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The Significance of the French Revolution
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The Significance of the French Revolution
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The Scarlet Pimpernel is a historical romance film released in 1982. The movie takes place in England and France in 1792 during the Reign of Terror, a phase of the French Revolution. The purpose of The Scarlet Pimpernel is to inform viewers about the two lives led by an English aristocrat; one personal and the other involving the French Revolution.
The Scarlet Pimpernel informs the viewer of possible ways that French aristocrats would flee the country during the Reign of Terror. The man that makes this all possible is an Englishman named Sir Percy Blakeney, secretly known as the Scarlet Pimpernel. Though he is a fictional character, there were people that did help the nobles in the way that Blakeney did. Throughout the movie the viewers
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see Blakeney lead two lives, one as a vigilante in various disguises rescuing people from the guillotine; and another as a rich man attending dinner parties with English or French aristocrats. As Sir Percy Blakeney, he meets one of Maximilien Robespierre’s agents, Paul Chauvelin, who is very adamant about finding out the who the Pimpernel is. He also falls in love with Marguerite St Just, a French actress, whom he had met before when he saved her brother, Armand, from attackers. As the movie proceeds Marguerite and Percy’s relationship continues to grow and eventually they get married. During his second life, the Scarlet Pimpernel continues to free aristocrats through many creative plans, but his ultimate goal is to free the Dauphin of France. By the end of the movie both Paul Chauvelin and Marguerite figure out that Sir Percy is the Scarlet Pimpernel.
But the real victory is that the Pimpernel and his men successfully bring the Dauphin to safety, but Chauvelin soon discovers that the Dauphin is gone. As a result, he orders the execution of the Pimpernel, but ultimately Chauvelin is deceived again because the firing squad responsible for killing Percy turns out to be allies in disguise. Angered again Chauvelin duels Percy, and loses, but his fate is rested in the hands of Robespierre not Percy. The movie ends happily with the Dauphin safe and Marguerite and Percy sailing away to be together …show more content…
forever. Throughout the film the audience is shown how French and English aristocratic society may have been during the french revolution, specifically the Reign of Terror.
No one can say how accurate the movie portrays the lives of these people, but there are some things that provide the audience with a false view of society during that time. An example of an inaccurate portrayal, is that the roles of women throughout the movie are inconsistent with the “rules” society placed on women. Though women began to advocate for their rights during this time, they most likely did not talk to their husbands the way that Marguerite does Percy. Also, because she married a nobleman, she probably would not have continued her career as an actress. Because the film focuses on Sir Percy’s life and involvement with the Revolution the viewer is shown a somewhat biased portrayal of societies reactions. There are a few scenes that express how the French felt, but most opinions are overshadowed by Percy. The Scarlet Pimpernel is relatable to AP European History because it is set during the French Revolution and portrays noblemen escaping France during the Reign of Terror, both of which we have discussed throughout the current time
period. In conclusion, The Scarlet Pimpernel, overall, does a decent job of providing the audience a picture of how aristocratic life was during the Reign of Terror, with little bias. According to Lauren Willig, a famous American writer, The Scarlet Pimpernel has greatly influenced her writing, specifically The Secret History of the Pink Carnation the first of a twelve book long series. It is said that the movie loosely follows the novel written by Baroness Emmuska Orczy, so those who really liked the book may be angered by this movie portrayal. The theme is easy to identify and to follow as the audience watches the movie.
The Scarlet Pimpernel, by Baroness Orczy, is a book that has been loved and revered for more than a century since its original publishing in 1905. This book is set in the year 1792 amid the Reign of Terror in which aristocrats are getting slaughtered daily by guillotine. The Scarlet Pimpernel and his band of followers are out to save them. From the perspective of Lady Blakeney, a great struggle between the mysterious Scarlet Pimpernel and Chauvelin, a french agent, is revealed. Orczy wrote using excellent foreshadowing and syntax, but at times there was poor plot development.
Both the novel and the movie take place during the Victorian Era. A time when society’s expectations were high. The way a person was perceived by another, and a person’s reputation was very important. A Victorian gentlemen did anything possible to maintain a good reputation. Honor was something worth fighting, killing, and dying for.
The Scarlet Pimpernel is a novel about a rich English man saving many aristocrats from the fate of the guillotine which has been interpreted into many versions of movies. This action packed story takes place in France and England during 1792. In this story a man named Sir Percy Blakeney turns out to be the Scarlet Pimpernel. In the story there is the romance element between Percy and Marguerite. The two love each other, but when Sir Percy finds out that she had something to do with the Marquis de St Cyr and his family being killed their trust and love is not that strong in each other. In the end, both Marguerite and Sir Percy end up loving each again and they get away from the villain in the story, Chauvelin.
In the short story The Scarlet ibis, the author James Hurst suggests how choices can affect an individual’s life.
A major concern in both the film and the original text is the ‘status of women’. This is represented through the differing roles of women and their denigration within the Elizabethan society. For instance, Hero is accused of committing infidelity; consequently her image in society is tarnished, In addition to this, Claudio insults Hero publicly without even considering confirming the accusation of her being unchaste. This is illustrated through Claudio slandering Hero through the use of usage of Greek Mythological allusions “You seem to as Dian in her orb, but you are more intemperate than Venus in y...
...vie, the actresses that played them actually fit the role. Women usually do not have impacts on things, but in this novel, major things happened as a result of these women. These things include dishonest marriages, love affairs, wealth, power, and jealousy. This goes to show that women are not always the innocent ones in novels, or any other type of literature.
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter is one of the most respected and admired novels of all time. Often criticized for lacking substance and using more elaborate camera work, freely adapted films usually do not follow the original plot line. Following this cliché, Roland Joffe’s version of The Scarlet Letter received an overwhelmingly negative reception. Unrealistic plots and actions are added to the films for added drama; for example, Hester is about to be killed up on the scaffold, when Algonquin members arrive and rescue her.
Throughout the novel, 'The Scarlet Letter,'; Nathaniel Hawthorne illustrates the themes with various dramatic colors. Of the array are the colors green and gold, where green symbolizes different aspects of nature such as tranquility, security, and gloominess, whereas gold represents all that pertains to luxuriance, serenity and goodness. In certain chapters, it seems as if one color is codependent with the other.
4. The Scarlet Letter was written and published in 1850. The novel was a product of the Transcendentalist and Romantic period.
The Scarlet Pimpernel is an eighteenth century novel that takes place in England and France during the French Revolution. The story takes places during the months September and October in the year 1792. In England we see the characters in a rural area free from death. For example, The Fishermen’s Rest is a small countryside pub where many of the characters such as Marguerite St. Just, Percy Blakeney, Lord Antony, and Andrew are seen safe. In France, however, the mood is very different. It is of civil unrest and the French aristocrats and people who help them must fear for their lives.
Imagine America with all our population today back in the 17th century, or even just back one hundred years, the world would not be the same at all. Many people would not be looked at the same for example people with disabilities would be shunned and not look at the same as people without a disability. Or even 100 years ago, people of color were treated pretty bad because of their skin color, even further back when they were slaves they were seems as property not humans. Different people have always been looked at differently then “regular” people. Sethe and Hester have both been shunned and not cared about from their community because of thing they might have done or because they are different. Both Beloved and The Scarlet Letter are similar to each other as
I respect the Scarlet Pimpernel. He is extremely brave, considering the fact that if he was caught he would be killed. Not only would he be killed, all of his followers would also be killed along with him. He was an Englishman trying to help out the aristocrats so they would not be sent to the guillotine. France is doing their best to kill off the aristocrats and using Sergeant Bibot guarding the west gate, not one aristocrat has gotten through the west gate. The Scarlet Pimpernel actually got through the gate by acting like an old hag and when Bibot found out about this he was furious but there was nothing he could do. While all of this was happening, “The Fishermen’s Rest” in England, was a spot for fishermen coming off the sea
The Scarlet Letter is a unified, masterfully written novel. It is structured around three crucial scaffold scenes and three major characters that are all related. The story is about Hester Prynne, who is given a scarlet letter to wear as a symbol of her adultery. Her life is closely tied to two men, Roger Chillingworth, her husband, and Arthur Dimmesdale, her minister and the father of her child. Her husband is an old, misshapen man who Hester married while still in Europe. Chillingworth sends her ahead of him to New England, and then does not follow her or correspond with her for two years.
The first chapter sets the scene for the novel: Boston, during the seventeenth century. During this period, religion is the foundation for both the laws and the society. We are introduced to the town's cemetery and nearby prison. Next to the prison grows a wild rosebush. We can think of the wild rosebush as representing the beauty of nature, and the prison as the symbol of societies need to tame nature.
Susanne ends up working for a newspaper, where she finds the mentor that will later on disgrace her name to the public. After years of Percy molding her into the very women that led her to success, we see their drifting relationship and then at last, the memoir that Percy writes, that sites him as the source of who she is, and makes her out to be a wicked witch. In the end, reads see Susanne very distraught as to why Percy would make her out to be this cruel villain, and end with very vivid and troubling daydream.