The Three Musketeers Lesson Plan

What do we learn about the three musketeers that we didn't know before? How does Dumas humanize them and make them interesting characters?

In answering this question, many students will probably try to sum it all up in a nutshell. In this chapter, readers learn (1) what drives them as characters, (2) more about their virtues and vices, and (3) some details about the personal lives of each of the musketeers, even the moody and withdrawn Athos. Providing more information about Athos's personal life in particular is likely to arouse curiosity; for this reason, some students will argue, it helps to invest readers more in the story.

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