Deception In The Count Of Monte Cristo

    F. Scott Fitzgerald published a Novel known  as the Great Gatsby in the year of 1925. At the time of it’s release it wasn’t very successful it was only after a couple years afterwards that it started to gain success. In modern day it is very well-known to a majority of High School Students, College students, and adults. The era in which this novel takes place in is during the 1920’s a historic time in America’s History which was known as the Roaring Twenties. Businesses and Stock markets were doing so well and it was the highest point of America’s Economy. Fitzgerald introduces a couple of interesting characters that fit together and really sets the tone for the novel. The first character introduced into the storyline is Nick Carraway and throughout the story he follows a character who goes by the name of Jay Gatsby. Throughout the novel Gatsby is very mysterious towards everyone especially towards Nick, no one really knows who is Jay Gatsby or the details of his past or in what manner he was able to gain all the wealth he has. Gatsby is an example of character deception.

Infused with mystery, fear grim facts and records, Witchcraft history can be traced back to centuries. During the Salem Witch Trials, false accusations were being spread around leading to the community of Salem to be filled with fear and death. In his novel, The Crucible, Arthur Miller argues that making false accusations and rumors can ruin a person’s reputation, and eventually, a community.

Deception is an act intentionally inflicted upon others in order to, satisfy one's wants and needs. In the novel, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jay Gatsby deceives others for both his personal gain and love. While Jay Gatsby lives day by day deceiving others, he thinks not much of it. Gatsby sees himself has merely just moving on from the past and onto a new life. However, through his acts of deception he is stirring up a fatal situation. Fitzgerald portrays Jay Gatsby as a man who is wealthy and as some may say “living the life”. Jay Gatsby however, is merely a mask put on by James Gatz, the same man, to live the life he has always desired. Once settled in as Jay Gatsby, he starts to find it difficult to maintain an image expected by others. In this novel, James Gatz lives a false life as Jay Gatsby to satisfy his wants and needs, but has his act of deceiving others comes to an crumble Fitzgerald is able to showcase the struggle and cost of deception.

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

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.

“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.

Throughout the book, the Count of Monte Cristo, written by Alexandre Dumas, the main character, the Count of Monte Cristo has a certain je ne sais quoi. He defines a certain way, just like the rest of the characters in the text do, as well as every single character ever written. That is because of his archetype. An archetype is a type of character, detail, image, or situation that continually reappears throughout literature.

In Herman Melville’s mysterious novella, “Benito Cereno”, Captain Amasa Delano observes, what appears to be, a distressed Spanish slave ship navigating into the harbor of St. Maria. Disregarding the opposition from his crew, Captain Delano leaves his ship, Bachelor's Delight, and approaches the foreign vessel, San Dominick, via a whaleboat. In addition to offering water and provisions to the vessel in distress, Captain Delano encounters—who appears to be in command of the vessel—Don Benito Cereno, and his “faithful” negro servant Babo. Throughout the novella, Captain Delano witnesses many suspicious behaviors from Benito Cereno, Babo, and the other slaves on board. Although Captain Delano has mixed feelings about Benito Cereno, in which he often views him as a “paper captain” who has “little of command but the name”, Captain Delano fails to latch onto his intuition of who is truly in command of the ship until it’s almost too late.

We, as humans are growing in different ways. Our technologies are reconstructing constantly, our agriculture is improving, and our transportations are advancing. But how can we improve humanity? How can we build a better society? In order to change and improve humanity and reduce violence, the strength of people’s mind is a key. It is dependant on our will power.

There are several theories that try to explain the morality of the actions; however, two stand out. the first is deontology, and the other one is utilitarianism. The former follow the idea that the consequences of you action hold no importance in what we ought to do. But rather, some actions are morally wrong or good by itself. The latter follows an opposite view in which the consequences of an action are what it makes an action moral. Specially, if that action produce the greatest happiness over unhappiness. In this essay I will focus on two Utilitarianism ramifications, act utilitarianism and rule utilitarianism. They both agree that consequences must be the greatest factor in deciding what we ought to do. Nonetheless they have one big difference. Rule Utilitarianism generalize acts and recreate the consequences of a rule. If the consequences are ultimately favoring, then it is morally right. By way of contrast, Act Utilitarianism evaluate each action individually, and similar situation would have different outcomes depending on the situation. There is no universal rule unlike rule utilitarianism.

In chapters 20 and 21, Baker discusses lying and compromising. Baker lists nine kinds of lying, some of which we automatically assume are terrible sins, and others we may feel justified in. The form of lying that convicted me the most is exaggeration. I am naturally a quiet, reserved person, and I find it easy to turn to exaggeration to compensate for this. Baker points out that both over and under exaggeration are forms of untruth that one should avoid (Baker 139). I have discovered the danger of both of these.

“While all deception requires secrecy, all secrecy is not meant to deceive.” This clear and concise quote was expressed by Sissela Bok, a Swedish-American philosopher and the daughter of two Nobel Prize winners. See deception is a concept that is practically glorified lying to grasp an advantage upon something. In The Crucible we see many depictions of deception. Nearly all coming from Abigail.

Would you become deceitful to obtain anything wanted? In The Crucible the characters will do what they want to get what they want. The literary element used to show how people will become deceitful is the use of characterization. The characterization of the characters exhibits how deceitful individuals can become in order to acquire what they want. Many individuals want to secure their desires, so they can become sinister and deceitful.

In “The Dark Mountain Manifesto,” authors Paul Kingsnorth and Dougald Hine are reaching out to the environmental activists who see the value in facing the reality of the “myth of progress” in society today (4). To further explain, civilization today consists of a strong feeling of success in what we are doing as a society, and that everything we are working towards cannot stop getting better and better. Kingsnorth and Hine remind society in their writing that we are just “highly evolved apes with an array of talents and abilities which we are unleashing without sufficient thought, control, compassion, or intelligence” (9). In other words, Kingsworth and Hine believe that humans are egotistical in a way that makes us believe that we surpass

Is it fair that our future generations suffer the consequences of our ignorant behavior? Must we choose wealth over future generations? This is a global dilemma that should be carefully put into perspective. Human keeps on pulling natural resources and stores are filled with unwanted lines of products. Sadly, most people tend to concentrate on fast results/short term. Preserving the environment is the only answer to save our future generations from the impact of global warming (AtKisson).