Scarlet Pimernel Moral Dilemmas

Marguerite Blakeney can be quite ruthless at times. When someone is displeasing towards her or something doesn’t go her way she becomes uncivil. After the Countess rejected Marguerite by saying “Suzanne, I forbid you to speak to that woman” (Orczy 11), the reader can tell by her small actions after that she was bothered. As well as “For the moment Marguerite’s sweet face had become as white as the soft fichu which swathed her throat, and a very keen observer might have noted that the hand which held the tall, beribboned stick was clenched, and trembled somewhat” (Orczy 11). Her response was insulting the Countess by saying “Sir Andrew, did you ever see such an unpleasant person? I hope when I grow old I sha’n’t look like that” (Orczy 11). This was also followed by Lady Blakeney mimicking the Countess, so the reader would think Marguerite is ruthless because of her childish and impolite actions due to a minor rejection. Obviously people going against her in any way is a great issue to her, and imagine what she might have done if Suzanne (who was more relaxed in this situation) had not convened with her. Imagine what other impolite or harsh comments or actions she might have added. Nevertheless, this kind of behavior should help the reader see how incredibly ruthless she is at times, however, Other people may believe that she’s quite kind and she just hides her feelings. Readers would think Marguerite is kind due to her act of kindness towards a homeless man by buying him a meal before entering The Fisherman's Rest (Orczy 9). While they have a reasonable position, it’s wrong because that single act of kindness was in reality the only act of kindness she showed for the rest of the

To Kill a Mockingbird, author Harper Lee uses unhypocritical, more experienced characters like Atticus to expose Jem and Scout to adult knowledge. Their adult influence is what brings about the empathetic growth and maturity of Jem and Scout.

Back at their mansion, Marguerite, still in major agony over her decision to save her brother Armand by allowing Chauvelin to know of the Scarlet Pimpernel’s meeting with Ffoulkes, and wanting the romance that she and Sir Percy once shared, confronts him on the house’s front steps about his coldness toward her. It is obvious that he is getting ready to leave the house. He explains that she damaged his reputation to the point of no return, and his personal pride by not telling him, however unwittingly, for the arrest and murder of the Marquis de Cyr. Marguerite protests her innocence with the fact that she was used by de Cyr’s enemies. Sir Percy seems unaffected at first, but enough of his old affection

When she finally does take action by screaming to the fugitives in the hut telling them their leader is in danger, they have already escaped. This seems to imply that Marguerite can take action in the woman’s world of balls and moonlit strolls but not in a man’s world of chases and escapes. Marguerite often blames Fate for her decisions, even claiming to be “morally innocent” for the murder of a whole aristocratic family she denounced. When she faces the either-or from Chauvelin and decides to spy on the Scarlet Pimpernel, she claims, “Fate had decided, had made her speak, had made her do a vile and abominable thing, for the sake of the brother she loved.” Marguerite is the one who chooses her brother over the Scarlet Pimpernel, but blames Fate rather than herself. By not taking charge of her own life, Marguerite is a pathetic, fragile woman.

Marguerite was very lucky because British women going off and dating the Americans were known to be traitors to their own country and a disgrace to their families but luckily for her family her mother and father were very opened minded about her and dating a new person, and if you think on what other people would have thought it was a disaster for dating a new guy way outside your reach. The second part ends

Can you recollect a person that you hate all the time? Is this person rude, not sociable, emotionally abusive, or just plain racist? In To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the novel digs deep into the roots of Social Classes. One of these classes, in particular, is “White Trash.” “White Trash” is a class that has the poor white people that don’t contribute much to society and sometimes even make the society worse. There is one character that everyone loathes in Maycomb, and he is Mr. Ewell. Harper Lee portrays Mr. Ewell and his kids as uneducated, racist, murderous pigs because of three reasons. This family disrespects other members of the community in cruel ways, abuses their power by accusing a black man of rape, and tries to kill two

It is evident in today’s society, people tend to judges others by their appearances. Orczy is sure to show that there is so much more to people than that meets the eye. Blakeney never looked like the man that would be constantly putting his life on the line so that innocent people would be spared; but, he was that man. Marguerite did not appear to love Blakeney; but, she did. Chauvelin was a family friend to Marguerite that was always trusted and suggested he was good, but he was not. This is one of The Scarlet Pimpernel’s strengths. However, one weakness in The Scarlet Pimpernel is having some French words and phases in the writing. With this, it can be confusing to the readers who do not have a French background. As a Christian, one must not judges other merely on appearance. There is so much more to people than that which is skin deep. Baroness Emma Orczy completely understood this concept and aruticuly placed it in The Scarlet Pimpernel. This book affirms my views about making judgements before you truly know

For Nathaniel Hawthorne’s fictional twist to the town of Boston, Hester Prynne’s scarlet deed was the first step in change for her society. She was the symbol of being led astray – almost an embodiment of America’s norm, which has changed with the passing generations. It is true that the nation was built upon a strictly-followed cluster of commandments; however, several have strayed from these religious based origins. Today’s modern day ‘commandments’ are much different from those of centuries ago, as are morals and beliefs, and the ancient crimes written in storybooks – such as of Romeo and Juliet, Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale – are no stories. They are the realities that are supported and practiced

The Puritan society lived strictly by the laws of God, as depicted in the Bible. If one was to break a law, in their minds, one had disobeyed the word of God. They believed they were ‘pure’ people that could not succumb to such blasphemy as other people may have. They were often self-righteous in condemning the people they considered to be sinners, as they were in fact sinners themselves. In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the hypocrisy of the Puritan society is exemplified through the actions of Dimmesdale, and the society’s interactions with Hester and Mistress Hibbins.

A major universal idea that touches upon every part of The Scarlet Letter is the feeling of hypocrisy. Displayed on the board is a black mask, which represents how characters had two sides throughout the story. Not only were characters such as Dimmesdale, Chillingworth, and Hester hiding a secret from others in the novel, but dramatic irony happened various times. The three clothespins in the middle of the board have a baby invitation, a heart, and a cross hanging which represents how everything could quickly be dropped and changed for the worse within the blink of an eye, The baby invitation that says “Welcome to the world baby Pearl” which symbolizes how Pearl being born proves that Dimmesdale is a hypocrite. The heart symbolizes how Hester

In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s book the Scarlet Letter he gives the readers a view into the life of the Puritans in the Massachusetts Bay colony. Though the reader would most likely see this story of two adulterers, Hawthorne gives the audience the underlying tone that he is exposing the hypocrisy of the Puritans. He shows the hypocrisy of character in Reverend Dimmsdale and how he was perceived to be holy to the community, and he also displays a community and how they are supposed to live holy lives devoted to God but they blatantly ignore some of their own teachings. Hypocrisy is the practice of virtues one does not believe in. Hawthorne makes examples of hypocrisy in Hester Prynne and her sin, Reverend Dimmesdale and his denial of what he did, and the townspeople how they gossiped about and condemned Hester which are some of the antitheses of their beliefs.

It can be concluded that the consequences of sin is the theme of Nathaniel Hawthorne's, The Scarlet Letter. Hawthorne explored this theme by four distinctive levels of sin. Although each level was equally displayed throughout the novel, the communal sin of man's inhumanity to man outranked all else. The primary characters are each guilty of one or more of the following levels of sin; the sin of vengeance, the sin of hypocrisy, and the sin of adultery.

Hall once said, “It’s not often you get female characters who don’t fit into a box.” She is implying that women are often portrayed as one dimensional. To be in this box that would require them to have no emotion and not create any conflict. However, in The Scarlet Pimpernel, Marguerite and the Comtesse are interesting characters because they are never put into that box.

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s use of Puritan Society as a whole as the antagonist in The Scarlet Letter shows that societal norms and what is considered socially acceptable causes people to act and judge the way they do. With religion being the bond that hold the Puritan community together, The Bible and the teachings of the church dictate what people in that society interpret as right or wrong. There is no true villain in the novel because in order for there to be a villain there must be a clear struggle between good and evil, and the struggles in The Scarlet Letter cannot be classified as explicitly good and evil, because based on the reader’s opinion on the sins the characters committed, who is truly ‘good’ and who is truly ‘evil’ will vary. While

Marguerite truly believed sir percy was dull and boring; however, he was actually far more interesting than she could ever