TheDuke

~The Duke~



A wealthy and jealous man charmed by Satine. The Duke plays the role of an annoying obstacle that keep Christian and Satine's love hidden. He was fooled by the Courtesan Satine into thinking she loves him. Later does he discover Satine's true feelings towards Christian, a penniless writer. Due to his abundant amount of money and his generous donation to the Moulin Rouge, he believes he has control over whatever is going on in the play "Spectacular Spectacular". He then plans a transaction that Satine just so happens to be a part of. He wants the deeds to the Moulin Rouge and wants to bind Satine to him exclusively, for he "doesn't like people touching his things". After noticing the bond between Satine and Christian the Duke becomes enraged and threatens to kill Christian if Satine were to run away with him. She agrees to tell Christian the news( she was forced to). The night of the play the Duke watches the play in satisfaction due to his changed ending, where the mahrajah gets the courtesian instead of the penniless zitar player( portrayed as Satine, Christian, and the Duke). His bodyguards stood outside guarding the entrance and threw Christian away from the Moulin Rouge in his hopes of reaching Satine to "pay what was due". Somehow finding a way inside, Christian does what he planned to only to hear Satine sing their song and realize her true feelings, and so did the Duke. His embarassment raged and he became furious with such a lie from Satine. He picks up a gun that was thrown from his bodyguards hand and goes to shoot Christian. In his attempt he was knocked out and was unaware that that night Satine was dead in the arms of Christian due to her disease.