"a" + Adjective + Proper Noun

[ewelina]

Hello,

I met the sentence as follows:

A pale Lady Kennedy descended the wide stairs, leaning on her husband's arm.

I don't understand the reason behind the usage of an "a" before adjective + Proper Noun. I may add that she was not mentioned in the text for the first time. Can you explain please?

Ewelina

[Casiopea]

The pale Lady Kennedy . . .
<She is always pale; it's her known nature>

A pale Lady Kennedy . . .
<She was pale at the time; it's not her nature>

[ewelina]

Thank you, Casiopeia. I figured as much, but I had to be sure.

In one of my previous entries I asked a very similar quiestion. It was about the sun and the moon:

Is it correct to precede the nouns "sun" and "moon" with the indefinite article in order to describe their looks at this particular moment?

...astrange-looking blue sun...
We all got scared and knew something would go wrong because for a few minutes we saw glimpses of abloody red moon.

Your answer was slightly different:

"sun" and "moon" are in the solar system.
[4] a strange-looking blue sun ~ a blue sun ~ a sun
[5] a bloody red moon ~ a red moon ~ a moon

So, it is not about the constant or temporary characteristics of the sun or the moon (from the earthly perspective)?

Please specify, Ewelina

[Casiopea]

We all got scared and knew something would go wrong because for a few minutes we saw glimpses of a bloody red moon.

=> The moon isn't usually bloody red or it's a moon (we haven't seen before) one that happens to be bloody red. All in all, we haven't seen X, with X being that particular color or that particular celestial body (color included).

Hope that helps.

[ewelina]

Absolutely.

But is it really necessary to use either "a" or "the" before the Proper Noun like "Lady Kennedy"?

Ewelina

[Tdol]

Normally, we don't use articles, but here it is used to suggest a temporary state of affairs.