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Cardinal Richelieu In The Three Peers

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Summary In The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, D 'Artagnan a confident and intelligent 23-year-old man departs his hometown of Gascony, France in 1625 to go to Paris. With him, he has an invitation from his father to become a Musketeer of the Royal Guard of Louis XIII. On his journey to Paris, D 'Artagnan faces a few impediments. He is challenged to a duel by an anonymous man and loses the invitation from his father to join the Musketeers of the Royal Guard. As he arrives in Paris, D 'Artagnan recognizes the anonymous man and starts to chase him. In the midst of the chase, D 'Artagnan offends three musketeers each in separate occurrences and challenges each of them to a duel. When time comes for D’Artagnan to fight the three musketeers, Cardinal Richelieu’s guards try to arrest all of them. Outnumbered, the four warriors still manage to beat all of the guards. Impressed by his skill and courage, the musketeers, Athos, Aramis, and Porthos make friends with D’Artagnan. They happen to be the three most eminent …show more content…

Cardinal Richelieu is purely driven by the fact that the Queen does not like him. In retaliation, he refuses to leave the Queen alone and tries to make her life miserable. As described by Dumas, “Buckingham had the advantage over him, and in two or three circumstances, particularly that of the diamond studs, had, thanks to the devotedness of the three musketeers and the courage and conduct of D’Artagnan, cruelly mystified him. It was, then, Richelieu’s object, not only to get rid of an enemy of France, but to avenge himself on a rival.” (Dumas, 329) In an effort to prove to the queen that he is worthy of her love, Cardinal Richelieu shows that he is a better man than the Duke of Buckingham. Unfortunately the queen still has no interest in Richelieu and declaring war on England just causes more

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