The Three

Musketeers
by Alexandre Dumas
 ALEXANDRE DUMAS
• Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie
• 24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870
• His works have been translated
into nearly 100 languages.
• The Count of Monte Cristo,
• The Three Musketeers,
• Twenty Years After
• The Vicomte de Bragelonne: Ten
Years Later
 Adversaries
Musketeer Musket
Vicious Gallant
Adversaries
– (noun)
enemies
 Musketeer
– ( noun) soldier
armed with musket
 Musket
– (noun) a shoulder
gun carried by
infantry
 Vicious
(adj.) – savage,
fierce
(adj.) – brave
Vocabulary
Adversaries – (noun) enemies
Musketeer – ( noun) soldier armed with
musket
Musket (noun) a shoulder gun carried by
infantry
Vicious (adj.) – savage, fierce
Gallant (adj.) – brave
Musket
 Setting
Alexandre Dumas’s setting for “The Three Musketeers” is
in the rolling countryside of France as well as the growing
city of Paris. The time period for these heroes is the 17th
Century. In those times men rode gallant steeds and took
the lives of their adversaries with swords, pistols and
muskets. In a time when Kings and Queens reigned none
could match the lethal might of France’s Musketeers. This
is a tale about a young man in search of glory who
struggles to make his way in the world of a soldier.
Meet the Characters
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ATHOS
He is noble and handsome
but also very secretive,
drowning his secret sorrows
in drink. He is very
protective of d'Artagnan,
the youngest, whom he
eventually treats as a son.
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PORTHOS
Porthos, honest and slightly
gullible, is the extrovert of the
group, enjoying wine, women
and song. Though he is often
seen as the comic relief, he is
also extremely dedicated and
loyal toward his friends and
fellow Musketeers.
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ARAMIS
Aramis loves and courts
women, which fits well with
the opinions of the time
regarding Jesuits and abbots.
He is portrayed as constantly
ambitious and unsatisfied: as a
musketeer, he yearns to
become an abbé
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D’ARTAGNAN
Served Louis XIV as captain of
the Musketeers of the Guard
and died at the Siege of
Maastricht in the Franco-Dutch
War. He has impulsive nature
that often times brings him to
trouble.
The Antagonists
MILADY de WINTER
Beautiful, elegant, but
Deadly assassin who
carries out her duty in
killing the Duke of
Buckingham.
The Antagonists
CARDINAL RICHELIEU
Co-ruler of France, the
Cardinal has an evil
heart covered in holy
robes.
Minor Characters
MADAME CONSTANCE
BONACIEUX
D’ Artagnan’s love
who was poisoned
by the vicious
Milady.
Minor Characters
DUKE OF
BUCKINGHAM
Ruler of England and
the lover of the Queen
of France. He too fell
to Milady’s hand.
Minor Characters
LORD BONACIEUX
the elderly landlord
of D’Artagnan
whose wife was
abducted by
the Cardinal’s men
Summary
The Three Musketeers is about a boy named D’
Artagnan who is sent off to join the Kings Musketeers
and to obtain glory.
Along his quest he is met by three Musketeers
named Athos, Porthos, and Aramis. D’ Artagnan
becomes great friends with the men as they fight side by
side against the evil guards of the Cardinal who is a
figure almost as powerful as the King. D’ Artagnan
soon falls in love with Madame Bonacieux a beautiful
woman who is kidnapped .
 D’ Artagnan uses another woman named Milady
who is an assassin of the Cardinal and is the one
who has taken his true love. D’ Artagnan escapes
but Milady still wants revenge.
A war rages between France and England with
the Musketeers fighting on the frontlines .
Meanwhile the Cardinal sends Milady from France
to England to kill the Duke of Buckingham, a task
she easily accomplishes.
 Milady then goes back to France in search of
Madame Bonacieux .Milady’s poison robs D’
Artagnan of what he loves the most, Madame
Bonacieux. With vengeance, D’ Artagnan, Athos,
Porthos, and Aramis go after Milady, track her down
,and execute her.
In the end the Cardinal is tricked into signing D’
Artagnan a lieutenancy in the Musketeers which D’
Artagnan accepts. D’Artagnan’s quest was achieved
he obtained glory and became a true Musketeer.