When analyzing the themes of love and betrayal it is evident that honor and loyalty play a key part in both. To have true love is to honor your spouse and to remain loyal to them no matter what. In the matter of betrayal it is the opposite, the loyalty is broken and because of that the betrayer becomes a dishonorable person to the rest of society. When writing Dumas always keeps the sub-theme of honor in the background, subtle yet i

This shows that with love any person can change their ways of deceit and betrayal.

All in all it is believed that the reason that Dumas always seems to depict love and betrayal in a way that makes them seem as one is from his personal experiences. Dumas lost a woman that he loved greatly in a war and because of that experience he believes that true love can be ended without a warning and there is nothing that one can do about it. Because of these experiences it is obvious that to Dumas love and betrayal are the two most prominent emotions a human will experience in their lives.

The other instance of betrayal in The Three Musketeers is when ‘Milady’ betrays her country of France for Buckingham in Britain. Because of her betrayal Cardinal Richelieu was able to follow through with his plan of taking over France and waging war with Spain with greater ease. If it had not been for young D’Artagnan discovering the betrayal the Cardinal’s plan would have surely succeeded. Also in betraying her country Milady also betrayed Athos, who through reading the audience discovers was in a serious relationship with her. But because of this betrayal Athos cannot bare to be with her and once she realizes this she commits suicide.

This love between Athos and Milady is apparently quite frequent with musketeers. This is perhaps because these relationships are formed mostly on the lust of the people involved and the sexual emotions. Because of this the people involved do not truly care for each other and therefore the relationships are bound to fail. This was the fate of Athos and Milady. D’Artagnan seems to have the same problem with women. When he first arrives is Paris he falls in love with Constance Bonancieux just because she is beautiful. He knows nothing about her personality and does not care to know. She is married yet he still pursues her, this shows that he is not yet mature enough to accept reality. Reality is that this woman is married and he will not be able to start a relationship with her. Love in The Count of Monte Cristo on the other hand is much more passionate and meaningful.

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