Count Of Monte Cristo Hatred

When it comes to one’s dreams and aspirations, it’s commonly agreed on that following your dreams is something that most people should strive to do. After all, how would one stay motivated if they didn’t have anything to work towards? Yet, in some cases, having too much determination to accomplish your goals can end up having a negative effect. In any case, nothing handles this idea quite like Alexandre Dumas’ novel, The Count of Monte Cristo. In the novel, a young sailor named Edmond Dantes is framed by three men that all want something that Edmond holds. One of these men is the up and coming prosecutor, Villefort, who has Dantes imprisoned for life. These unjust actions bestowed upon Edmond begin his thirst for revenge, and eventually, he finds his revenge quite well. Unfortunately, Edmond ends up destroying innocent lives and the last part of his innocence in the process of getting that aforementioned vengeance. The only other thing that Edmond gets other than his revenge is the knowledge that having the undying determination to see your dreams come to fruition can be quite disastrous to yourself and others.

Margaret Atwood once said, “An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness.” When people decide to use vengeance, it often can destroy a person's life. Most people who try to avenge themselves usually end up all corrupted and horrible because they get too caught up in their vengeance plan. In the Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas uses irony and foreshadowing to convey a theme of vengeance.

In the Count of Monte Cristo, there are three evidently defined antagonists who recur as Edmond, the protagonist, seeks out his vengeance; the antagonists include: Fernand Mondego, Baron Danglars, and to a lesser extent monsieur de Villefort. Among his antagonists, the greatest is described to be Mondego as he rivals Dantes for Mercedes and eventually succeeds when he imprisons him. Danglars, on the other hand, consociates with Mondego solely out of jealousy. Finally, Villefort is a lesser antagonist due to the fact that the only claim he had against Dantes was the possible risk he posed to his father Noirtier de Villefort. All of the following antagonists had a hand in Edmond’s folly, but each to a different degree. The various antagonists

Even though, the Count tried to become a new person both physically and mentally, the old Edmond Dantes still interfered with his actions. When Morrel comes to the Count and tells him about Valentines poison, the Count thinks nothing of it, but as soon as Morrel told the Count that he loves Valentine, old Edmond Dantes shines through. When Valentine and the Count converse in chapter sixty-one, the Count remarks, “I have not closed my eyes for an instant during the last four nights; for the last four nights I have been watching over you to protect and preserve you for our friend Maximilian” (Dumas, 526). This shows that the Count did not really care for Valentine, but as soon as a loyal family friend as the Morrel’s asked for his help, Edmond Dantes stepped up and would do anything to lend a helping hand. Also, after the Count and Mercedes talk with each other, and Mercedes convinces Edmond not to kill her son, the Count starts to reflect and

“I will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you… I can make you wish you had never seen the sun go down” (Miller 19). This quote is said from Abigail to Elizabeth Proctor, the woman who is married to the man she loves, explaining how she will seek her vengeance on Elizabeth and how she wants her to be murdered. In The Count of Monte Cristo, revenge is the motive for the main character after he escapes from prison. “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, 108). Faria, a man who was also imprisoned, told Dantès who had wrongly imprisoned him. This caused Dantès to want to find the men who framed him and murder them to fulfill his need for revenge. The need for revenge and fulfilling it may cause mass hysteria between a group or

The Irrational Hatred in Fair Verona Everyone knows Romeo and Juliet due to the many spin offs and references in our modern day. However, this essay will go over the topic of Irrational Hatred in Romeo & Juliet. In Romeo & Juliet, the destructive effect of irrational hatred becomes apparent when the servants in the beginning of the story fight, Tybalt fights with Mercutio, and the unnecessary hostility between the Montague and the Capulet, which then causes the Prince to outlaw public fighting, the death of Tybalt, and the death of Romeo and Juliet.

Hate is one very important idea examined in Romeo and Juliet and is explored by Juliet when she states ‘Here's much to do with hate, but more with love’ (1.1.166). William Shakespeare conveys the consequences of hate in his play through the ancient feud between the Capulet’s and the Montague’s, the irrational decisions made and the deaths that resulted. It is the ancient feud between the two families that lead to the irrational decisions made by Romeo and Juliet as well as their demise. It is questionable as to whether Romeo and Juliet’s lives would be spared if their families were not feuding.

He has become more compassionate and reasonable. Without a thorough description of the Count's facial features and a number for his age, is envisioned as a man with the wisdom, skills, and attitude of forty years. The Count has been all over Europe, visiting Italy and Rome and Greece. Because of his many adventures, he has many acquaintances with allies like Peppino, Haydee, Chief Vampa, Jacopo and Bertuccio. Purposely, the Count befriends these people and, with their aid, completes his vengeance. Peppino is a friendly Italian bandit who is forever in debt to the Count for his life was spared with an emerald and Chief Vampa is the leader of the gang of bandits. Each of them serves the Count as 'excellency' and praise him as a king. Bertuccio is a loyal servant and Haydee is a Greek woman who, like a Greek goddess, is full of love for those she cares for and vengeance towards those who have harmed her. On a side note, this leads to a perfect match of love between the Count and Haydee. The Count is unexpectedly caught off guard when Haydee acknowledges the Count's question, “would you be happy to stay with me... God who raised me up against my enemies and made me victorious, didn't want me to have the end of my victory... Perhaps you're love will make me forget” (Dumas 529). The two have fallen in love, rather suddenly, and the Count is amazed, after all he has done, he can once again be

The words “love” and “hate” have two completely different meanings, but they can have a great impact on people. Love and hatred always finds a way to enter people's minds, twisting their thoughts, and knowing this, people allow these emotions to take over their actions. In the play, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, hatred is responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet, and it all begins with the hatred between the Montagues and Capulets.

One example of being driven by hate in Romeo and Juliet is when Tybalt tried fighting Romeo, but Romeo stood down. That angered Mercutio and blindly made him duel the best swordsman in Verona. Once Mercutio was stabbed, he realized the grave mistake that he made and he said, “A plague o’ both your houses! They have made worms meat out of me. I have it, and soundly to, your houses!”

Revenge is a very dangerous emotion, because if used it can cause detachment from previous connections, loss of knowing what is right and just, and lastly it can cause death. Revenge often leads to losing connections with previous friends, family and social groups. In the Count of Monte Cristo, the Count wants revenge on Fernand so bad, he forgets how he loved Mercedes and so he wanted to kill Edward. After Edward left the box Monte Cristo told Max that tomorrow he would kill him because he disgraced him. His past experiences with Fernand doesn’t make him think at all when he’s going to kill his son.

Hate between more than one causes everlasting tragedy. Such as the young love between Romeo and Juliet. It was between two enemy families, the Montagues, and the Capulets. Romeo had found his way into the Capulet home for a feast for the friends of Capulet and family. He falls in love with Juliet at the party and he falls in love with her, love at first sight for them. There are constant quarrels between the rivaling families, which slowly tore it all apart between the two young lovers. The fights that Tybalt continues to start, over and over, eventually end in his death and Mercutio’s death. Soon after the Prince of Verona deems Romeo exiled from all of Verona, this severely breaks his and Juliet’s hearts, that now they can’t see each other at all. The two eventually kill themselves, which really strikes both families with grief and they apologize for all the fights and hate. This proves how hate will destroy the little bits of love that are still there. These families are against each other and the children from both sides fall in love, but due to the ignorance of the family feud they both ended their lives.

Fernand and Danglars talk about how to get rid of Edmond so the send a false police report about him.Edmond gets arrested and is sent to Chateau d’if for life for being accused of being a Bonapartist spy. Edmond escapes from jail with the help of Abbe Faria. He travels to Monte Cristo to claim the treasure. He returns to Marseilles in disguise as the Count of Monte Cristo and other alias. He tells people that Edmond Dantès is “dead”. Albert and Franz meet the Count. Franz gets a ransom note saying that Albert has been kidnapped and The Count saves Albert from Luis Vampa (who was his friend). The Count encounters Danglars about buy his prized horses from him. The horses escape and terrorized Madame Villefort and Edward her son. The Count saves them by having his slave lasso them. The Count invites them to his party and reveals that there was a murder at his house where Danglars used to live. Villefort’s mother and father in laws were killed. Valentine’s grandfather has a stroke and doctors said he was poisoned. He narrowed down that she poisoned him when she bought his

Fernand married Mercédès, adding jealousy to his anger. Fernand’s deeds led the Count to hate him. When the Count speaks of Fernand to Mercédès, “He [Monte Cristo] pronounced the name of Fernand with such hatred that Mercédès felt a shudder of fear run through her body” (375). During this conversation, Mercédès pleads to Monte Cristo for her son’s life. The Count knows that killing Albert would ruin Fernand both emotionally and socially. However, his love for Mercédès is so strong that it completely cancels out all of his hatred for Fernand. He gives up enacting revenge on Fernand then and there, because anything that will hurt Fernand will hurt Mercédès. Human nature is such that people will always choose love over spite. Monte Cristo does a similar thing later. As Novels for Students puts it, “A major step in Monte Cristo's recovery of his ability to love comes when he goes to great efforts to ensure that Valentine is united with Maximilien.” The Count tries to impose misery on a man named Villefort, a key player in his imprisonment, through the death of his daughter, Valentine. The Count refers to Villefort as a “cursed breed” (Dumas 402). Even though he hates Villefort and all of

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