# Mr. Perigua — Dark Princess character guide

> Mr. Perigua in Dark Princess by W. E. B. Du Bois.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Perigua

**First appearance:** 0002-part-i-the-exile

## Snapshot

A radical revolutionary who preaches violent resistance, he sharpens the question of how far the oppressed may go when every peaceful door is barred.

## Who they are

Perigua stands at the edge of Matthew's world as the voice that refuses patience, compromise, and the slow grind of politics. Where Sammy Scott works the machine and Kautilya works the spirit, Perigua works the fuse. His presence forces Matthew—and the reader—to weigh the cost of rage against the cost of waiting.

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