D'Artagnan is a young man (between eighteen and twenty years old). Alexandre Dumas describes him as a young Don Quijote, pround, brave and a good fighter. He is impulsive and sensitive.
D'Artagnan leaves his native town, Gascony, to go to Paris and join the King's Musketeers. There, he fights against three musketeers (Athos, Porthos and Aramis). But while they are fighting, Cardinal Richelieu's guard finds them. They want to arrest the four mans, but they fight and the musketeer and D'Artagnan win, and they go to see King Luis XIII.
Then D'Artagnan becomes part of the King's guard (which is different of the Musketeers) and Athos, Porthos and Aramis become his best friendes.
They discover that Richelieu wants to kill the King and support England in the war against France. Her ally, Milaidy, helps Richelieu in his plan. So the three musketeers and D'Artagnan go to England to safe France and the King, and break Richelieu's plans.
They get their objective and D'Artagnan becomes part of the King's Musketeers. He released his dream. While they are living their adventure, D'Artagnan realized that he was in love with Constance Bonacieux (who works in the Palace). Milaidy poisons her and the D'Artagnan and the others musketeers kill Milaidy.
The character are based in real people who lived in the XVII century. That story happens between 1625 and 1628.
There have been a lot of films about the three musketeers and D'Artagnan. In my opinion, the best ones are:
-The Three Musketeers (1993). In this film, Constance doesn't die and the story is a bit different, but it's a very good film. D'Artagnan is interpreted by Chris O'Donnell, who plays very well the value and pride of D'Artagnan.
This is D'Artgnan in this film:
-The Three Musketeers (2011). This film is the first half of the story. It is very different from the book, because there are boats that can fly. The explain at the beginning of the film that Leonardo Da Vinci invented them, and they were a very dangerous weapon of war. In this film, D'Artagnan is interpreted by Logan Lerman, who plays very well the teenager's innocence and the feelings produced by the first love.
This is D'Artagnan in this film:
BY: A. PAS. CAO
