The Man in the Iron Mask
The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas takes place in seventeenth century France. The title is very significant of the story because the center character is Phillipe who is caged in a dungeon with an iron mask on his head because he is the twin of King Louis XIV. The title summarizes the plot because Phillipe is kept in the dungeon for most of the story and after a critical mask party scene where Phillipe was switched with Louis XIV, everything was changed. Phillipe was then caught and banished to an even worse dungeon with the iron mask still on. Phillipe is never heard from again after this event. The protagonist in The Man in the Iron Mask is Aramis. Aramis' most important character quality is he is very sneaky. Aramis first uses his sneaky schemes to hide the fact that he will replace Phillipe with Louis XIV from D'Artagnan (the other of the three musketeers). Then later on he was described as conducting "himself so as not to give birth to a doubt in the minds of those who surrounded him (Page 201)," when he was in the process of switching Phillipe with Louis XIV. The most important decision he made was when he decided
I thought the book was fairly good but at times was difficult for me to read. The dialogue was real sparkling and added a lot to the intensity of the book. I realized that many people in royalty can be very selfish and demanding. They don't even give care for their own blood is something that shocked me. I learned that living in jail with a iron mask could be very painful and I would never send anyone or give anyone that cruel of a punishment. I better understand how the royalty works, especially in France. This book has changed my thinking since I used to think dungeon life can be really tough, especially if you are serving an innocent term. to switch the two twins because the decision ultimately caused him to be on the run for the rest of his life. During the course of the story Aramis becomes not only a sneaky person but also a very smart person by fleeing to islands north of France to escape D'Artagnan. The conflict in The Man in the Iron Mask is a romantic conflict. Aramis and Philippe plot to gain the crown from Louis XIV. Louis XIV, the evil twin brother of Philippe wants the crown to be only for him. He could've appo
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Approximate Word count = 772
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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