Deception In The Count Of Monte Cristo

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

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

Since people today know how to do something, then should we also know that how and what we are doing have consequences? Carson asks exactly this. Through all our actions, it is about time there was an “AH-HA!” moment where humans get that hint of reality. Carson closes with regret that her generation was not the one that possessed the ability to realize. But she looks onward by concluding that the stream of time moves forward, and as people we will move with it. Responsibility burdens the shoulder of the young, but the burden will also create opportunities to help nature, not challenge

Humans learn to adapt to their environments, and strange and difficult circumstances often result in unexpected reactions; cornered prey will attack its predator with strength and willpower it previously lacked. As the poet Horace put it, “Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.” In two different pieces of literature, The Crucible by Arthur Miller and The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, two characters discover their talents through adversity but utilize them for very different means.

Charles Spurgeon once said, “a lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.” The Salem Witch Trials occurred back in 1692, yet they were brought to life once again during the 1950s by Arthur Miller in his play “The Crucible.” Here, he retells the famous story in which a Puritan town falls victim to witchcraft. Although Miller retells the facts of the trials, he made some history changes in the play in order to make it more of a suspenseful drama and to incorporate other writing aspects into the story. Manipulating key factors in the play brought about different literary aspects that Miller used to send his message to the people of the 1950s to today. In “The Crucible” Arthur Miller made changes to history that developed the theme that lying and deceit can negatively impact a person and their community.

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

The concept of revenge is one very known to human nature. Most people are familiar with the desire to get payback, though often individuals choose not to act on it as it is often a more fleeting emotion than lasting fascination. Being such a relatable and commonplace affliction, this feeling is also central in many works of fiction. The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe and The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas both share a common plotline as they explore themes of betrayal, deception, and revenge. The protagonists, Montresor and Edmond respectively, both set out to seek revenge against those who they feel have done them wrong. The writing styles share a similar dark tone as the ideas of justice and deservingness are challenged through the characters’ actions.

Since the dawn of mankind, clusters of innovations throughout history have allowed for societal progression at an explosive rate. While primarily fostering a centrifugal system of advancements; humans’ interests in expansion is spiraling out of control. Throughout history elements of collapse can be traced through civilizations and natural resources. Wright’s argument posits humans have hyperextended their utilization of resources at a rate that cannot be replenished, therein by setting up the world for the largest ecological collapse in history (Wright, 2004, pg. 130-131). Due to the cyclical process of past collapse and reformation humans have an advantage to rectify our current consumption rates ultimately avoiding a fate similar to past societies (Wright, 2004, pg. 131). As such Wright’s argument should frame larger discussions of responsible citizenship.

“Reality is easy. Deception that's the hard the hard work” -Lauryn Hill. In the novel the Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne uses literary elements such as symbolism, irony and conflict to show deception and secrecy can lead to self-destruction. This relates to the Scarlet Letter because in the book the protagonist character commits an act of sin that was more than just frowned upon. Not only does the community gossip and turn their cheek to the sinner but a sickness comes along from keeping a secret from the community.

In reading Garrett Hardin’s “The Tragedy of the Commons,” and through my participation in the Kivulini Simulation lab completed in class, my knowledge and understanding of the psychological factors that contribute to the logic behind the decisions made by humans that negatively impact the planet we inhabit have significantly expanded. Many of these decisions are made out of ignorance, while others are made despite knowledge of the harm that results from them. There are some ways that I can apply this knowledge to my life in order to contribute to the effort to preserve this planet in the hopes of allowing it to sustain future generations.

Miller uses the theme of deception to highlight the culture of Salem and how it drives the townspeople, John Proctor, and Abigail to bear false witness during the witch trials.

In the Play Cyrano De Bergerac the author contrast the characters against each other to show the theme of inner and outer beauty, and the danger of deception. In play Cyrano, the hero, has all the traits of a Gascon except one. He is not a ladies man, because he believes his large nose makes him undesirable. This self doubt leads to him helping Christian De Neuvillette win Roxanne's love, but it is under false pretense. What Roxanne loves most about Christian is his intellect but, Roxanne only thinks he's smart because of the letters Cyrano wrote.

If we choose to keep cutting down trees and consuming natural resources then they won’t be able to replenish fast enough and there will be none left, posing many problems like having fresh water available to drink, wood to build products, and land to farm on. Obviously not many people are properly educated on environmental issues and how they make them worse but if we as a society choose not to educate those who aren’t then they will continue to use too many resources and not think about how their lifestyle is hurting our environment, which will make environmental problems even worse than they are today. Now as humans we’ve always wanted to get bigger and better, but if we keep expanding and building as much as we are then there won’t be as many resources available because we’ll have taken over spaces and land that was needed for those natural environments to live. Although this seems like a drastic point and something that we can’t really stop, if we always think that we need to keep building, someday we just won’t have any land to do it and also at the same time realize that we don’t have resources

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

Our natural state within the universe when compared to the scale of history is extremely insignificant, and arises the fluid thought that our complete conscious existence relies on evolutionary accidents. It becomes clear with time that our knowledge of ourselves as a population of species compared to any other mammals is quite significant but yet completely detrimental to the health of our universe. We must be able as humans to grasp these concepts and particularly build a world better suited for future figures to give philosophical thoughts and aspects as the human race continues to develop. There is a shortcoming with our behavior, as Rachels describes, that if an action would help satisfy our own self-interest, than we see the most reason to perform such tasks. This leaves us prone to being selfish and to sometimes hold interests out of other people’s version of acceptable behavior. Rachels signifies that all people do not have to follow any one true combination of morals, ethics, or