Monte Cristo

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

The Count of Monte Cristo is a movie based off of the book written by Alexandre Dumas and directed by Kevin Reynolds. The movie is not entirely historically accurate and was written mostly for entertainment purposes. There are various events throughout the movie that include historical references, however it is a very minor aspect of the movie. The historical references in the movie do not intend to create a real story as a history textbook would. They are there to add an interesting finesse to the story without straying away from the main plot. One of these major historical references is Napoleon exile to Elba, and his attempt to come back to power in France. The film is 131 minutes and came out in 2002.

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

When Edmond was dreaming about Octavie, it started to make him homesick because sometime has passed since he saw Octavie. I felt bad for Edmond because he started to think about how Octavie realized he was poor. When she had to have dinner with his family, he got angry because he felt like Octavie wasn't use to his environmental. This memory happened before he left for the war, he still thinks about it. Since Edmond is away from reality, it makes him think deeply about what he's been through in his past.

The Divine Comedy itself is an allegory for both the author and the audience. First of all, it represents the author’s own quest of conquering sin and finding God’s love. In his journey through Hell, Dante in the story is shown that there are many different types of sin, as well as the different kinds of

When Edmond escapes the Châteduf and lands in the water in the text “The Sea is the cemetery of the Châteduf” in page 80 (Dumas, pg; 80, 8); When he rises back up to the surface when a storm was on its way, in the text “Although he was stunned and almost suffocated, Dantes nerveless had the presence of mind to hold his breath and rip open the sack with a knife which he still held in his right hand” (Dumas, pg; 80, 8) of the abridged version. This all symbolizes the Cristian faith of baptism, Edmond is reborn to a man of The Count of Monte Cristo. Going towards the end of the book, The Count of Monte Cristo has learned to love his new companion Haydee in the text “I love the life you’ve always made so sweet for me and id regret it if I had to die” (Dumas, pg; 529, 73). This symbolizes that the Count who was forbidden to love, has found a new lover to care and live for. Going further on to the story, The Count of Monte Cristo rides away to the sunset with his new lover in the text “I love you as I love my god, you are the finest, the kindest, and the greatest man on this earth” (Dumas, pg; 529, 73). The Count of Monte Cristo (Edmond Dantes) has his journey labeled throughout pain and vengeance, The Count is a symbol of agony and

Edmond angry with those who wrongly punished him, decides that vengeance is the best way to get justice. When the Monte Cristo moved into his new house, on the Avenue des Champs Elysées, Bertuccio, his servant, was telling him a story about how he stabbed Villefort, in that same house, and how he took the baby that was in the box, that Villefort was about to bury. After the story, Monte Cristo thought to himself, “For every evil there are two remedies: time and

The Count of Monte Cristo, a historic fiction novel written by French author Alexander Dumas, details the life of a young sailor named Edmond Dantès. In the beginning of the book, Dantès is a happy go lucky young man with a promising future, a supportive father, and a loving fiancé, Mercedes. However, his world soon falls apart when on his wedding day, he is falsely arrested, and imprisoned, for treason. After spending fourteen years in prison, Dantès escaped, developed a new persona as the Count of Monte Cristo, and sought revenge on the group of men that were responsible for his imprisonment; Danglars, Fernand Mondego, Caderousse, and Villefort. Throughout the book, Dantès, otherwise known as the Count, acts as a self proclaimed “instrument

The Count of Monte Christo is a movie or story that talks about true love, suffer, revenge and death. True love, a long lasting love between Mercedes and Dante that are still existing even there is an appeal with Fernand Mondego. Suffers, Mondego is a best friend of Dante in which he is the cause of Dante’s suffering in the prison over 13 years. Revenge, at the time that Dante knows the reason of his imprisonment, he try to revenge on his best friend named Mondego. Death, as the end of the story, Dante killed Mondego as an exchange to his undoubtedly imprisonment.

As for Edmond his fall from grace is, surprisingly, not when he’s betrayed by those three men or when he is sent to a prison that he is never to leave again. No the being of his dark descent is when he learns that by working with inmate in the cell over he could get out. It is at that moment Edmond beings

Not only does revenge bring up past pain, but it also creates unnecessary suffering and problems. The article, “Revenge: Will You Feel Better?”, explains that,“While the anticipation may feel pleasurable, the actual carrying out of revenge … may create more problems and suffering” (Hall 3). This is seen in the novel when Fernand kills himself after finding out the Count of Monte Cristo is really Edmond Dantes. The Count did not want to drive Fernand that far but he did anyways. Now, the Count has to deal with the guilt of hurting Fernand’s family who Mercedes is apart of. Mercedes states, “Mercedes is still alive, and she was the only one who

The journey is the main plot of the story but also the main theme and philosophical meaning. Literally, the author Dante writes about the journey of a man who battles his way through levels of good evil to find his way back to God. The big idea though is how humans need to live a spiritual life. Throughout the journey, the character Dante encounters many sins just as humans do in real life. Dante also teaches that humans need to love God in the right ways and to ask for repentance. This allegory portrays and exciting adventure while teaching humans to live a spiritual life.

The development of Edmond Dantés is intriguing as he journeys throughout the world, exacting revenge on his enemies and becoming crafty and supercilious. At nineteen years old, he is put into jail because he loves the same woman as another man. When Dantés escapes fourteen years later under a new name, the Count of Monte Cristo, his road converges with the son of the woman he loves, Andrew. The count travels with him and his friend Franz, through Rome. He does not tell them who he is and their only thoughts of him are that he is a rich and cunning count, but there is more to him than that. Dantés is imprisoned because of love and one could argue that unobtainable love brings out the worst in ourselves, the identity of his enemies “sets him

One of the only truly dynamic character in The Count of Monte Cristo is Edmond Dantes and throughout the book he changes from the extremely loyal, kind and noble Edmond Dantes, to the cold, calculating and vengeful Count of Monte Cristo and then to a changed man with a little bit of both incarnations of him mixed together. In the beginning of the novel he works hard as a sailor on the Pharaon and when he arrives to Marseilles he is promoted to captain of the ship and is about to marry Mercedes a beautiful young lady. Then he is betrayed thrown into prison and held there for 14 years. In his prison cell is where he started to develop his sense of vengeance and wrath against those who got him thrown in jail forming a “terrible resolution” and swearing a “fearful oath.” (Count, 48) This was the beginning of Edmond’s slide into the vengeful state he is in for almost the entire rest of the book. He no longer cares about death as “who cares about that as long as he has had his vengeance.” (Count, 116) Now Edmond has become dangerous and determined and he won’t give up until his vengeance is wrought. Later though after the death of Edouard, the son of Villefort, he comes to the resolution that he has gone too far. He even forgives Danglars in the end saying “the man you condemned to die of hunger but who now forgives you because he himself needs to be forgiven.

In the Count of Monte Cristo Edmond Dantès changed significantly throughout the story. In the beginning, Dantès is a traditional French man in love with his fiancé, Mercédès, and then Dantès is thrown into prison for a crime he did not commit. While Dantès is in prison he tries to hang himself, but he meets a man named Abbé Faria. Abbé Faria was an Italian priest who not only saved Dantès life, but also taught him all about history, science, art, and many languages. Abbé Faria was also played a major role in transforming Edmond Dantès into a bitter and vengeful man when he starts to obsess over wrong things that were committed against him. When Abbé Faria dies from cerebrovascular disease while in prison, part of Dantès does too. Dantès then