Queen Margot

lordoftheview · 06-12-2007, 05:40 AM

Ok. I am about a fifth done with this book. In a few other threads in this forum people have called Dumas "anti-woman". In this book he portrays women as strong, yet manipulative. Very similar to Milady, in The Three Musketeers.

It has occured to me that it may, in fact, tell us something about Dumas' upbringing. I have not read a biography of Dumas, so I could be completly off. It seems like every woman in his novels is based on the "first love" syndrom. You love them. You idolize them. Then they break your heart, and you notice all the bad things they did. You notice their manipulative behavior.

I'm really tired, so I can't articulate my point very well. Any opinions?

Fairy Wilbury · 07-01-2007, 10:43 AM

It seems, there are two main types of women characters in his books. One is as you said,and the other one is like Constance or Diana in La Dame De Monsoreou - romantic, moral, loving and a victim of unkind fate.

06-12-2007, 05:40 AM	#1
lordoftheview Resident Suicidalist Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 84	Queen Margot Ok. I am about a fifth done with this book. In a few other threads in this forum people have called Dumas "anti-woman". In this book he portrays women as strong, yet manipulative. Very similar to Milady, in The Three Musketeers. It has occured to me that it may, in fact, tell us something about Dumas' upbringing. I have not read a biography of Dumas, so I could be completly off. It seems like every woman in his novels is based on the "first love" syndrom. You love them. You idolize them. Then they break your heart, and you notice all the bad things they did. You notice their manipulative behavior. I'm really tired, so I can't articulate my point very well. Any opinions? __________________ With the nature I know I possess, I shall die as I have lived, sad, surly with others, a burden to myself. - "Les Compagnons de Jehu", Alexandre Dumas

07-01-2007, 10:43 AM	#2
Fairy Wilbury Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 17	It seems, there are two main types of women characters in his books. One is as you said,and the other one is like Constance or Diana in La Dame De Monsoreou - romantic, moral, loving and a victim of unkind fate. __________________ Fear is the mother of morality. - *One should die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly.* Friedrich Nietzsche

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