The Three Musketeers | Themes and Characters
The Three Musketeers focuses on d'Artagnan, who is the hero of the book, and his three friends: the musketeers Athos, Porthos, and Aramis. D'Artagnan's great ambition in life is to become a musketeer, a member of the elite group of King Louis XIII's personal bodyguards. His three friends embody the best qualities of the corps. A rivalry that exists between the king's musketeers and Cardinal Richelieu's guards grows into the musketeers' active resistance to the cardinal himself, and to his servants.
Athos, Porthos, and Aramis appear to have little in common. Athos...
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