The Three Musketeers
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Scoundrels, all!
Dru
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Apr 09, 2015 04:37AM
How on earth has the human collective consciousness turned these four men (including D'artagnan) into heroes? What they really ARE:
- murderers
- thieves
- adulterers
- drunkards
- gamblers
- liars
- treasonists
- disrespectful of others property
- disrespectful of their servants
Honestly, was Dumas perhaps being satirical, and sending a less-than-thinly-veiled message that "gentlemen" are really untrustworthy a**holes?
How is it that society doesn't look on these characters as the worst kind of scoundrels?
- murderers
- thieves
- adulterers
- drunkards
- gamblers
- liars
- treasonists
- disrespectful of others property
- disrespectful of their servants
Honestly, was Dumas perhaps being satirical, and sending a less-than-thinly-veiled message that "gentlemen" are really untrustworthy a**holes?
How is it that society doesn't look on these characters as the worst kind of scoundrels?
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Aye...all true.
But heroes don't have to be good.
I noticed similar on a re-read years back...the street carnage and knife/sword related gang warfare under the thin cover of honour etc.
But they do heroic deeds as the tales progress...but they are also pawns of the powers that be.
The watered down good guy image is more a product of hollywood than Dumas.
But heroes don't have to be good.
I noticed similar on a re-read years back...the street carnage and knife/sword related gang warfare under the thin cover of honour etc.
But they do heroic deeds as the tales progress...but they are also pawns of the powers that be.
The watered down good guy image is more a product of hollywood than Dumas.
I thought the same thing when reading the Three Musketeers, not one of the characters was even slightly likeable.
If they lived in the modern era they would be considered narcisstic psychopaths.
If they lived in the modern era they would be considered narcisstic psychopaths.
You always have to keep in mind the times they lived in. The animal cruelty wounds my soul the most, but back then they didn't consider things like that.
I agree completely. I've always considering myself a fan of the Musketeers - until I actually read the book! Not a one of them had a single redeeming characteristic.
One of my friends has this has his favorite book, and I gotta tell you - it makes me wonder about him a little bit. :-/
I've personally decided to consider the BBC The Musketeers as the "real version" and this to be a piece of bad fan-fiction. LOL
One of my friends has this has his favorite book, and I gotta tell you - it makes me wonder about him a little bit. :-/
I've personally decided to consider the BBC The Musketeers as the "real version" and this to be a piece of bad fan-fiction. LOL
