One thing that is very interesting about the Three Musketeers is the political message it sends. There are many times throughout the book where the French Government is shown as corrupt because it was written at a time of civil unrest before the French Revolution. The most obvious examples in the novel are the king and the Cardinal. The King of France is shown as very helpless and as needing the Cardinal to help make all of his decisions. This shows that the people felt like their government was helpless. The other example is the Cardinal because he is very corrupt and trying to rule France. This supports people’s ideas that the French Government is a corrupt system.
One great thing about this novel is the amount in depth that Alexandre Dumas goes into detail. Every single setting that they journey too is explained in depth so that the reader can fully understand where they are at and what that part of France or England looks like. Another thing extremely detailed is the character descriptions. Every main character gets a description regarding their height, bulk, and facial features. They also have some of their personality traits described so that we can get an idea of what characters are like. One more thing is that Alexandre Dumas drew pictures of what each of his Musketeers looks like. These are very helpful for being to imagine the characters in their different scenes.
One of my favorite parts of this book is at the beginning. The scene where D’artagnan meets Athos, Porthos, and Aramis separately and angers them all into a duel is just full of fun. This scene also is a perfect demonstration is the enemy of my enemy is my friend because when the Cardinal’s Guard shows up to arrest them; they work together to defeat them.
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