Do you think that in Dumas' The Three Musketeers all the credit should've gone to d'Artagnan?

Question

I disagree. I rather thtink that Athos should get the credit! I mean if it weren't for him (with the help of the executioner of Lisle), he and his friends wouldn't be able to put an end to Milady's deeds, right? Well, just my opinion.

Answer 1

Except that Athos didn't want any credit, and for very good reasons.

d'artagnan makes it very clear throughout the novel how highly he thinks of Athos--indeed it approaches hero worship on many occasions. And Dumas makes it equally clear that Athos is the brains of the group.

Answer 2

I think it's all relative---after all, though the novel is about d'Artagnan's adventures in becoming a musketeer, the title is "The Three Musketeers", isn't it? Athos, Porthos and Aramis all played their heroic parts in foiling the Cardinal's plot to discredit the queen and gain power. Milady de Winter, though a treacherous and cold-blooded nasty, was only one of the many foes the quartet faced and defeated in their long careers.

Answer 3

well it's very Hollywoody for only one character to be important... just because D'Artagnan is not the main character doesnt mean the others get no credit- not in my eyes as a reader, at least...

Answer 4

d'Artagnan was the muscle but Athos was the brains.

Answer 5

Well, a man's cologne was named after Aramis. I think that settles the argument.