Many people betray Dantès, the protagonist in The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. Those who betray Edmond are motivated by jealousy and hatred. It is ironic how many characters in the book do not like him because he is well liked by many people. Throughout the novel the people Dantès thinks are his friends betray him and send him to prison but, he manages to escape and take on a new look and personality with a newly acquired fortune, but the betrayal does not stop there. His friends continue to betray him all the while not knowing who The Count really is. In The novel The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Danglars is the ultimate betrayer towards his friend Edmond Dantès because he writes a letter that puts Dantès in the Chateau d’If for an agonizing fourteen years and Danglars hates Dantès because he has a close to perfect life. …show more content…
Edmond has the job, the girl of his dreams, and he is very happy. Danglars hates that he has everything he wants. “He was as much disliked by the crew as Edmond Dantès was liked by him” (Dumas 2). This quote shows that Danglars is not liked at all compared to the wonderful Dantès whom only jealous men disliked. Danglars knows he is not liked as Edmond is and this drives his jealousy which causes him to betray Dantès. “‘Yes ‘, said Danglars, casting Dantès a glance full of hatred, ‘he’s young and he has no doubts about anything’”(Dumas 3). This quote bluntly displays how Danglars dislikes Dantès through the look of hatred and negative comments about Dantès. Danglars dislikes Edmond because he is successful and he is jealous of that and he will do anything to get rid of Dantès even send him to prison for the rest of his life. All these things contribute to the motivation Danglars has to betray Dantès and ruin his
While he was successful in his goal, the pain and suffering he caused to innocent people like Edouard, the son of Villefort, and Mercédès, the wife of Fernand, throws the question of whether Dantes was really successful into doubt, as he wanted to reward the innocents and not hurt them. While Dantes was getting his vengeance on the Villeforts, he unintentionally kills Edouard. Dantes immediately regrets what he did when Dumas states, “Monte Cristo paled at the horrible sight. He realized that he had gone beyond the limits of rightful vengeance” (485). Dantes immediately feels regret for killing the innocent boy when he sees him. Dumas emphasizes this regret and sorrow even more by stating how Dantes was pale from the sight of the consequences of his actions, something that only happens when you truly feel terrified of what you’ve done. He acknowledges for the first time in the story that he was wrong in his pursuit of revenge, so he himself admits that he went too far. He realized that while he did get his revenge on the Villeforts, this was too much as Edouard never did anything besides be related by blood to them. Dantes tries to revive Edouard, but he failed to bring him back, which is the first point in the story where he fails during his quest. He punished the bad and was highly successful with that, but the suffering that he caused upon innocent people made him realized his justice was not worth it or even good. Furthermore, the death of Edouard caused Dantes to become the wrongdoer this time, as he unjustly killed a person for no reason. His original idea was to bring justice to all these criminals, but he ended up only becoming one himself and bringing more undeserved tragedy to people. After everything had happened and Dantes achieved the vengeance he wanted, he reflects on his actions when Dumas says, “Having arrived at the summit of his
In the story, The Count of Monte Cristo, written by Alexandre Dumas, The Count took his righteous to power too far. The Count of Monte Cristo is a fictional novel about the story of a young sailor and his vengeance on others. Young sailor, Edmond Dantes, was falsely imprisoned for supposedly aiding Napoleon and betraying his king. As a punishment, Dantes is sent to a prison, The Chateau D'if, where he remains for 14 years. While in prison, Edmond meets a priest, Abbe Faria,
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
Edmond Dantes: the man of many faces including The Count of Monte Cristo, Chief clerk of Thomson, Abbe Busoni, Lord Wilmore, M. Zaccone and Sinbad the Sailor. Edmond is Incredible resourceful, his plan for vengeance against the people who tarnished his innocents and threw him into jail is so large and so complex. The reader gets distracted by the small things, caught up with what is going on not paying to the big picture then boom Edmond shows us his hand. Edmond hustles and cons everyone in the room to doing what he wants them to do. And develops a serious gods complex throughout the novel till he realize later on that he is not the messenger of god, and the world he has created around himself comes crashing down around
Douglas Horton once said, "While seeking revenge, dig two graves - one for yourself". The Count of Monte Cristo, a truly captivating novel written by Alexandre Dumas, lives to tell the tale of a young French Sailor, Edmond Dantés, who is forced to spend fourteen years in prison due to the actions of his jealous enemies or so-called "friends". When he eventually escapes, he is left with the feelings of a strong hatred and a thirst for revenge which sets him up to be the man he develops into throughout the novel. Throughout the novel, the Count of Monte Cristo seeks relentless revenge on all of the people who had wronged him many years ago. Dantés, completely unrecognizable after being freed, became only a prisoner of himself due to his need
Often it is beneficial to break free of social norms to live a better and more fulfilling life. This is illustrated by characters in both Geraldine Brooks creates a character who does this in the novel Caleb’s Crossing, where a girl, Bethia, must escape the social norms of Puritan society to continue her education and live life as she wants. Although it was unusual in her world for a girl to seek an education, Bethia constantly learned from others and questioned society. Eventually, she marries a man who loves her for who she is. In the novel Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Sáenz, Aristotle meets a boy named Dante who teaches him to swim.
During the Count of Monte Cristo, Edmond Dantes, also known through other aliases, is an example of the Shapeshifter. Throughout the text, he can be seen switching from ally to enemy and suddenly back again. Other instances, such as Fernand Mondego, Villefort, and Danglars as the Shadow; Abbe Faria the Mentor; Caderousse the Herald; and Jacopo the Ally
2 ”I regret now,” said he, “having helped you In your late inquiries, or having given you the information I did.“Why so?” inquired Dantès.“Because it has instilled a new passion in your heart—that of vengeance” (Dumas 58).
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
Reason, logic, and pure thought are the compasses of humanity. Unfortunately, today no one even bothers to look at the compass or to ask for directions. The lack of logic and reason in our everyday decisions leads to the larger scale chaos that results from apathetic actions. Slowly, almost imperceptibly, as in Dante's case, we have slipped from our guide of Reason and shown pity to people, like Francesca and Paolo, who fall to carnal lusts, or to those like in the Wood of the Suicides. Like Dante, we are only too eager to hear their stories and report back to those above, still in the Dark Wood, of their fate. We feel as though the punishment which God, in His great Wisdom, has dealt out for them were unfair. And we fear for our own
The notion that the sinners Virgil and Dante meet are historical figures tempts readers to interpret Dante’s symbolism in a historical sense. Paul G. Chevigny, for example, argues that Dante’s view on betrayal originates from his ethical concerns in a “political milieu” (Chevigny, 790). For Dante, the most severe crime was the most human, the one that most clearly exhibits the misuse of free will: the betrayal of trust. Dante believes that crimes of betrayal were the most serious not only because they required the most deliberate practice of free will, but also because they did the most damage to the ethical net of obligations in society. As previously mentioned, Dante’s political role in Florence established his ideal of a stable society built among the trust of political leaders and their followers.
The three people that Dantes swears vengance against are the Count de Morcerf, Baron Danglars, Villefort.
In Treasure and Vengeance, Justin Kaplan speaks about The Count of Monte Cristo in the highest regard. After a brief back story on himself, he quickly transitions into connecting it with the book itself. Kaplan claims that “in a singular sense, [Edmond’s] motive was disinterested: not the means to anything else and with no purpose other than its own fulfillment” (Kaplan). This is a key aspect in Kaplan’s criticism. He adds that his “revenge, driven by the festering sense of injustice” is what drives Edmond throughout the story (Kaplan). The whole story revolves around Dantès’ dire need to get revenge on Fernand, as well as others who have crossed him. In fact, the Count himself says that “for all evils there are two remedies - time and silence” (Dumas 523). His sole mission is to retaliate against Mondego, who was the cause of his wrongful conviction. He intends to get his revenge for his own needs
Everyday people seem change themselves in one way or another, but sometimes people change their appearance and personality to the point where those who were close to them, can not even recognize them in a crowd. The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas, is a story of a sailor, Edmond Dantes, who was betrayed during his prime time of his life by the jealousy of his friends. Dantes is sent to prison where he spends countless years planning an escape with the help of a fellow prisoner. The prisoner informs Dantes that he knows where a treasure is that one man can not even dream about. Dantes friend then happens to die, leaving Dantes with the information of where the treasure is.
Edmond Dantès, the main character of The Count of Monte Cristo, is an innocent and unsuspecting young man who is thrown in jail by those who were jealous of him. Once Edmond escaped, he changed his identity to the Count of Monte Cristo, and plotted a harsh revenge against his enemies. At the beginning, he said “Happiness is like one of those palaces in fairy tales whose gates guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it.” (Dantes 18) He thinks that his marriage with Mercédès is too good to be true, according to his statement. As it turned out, it was, and he was put in prison for fourteen years, and it was fifteen years before he saw her again. The only thing Edmond sought after he escaped from jail was revenge. So he took