Villains In The Scarlet Pimpernel By Baroness Orczy

In the novel: The Scarlet Pimpernel, written by Baroness Orczy, a couple must come together to face a villain who threatens French aristocrats. It is just after the French Revolution, and the common people have taken France for their own. The French aristocrats, who have just suffered a major loss are being executed; at least 100 innocent men, women, and children are sent to Madam Guillotine daily. The Scarlet Pimpernel, a reverse British Robin Hood saves many of these innocents, which then leads to a call for his capture, and his main hunter is the villain, Chauvelin. Sir Percy Blakeney and his wife, Lady Marguerite Blakeney must face this villain together as the identity of the Scarlet Pimpernel is revealed to be the loud, stupid, and yet

Even though Percy was very upset with Marguerite for her heinous actions, he still promises to help her brother, because she cares about him. “Faith, Madame, since it distresses you....for Armand, I pray you have no fear. I pledge you my word that he shall be safe...” (Orczy 130). Percy is still willing to help Marguerite, even though he thinks that what she did was wrong, because family comes first. Furthermore, even though the Comte de Tournay wanted to escape to Britain, he made his family go first and leave without him. Again, the Comtesse is speaking of her husband to Sir Andrew Ffoulkes and a few others.“(My children)...refused to go without me...and you and your friends assured me so solemnly that my husband would be safe.” Once again, family comes first. The Comte was willing to make the sacrifice, because his family’s lives were more important to him than his own, just like any other

It can be seen when Lady Blakeney betrays the Scarlet Pimpernel in order to save her brother, Armand. Another example is when she travels many miles and suffers many losses in order to help her husband, Sir Percy. Remember that one’s family is something that one can’t change, and one has to protect them at all costs, because that is what family is for. During the reading of this amazing novel, the writer of this essay came to think of her own family, and wondering if she would do all of these selfless acts for them. The answer she came up with is: most likely, yes. Would the reader do the