Mendoza
The Three Musketeers
Character traits, personality and emotions of D’Artagnan
A hero is such a big word for us and when we hear it a lot of traits pop up into our heads. Heroes are very powerful people to us that give us their help when we need it the most and we look up to them. In the novel, The Three Musketeers, Alexandre Dumas really describes the character traits and personality of d’Artagnan as brave, persevering and fickle which leads to a lot of problems throughout the story as well as to the rescue of some people and death of others.
In the novel, d’Artagnan always has a way through his problems whether it’s by being brave or rash. These traits come from him in part because he is a Gascon. He shows us that he is a very brave man when he tells a stranger, “You’ve mocked me for the last time sir! Turn and face me so I won’t have to run you through from behind.” He was very brave to do this because he really doesn’t know what the stranger can do to him. Later on, d’ Artagnan decides to fight Athos, Porthos and Aramis all in one day without even thinking about the consequences. He took the risk of fighting all of them because he’s rash and doesn’t think before doing or saying something. Therefore, d’Artagnan’s heroic character traits helped him a lot through his adventures because he knew exactly how to defend himself and how to overcome obstacles that would cross his way.
