Let's face it guys, we can be great, but as soon as a woman gets involved we are the most idiotic beings in the planet. It is the same for our friend D'Artagnan, who is getting himself and his musketeer friends because of his love for Madame Bonacieux, a married woman. She is a close friend of the Queen and wants to help her friend cover up her affair with the Duke of Buckingham.
The Queen gave the Duke of Buckingham a diamond brooch that was given to her by the King. The Cardinal, who knows of such affair and the gift given to the Duke, suggests to the King that he asks the Queen to wear the brooch to the ball. So, she needs someone to go to England and retrieve the brooch from the Duke. Madame Bonacieux decides to do such chore, but after a fiery conversation with her husband, who has a pact with the Cardinal, he does not allow her to go to England.
D'Artagnan our romantic yet heroic fool, endangers himself, and his friends, in order to "show off" to his loved one, when Madame Bonacieux asks him what he overheard from the conversation she had with her husband, he answers, "A thousand things. Fist of all, that your husband is a simpleton, fortunately; then, that you are much embarrassed- of which I am very glad, as it will allow me to offer my services, and God knows that I am ready to throw myself into the fire for you; lastly, that the Queen stands in need of a brave, intelligent, and devoted man to make a journey to London for her. I have at least two out of the three qualities necessary, and here I am!"(186) He is willing to protect the Queen's betrayal to the King, the man to whom he has so much loyalty, and risk being arrested or killed by the Cardinal's men, who are rivals to the king's musketeers, since it is the Cardinal's idea to keep the Queen's affiliates away from England.
"All for one, one for all"(101) is their motto, and also the reason why the musketeers agree to help D'Artagnan in his quest. They end up all getting seriously injured on their way to England by the Cardinal's men, only D'Artagnan gets to England safely. He sacrificed his friends to show off his love to Madame Bonacieux.
A woman can make a man do anything she wants, whether the man is a hero or not. Love can be one of the greatest flaws a hero can attain but it can also be a great catalyst for his heroism. In D'Artagnan's case, it is a flaw because he endangers his friend's lives and his own for it.
Thursday, November 22
Behind Every Great Man, There's an Even Greater Woman That Turns Him Into an Idiot!!
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It is natural animal behavior for the male to show himself off in order to win over the female. Male birds, for example, often have brightly colored feathers and/or sing songs to get the female bird’s attention. We humans have to develop our own ways and that sometimes causes us to disregard the consequences of a certain decision, resulting in some unfavorable situations.
The summary flows nicely into the analysis part which really helps to support the idea being conveyed. The quotes help to develop the idea. The only flaw that I notice is, what I believe to be the word first spelled wrong in the quote where D’ Artagnan tries to convince Madame Bonacieux that he is the man for her. Overall it was pretty good.
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