... would do anything for you. Friendship has been shown throughout history in the form of stories, poems, and novels. In the book , The Three Musketeers, you find yourself reading about the friendship and the adventures that four men have. These friends supported each other when the times were bad and the pulled ... soon as they crossed swords, five of the Cardinal's best guards showed up. Since dueling was against the law, the guards confronted the musketeers. D'Artagnan sided with the musketeers and bested two out of the five guards. From that point on, all four of them were the closest ...

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... it to Paris with no further event. When D'Artagnan arrived in Paris he set out for the hotel of M. de Treville, the captain of the musketeers. Despite D'Artagnan's lack of a letter of introduction, M. de Treville secured D'Artagnan a position in the guards of M. de Essarts and told D'Artagnan that he could ... camp from an inn when they were met by the Cardinal. The Cardinal requested for them to guard him on the road and, doing so, the three musketeers were led back to the inn they had just occupied. The Cardinal headed to an upper room and had the three wait for him by a fire. ... Wi...

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... the very beginning of the novel, to the very end. Throughout the novel D"Artagnan turns to Athos for guidance. Athos is the most important of the three musketeers. He is also a father figure to D"Artagnan. This may be because he is also the oldest of his comrades. However He is still young at heart ... The reader sees her as an ultimately evil cardinalist agent. At one point D"Artagnan becomes obsessed or "in love" with her, but eventually she and the musketeers become enemies. This lady has a secret and will kill anyone who finds it out. Also her left shoulder is marked with the Fleur-...

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COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS Have you ever seen the movie The Three Musketeers or read the book? If so, you have probably noticed that there are some distinctions between the two works. Even though there are differences between the ... both still have similarities throughout the storyline. The differences between the two works are usually minor, but they greatly affect the story. One difference is in the movie the musketeers are disbanded, but in the book they are never disbanded, instead they are revered enormously by most of France and the King. In the movie, d'Artagnan loses all ... the book, his ...

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... . Secrecy is an important part of the storytelling process. The author must know when to reveal something and when to let the suspense build. In Alexandre Dumas" Novel The Three Musketeers, there are many secrets kept from the characters and the reader. The three central characters take on assumed names, each for their own reasons, but only one Athos, has a secret ... for the many faces of Milady. These secrets tie in together in unexpected ways that leave the reader surprised but satisfied with the way the story concludes. For the three musketeers, two of their assumed names don't affec...

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The Three Musketeers By Alexander Dumas Historical Fiction The protagonist of this book is d"Artagnon. A young Frenchman from Gascony. Who dreams of becoming a Musketeer. The antagonist of this book is the Cardinal, who ... ...

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... meet M. de Treville. However, their meeting ended when D'Artagnan saw the man of Meung and rushed out of the M. de Treville's anteroom. During his angry pursuit, he bumps into three Musketeers. By the time D'Artagnan had given up on finding the man of Meung, he had already arranged to participate in three duels with the Three Inseparables that afternoon. However, before ... . However, his fondness towards her turned into fear when Milady displayed a sudden outburst of violence towards D'Artagnan when revealed the fleur-de-lis on her shoulder. 4. D'Artagnan and the three Musketeers warned ...

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... 64389000 The Man in the Iron Mask. Movie took place in Paris 1662. The king of Paris was a very mean and angry towards everybody even to his own musketeers. It went as bad has the people of Paris would riot because they weren't getting enough food or none at all. The kings men would try to get the ... other. The day came it was the night of the ball. The king was there with one of his ladies and so were Philip and the other three Musketeers all with the iron mask showing the king it every time he was to look their way. The king was confused he asks his lady if she saw the ... Philip spo...

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... to die because he really cares for him even though he didn't tell him that he was his father. The second theme is betrayal. There is betrayal when king Louis's musketeers surrended to phiullipe. They also saluted him too. That is betrayal because kind Louis told them to kill them and they didn't, they surrended. The last theme is guilt. There ... a French king named king Louis. He is a very bad king. He has a twin brother named Phillipe who is locked away in a dungeon, wearing a big iron mask. Three of the four musketeers decide to free phillipe and switch him with king Louis. The chara...

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... mask on his head because he is the twin of King Louis XIV. It was Dumas' novel that has glorified the story about the Man in the Iron Mask. Three Musketeers have retired and gone their separate ways. D'Artagan their young protégé remains in the service of the inept King Louis XIV who chases the skirts of his mistress ... ...

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... and accepts that he will die. He even welcomes death at times. At one point when Billy is in the war with Roland Weary and the rest of the Three Musketeers, a marksman fires at the group while they are walking down a road. The soldier boys run for cover. Billy, however, remains standing on the road, allowing the shooter a second chance. He ... ...

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