The Three Musketeers
The idea of the mind, body, and spirit characters is not something new. I am currently reading "A Wrinkle in Time," and the characters are unbelievably clear. Even clearer, though, are the Three Musketeers, but here we see a twist - the addition of a fourth character. In "The Three Musketeers," D'Artagnan is outside the mind, body, and spirit circle. In fact, the mind, body, and spirit characters work to mature the fourth character, D'Artagnan, into a true Musketeer. This happens elsewhere in literature, as well. For example, in "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe," C.S. Lewis 'matures' Peter into the High King of Narnia through interactions with Edward (the body), Lucy (the spirit), and Susan (the mind), but I'll address that story another day. For now, we'll look at "The Three Musketeers." The Mind Character: Athos Athos' introduction is not much, but it is a clear example of 'mind over mat...