but Percy, through me, a good, a generous man my lose his life. Oh Percy, what can I do? How can I warn him?
PERCY-Warn him? Against what?
MARGURITE: Against the danger if he goes back to France.
PERCY: Well, if he's the kind of lunatic I take him to be, your warning's not going to stop him.
MARGURIRTE: But he might be going to his death.
PERCY-That's all the fellow lives for. Besides, he doesn't know you're in love with him.
MARGURITE: I'm not in love with him! I admire his head of wisdom, but I'm not in love with him.
PERCY BLACKNEY-Oh, but you are. It's a dangerous game, my dear. Falling in love with a phantom. For all you know, he might be a married man who is deeply in love with his wife."
As you see she is in love with him and her husband could tell. Well you may think that he would get mad, right? Well you forget who her husband is. The Scarlet Pimpernel. They are talking of him now. Percy knows who he is as he is him but he must pretemd he does not know as not to let Margurite know he knows. Wow was that confusing. Any way i especially love the part where Percy says " Falling in love with a phantom. For all you know he might be a married man deeply in love with his wife."
Chauvelin
Chauvelin, the novel's main villain, is a French agent who has English diplomacy rights. He is in England looking for the Pimpernel and anyone else who is attempting to rescue French aristocrats. His 'hard-hearted, vengeful' nature contrasts with the slow witted, dashing Pimpernel.
Armand St. Just
Armand St. Just, Marguerite St. Just's brother, is in touch with the Pimpernel. Chauvelin uses Armand to blackmail Marguerite in an attempt to get to thePimpernel.
Sir Andrew Ffoulkes
Sir Andrew is one of the Scarlet Pimpernel's devoted followers. Marguerite goes to him when she first learns that Percy is the Pimpernel and is in danger of being arrested by Chevalier.
Lord Antony Dewhurst
Lord Antony does not last long in the novel, as he is one of the members of the League of the Pimpernel who is captured by Chauvelin at the pub in Dover.
Comtesse de Tournay
The Comtesse is a French aristocrat rescued by the Scarlet Pimpernel in the opening section of the novel, but her husband is left behind, prompting the dramatic rescue that dominates the novel's main plot. She does not like Marguerite St. Just because she thinks that she caused the departure of the St. Cyr family.
Comte de Tournay
The Comte de Tournay is the Comtesse's husband, rescued from France by the Scarlet Pimpernel.
Lord Grenville
Lord Grenville is an English governmental secretary who holds a grand ball after the opera, a ball which acts as the setting for Chauvelin's and Marguerite's plan to catch the Pimpernel.
Mr. Jellyband
Mr. Jellyband is the owner of the Dover pub called The Fisherman's Rest, which the Scarlet Pimpernel and his league use for meetings.
Degas
Degas is Chauvelin's most trusted henchman who is sent to retrieve soldiers to arrest the Pimpernel. He consistently arrives too late to trap Percy.
Brogard
Brogard is the antagonistic owner of the Chat Gris inn in Calais where Chauvelin and Percy meet for their face-off.
Marquis de St. Cyr
The Marquis de St. Cyr is a French noble who was condemned because Marguerite made a statement about him to a French tribunal.