Analysis Of The Book ' The Count Of Monte Cristo For The First Time '

The book, The Count of Monte Cristo, shows love, revenge, justice, and sorrow in both a good and bad light. The Count of Monte Cristo was written by Alexandre Dumas. It takes place in early 1800s France. It follows the life of a man named Edmond Dantes, who is betrayed by four men. After spending fourteen years in prison he escapes and begins to seek revenge on the men who put him there. Taking up the alias of The Count of Monte Cristo. The character of Edmond Dantes perfectly crafts each of his enemies’ punishments according to what they had strived for in life.

The main theme that is presented within The Count of Monte Cristo is that revenge and manipulation is easily able to hurt someone, but also benefit another. In this case, Edmond Dantès takes the side of benefit and those brought underneath his vengeance had been ruined. After a plan carefully schemed by three of his false friends, Dantes was thrown into prison and placed under a situation of betrayal and resentment. This long wait in the chateau d’If had put a need for revenge into Dantès head which had transformed him into the Count of Monte Cristo. Although the Count was considered bitter and cold, his seek for revenge had only benefitted him into a more creatively malicious character. Furthermore, this manipulation that Dantès had been put

My experience with literature started when I was in the first grade. My first-grade teacher was named Ms. Young. Every Friday, all the teachers would come together to have story time and read the children a book. I would be so excited for story time because I would sit down with my best friends Ashley and Jordan, and we would listen to the teacher that was assigned to read to us. During story time, all the children would gather around in a big circle and the teacher would be in the center in a big brown rocking chair, and read. Over time in the school year, the children would read bigger and longer books like the Junie B. Jones series, chapter books, and the extreme level, which would be the Harry potter series. Sometimes I would fall asleep because the book that was read was very dull. I remember Ms. Young read to us the “Very Hungary Caterpillar”9 by Eric Carle. I loved that book as a child. It had great illustrations of the caterpillar turning into a butterfly. This book made me love reading for the rest of my life. Now in college, I love to read books. I only

I took my suit jacket off and hastily shoved it into my backpack. I smiled as the air hit my body and started to dry the sweat that had gathered from wearing the suit jacket for three hours. Looking outside I saw what I expected. The grey lifeless clouds of the English winter hung over us and the almost freezing temperatures,

Reading is a wonderful reality escape.  Not every book I have the chance to receive is easy to read.  Some books are difficult to read due to not having privacy, time management, and having no patience.

The cold winter breeze hit her skin as she stepped out of the warm truck, ordinarily, she immediately wrapped her arms around the black coat attempting to keep her warm, as she was freezing from the sudden temperature change from the truck into the chilly air. Looking back to the sled being drawn out of the back of the truck, then she turned around and her eyes landed on the Rocke’s house, their close family friends. Gazing briefly at her parents one last time, ran to the door of the house, ready to get out of the cold momentarily.

Human nature, predominantly, is a selfish entity and personal values, grudges, and aversions tend to seep into the larger society. Alexandre Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo is set in 19th century France during a time when men fought against men, the government and religion was volatile, and those who possessed financial stability looked down upon those who did not. The novel takes place during the Bourbon restoration, the period between Napoleon Bonaparte's reign and that of his nephew Napoleon III, a time in which the revolutionists and the royalists fought quite frequently and created a national divide between the people of opposing factions. The country as a whole lay in a

Emma walked along the hot ground with her friend, Ebony. “Should I even walk this way or not?” thought Emma, “I should really tell Ebony. No, I won’t tell her.” The sun shone down, rabbits and lizards scurried, and birds flew. “Great,” said Ebony, “Just great. Our car breaks down and we don’t have any supplies. We’ll die out here.” Emma stopped and retorted, “Calm down, we’ll set camp here and see how to get back tomorrow.” They walked on with the torrid sun hitting their heads. Night fell and Emma and Ebony decided to set camp. “Set this tent here,” said Emma, “put this here and that goes there…” Ebony watched and said, “I’ll cook the food stuff, I guess.” It became pitch dark, wind came through, and all the two girls had was a small tent, some blankets, a change of clothes, meals for two times, and some other small items. “It’s freezing cold!” exclaimed Ebony, “We’ll freeze to death.” Emma scowled and said, “Shut up! Stop your complaining and let me sleep. We’ll discuss this in the

Edmond Dantes was a 19 year old man who became captain of a ship name the Pharaon. He was much loved by everyone. He is pretty gullible and becomes vengeful when the one guy he considered his friend betrayed him the other two who he was not to fond of ruined his life. He was a respectable young man who showed that numerous times like when he had to leave Morrel while he was talking to him; he said “I beg you excuse me, Monsieur Morrel (Dumas 5). He was to be betrothed to a girl named Mercedes who he’d loved very much but he loved his father most of all. He felt bad when he found out his father was broke from paying his debt causing him to fall to his knees and said “may God forgive me” (Dumas 9). Dantès is a pretty unique character who

Books come in a wide variety of genres and styles, and since a little age at some point in our lives we were required to read a book. Some people are excited when a reading assignment appears on the weekly schedule, and then there are those who faint at the sight of it. I would be classified under the type of person to be excited over a reading assignment, and that excitement for reading has followed me since those early days.

The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas is an adventure and historical fiction novel that encompasses forgiveness, power, and vengeance. The story follows the adventure of Edmond Dantès, who dedicated the rest of his life to getting vengeance on the men who crossed him. Critics Justin Kaplan and Bryan Aubrey both explain their views on Dumas’ work, in great detail. Kaplan, in Treasure and Vengeance, speaks of his own life, and connects it with Dumas’ work. Aubrey, in his critical essay, on the other hand analyzes Dumas’ piece strictly based upon Edmond’s morality.

In The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Edmond Dantes becomes and acts as an instrument of a divine plan. Dantes spends nearly his entire life working to fulfill a divine plan; one of retribution and dominance. As he strives to complete his end goal, Dantes experiences life, death, and rebirth. Early on in Dantes’ life, he is a young sailor with a great outlook for the future. He has just received news of a likely promotion that would make him captain of the Pharoan, which comes with prestige as well as a large salary. This, in a literary sense, characterizes “life”. Dantes undergoes the ordeal of “death” when he is sent to prison on false charges. The charges are enough to keep him locked up for a very long time, which indicates an end to life as he knows it. Then, almost as if to counter death entirely, Dantes experiences “rebirth” as he becomes the Count of Monte Cristo. As the count, he embarks on a relentless expedition to achieve vengeance against those responsible for his imprisonment: Danglars, Fernand, and Villefort. This crusade is Dantes’ divine plan. Dantes acts as an instrument of a divine plan when he experiences life, death, and rebirth.

The first thing I noticed that was unique about the way the book was written was that the

The Count of Monte Cristo is a novel written by Alexandre Dumas in 1844. Published by Tom Doherty Associates in New York, the book is widespread and contains 580 pages of historical fiction.

Dumas focuses on Shakespeare’s tragedies more than his other plays, a genre of theatre usually revolving around the words fate and fortune. It is the inevitable that often brings the sense of tragedy so well to the audience, usually paired with some awful dramatic irony that achieves the effect of catharsis. But if one reads The Count of Monte Cristo, one would find that Dumas himself does not really care for the existence of fate. This is the most evident in the count’s first conversation with Villefort where the two characters almost seem to take sides, Villefort arguing for the inevitability of fate, and the count for the power of Providence: