Characters
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Who is Sir Percy?
"The hour, some little time before sunset, and the place, the West Barricade, at the very spot where, a decade later, a proud tyrant raised an undying monument to the nation's glory and his own vanity" is an example of this literary device
What is setting?
At Lord Grenville's ball, the Scarlet Pimpernel was supposed to be here at one o'clock precisely
What is the supper-room?
"It was to be seen every day, for those aristos were such fools! They were traitors to the people of course, all of them, men, women, and chilcren ..."
What is prejudice?
A scarlet pimpernel, for which the elusive hero was named, is this
What is a flower?
The French agent who is determined to capture the Scarlett Pimpernel
Who is Chauvelin?
"Mr. 'Arry, 'e looked uncommon thirsty too" is an example of this literary device
What is dialect?
When Chuavelin left the "Chat Gris" with his men and the cart, this person followed on foot
Who is Marguerite?
Jellyband: "Just fancy me bein' talked over by any furriner!"
What is pride and consequences?
When Percy offered his snuff box to Chauvelin at the "Chat Gris," this was inside it
What is pepper?
The landlord of the Fisherman's Rest
Who is Mr. Jellyband?
Marguerite's comment to the Comtesse de Tournay, "Your amiable reception of me at our last meeting still dwells pleasantly in my memory" is an example of this literary device
What is irony?
This is who was in Pere Blanchard's hut when Chuavelin and his men rushed in
What is no one?
"Chauvelin looked round once more, and there in the corner of a sofa, in the dark angle of the room, his mouth open, his eyes shut, the sweet sounds of peaceful slumbers proceeding from his nostrils, reclined the gorgeously appareled, long-limbed husband of the cleverest woman in Europe."
What is appearance vs. reality?
When Percy arrived at the "Chat Gris," Chauvelin was there, disguised as this
What is a priest or cure
The beautiful French actress who married a rich Englishman
Who is Marguerite?
"The river wound in and out in its pretty delicate curves, looking like a silver serpent beneath the glittering rays of the moon" is an example of this literary device
What is simile?
Armand had come to the Pere Blanchard's hut with this person
Who is the Comte de Tournay?
"She understood it now -- all at once . . . that part he played -- the mask he wore . . . in order to throw dust in everybody's eyes."
What is appearance vs. reality?
Chauvelin ordered his men to be on the lookout for a man who was ______
What is tall or stooped to disguise his height?
The French guard of the West Gate who often plays with his victims like a cat with a mouse
Who is Bibot?
Mr. Hempseed quoting to Mr. Jellyband in Chapter 2, "Let 'im 'oo stands take 'eed lest 'e fall" is significant because it acts as this literary device to hint at what will happen later when Mr. Jellyband unknowingly helps the French spies
What is foreshadowing?
He was the owner of the "Chat Gris"
Who is Brogard?
Burke: " Wise men will apply their remedies to vices, not to names; to the causes of evil which are permanent, not to the occasional organs by which they act, and the transitory modes in which they appear."
What is reform?
The Scarlet Pimpernel had avoided detection, disguised as this person
Who is the Jew (or Benjamin Rosenbaum)?
The daughter of the landlord of the Fisherman's Rest
Who is Sally?
The romance between Sir Andrew and Suzanne and the marital conflict between Percy and Marguerite are examples of these
What are subplots?
The name of Percy's schooner, which Marguerite saw waiting out at sea as she waited outside the Pere Blanchard's hut?
What is the Day Dream?
While waiting in ambush near the Pere Blanchard's hut, this startled Chauvelin and his men
What is someone singing along the cliffs?
The school friend of Marguerite
Who is Suzanne?
In the lines "In two separate suites of apartments, just above the magnificent reception-rooms, lights are still burning; they were her rooms, and his, well divided from each other by the whole width of the house" is an example of this literary decide that serves as a reflection of the separate lives Marguerite and Percy were living
What is setting?
Marguerite enlisted the help of this person to get her to France to warn the Scarlet Pimpernel of the danger he was in
Who is Sir Andrew?
Maximilien Robespierre defined virtue as this
What is love of country?