The Scarlet Pimpernel

The Scarlet Pimpernel
A life is so precious; wouldn’t one want to save as many as one can? The Scarlet Pimpernel, by Baroness Orczy, is a historical fiction book that takes place during the French Revolution. The book is about a mysterious hero named the Scarlet Pimpernel who rescued aristocrats from the French Revolutionaries. His wife Marguerite did not know what her husband’s true identity is. While lady Marguerite and her husband Sir Percy suffered through many marriage conflicts an internal conflict arose. Lady Marguerite had to choose between her brother or the Scarlet Pimpernel. Lady Marguerite and Sir Percy were faced with an external conflict. It began when, unintentionally Lady Marguerite had turned in a French Aristocrat family the Marquis De St Cyr family. This family, physically abused Marguerite’s brother, Armand, for having a relationship with their daughter. Marguerite was telling over this scandalous gossip and it traveled to the government unfortunately. Therefore, Marguerite was disgusted and undeserving of any information in her husband’s eyes. Sir Percy couldn’t believe his wife could do such an awful doing. To turn in an innocent family? Sir Percy stopped talking to his wife and grew apart from her. Marguerite then felt lonely and empty and began to treat Sir Percy with no respect and to mock him in public. If only Marguerite had explained to her husband her foolish ways and how she didn’t mean to do what she did, this conflict could have been avoided. Conflicts arose due to the fact that Sir Percy and Lady Marguerite have negative character traits that exacerbate their relationship. They both had a great amount of pride. Sir Percy did not trust his wife well enough to tell her his true identity and refused to acknowledge his wife’s attempts to reconcile with him. Marguerite did not want to confess the true story with what happened to the Marquis. She thought the love of Sir Percy toward her should be unconditional and he should love