Monte Cristo

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

The Count of Morcerf is publicly dishonored by the Count because of his past. By the end of the story, Edmond is finally content with his ‘human providence’, as he calls it, and goes away to live a happy life with Haydée.

In this quote, Villefort finds out that Dante’s is about to get married and starts to actually feel sorry for the man because he himself was also about to get married. I chose this quote because I think it symbolizes that even though Villefort is mainly an antagonist he still has good aspects to him as well.

Dantés states, "Can I have been following a false path for ten years?" (Dumas 497). It is then that the Count of Monte Cristo realizes that he is not the privileged person of God's providence, but merely a victim like everyone else. Dantés now abandons the idea that he must get revenge on everyone and realizes that he has made a mistake and wasted a part of his life. Dantés says, "How stupid I was … not to have torn my heart out the day I swore to avenge myself!" (Dumas 379). Dantés finally realizes that revenge is not everything and that the result isn't happiness and fulfillment like he thought, but it's an emptiness that leaves you with

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

In The Count of Monte Cristo, one can see the unjust subjugation and imprisonment of Edmond Dantes for a crime he did not commit. While imprisoned for just over a decade, he becomes skilled

Edmond Dantes eventually escapes prison but rapidly realizes the prison of secrecy he places upon himself. Edmond cannot reveal his identity when he leaves and therefore he is forced to become someone new with all the knowledge of his past self. This burden morphs into the remoteness he had felt inside his cell slowly eating at him. When he first returns to the land where he had once resided he is described

Dantes is viewed as a fortunate young man with a promising future ahead of him. This good fortune makes him a target of multiple people who’d do harm to him so they could benefit. Edmond takes the liberty of being kind to everyone, even those who could have reasons to dislike him. Alexandre Damas illustrates one occurrence in the arbor of a tavern where Danglars, Caderousse, and Fernand are all present. Edmond is not far off with his fiancé Mercedes when Caderousse calls out to him about their wedding, and Edmond tells the men, “All our friends will be there, which means you’re invited, Monsieur Danglars, and you too, Caderousse” (16). Edmond does not see that Fernand is madly jealous of him because of his bride to be and Danglars is put out by his promotion to captain of the Pharaon.

said the pilot in bad French. ’ I am,’ replied Dantes, in bad Italian, ’a Maltese sailor’” (Dumas 75). By disguising himself as different people, Dantes worked to punish Fernand, Danglars, and Villefort in the worst way possible, and he believed that it was

Edmond has hurt himself in order to be able to be alone on the island to retrieve his treasure.

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

Dantès visits each of the successful men and through elaborate plans dethrones them. Monsieur de Villefort explains to the Count of Monte Cristo, his alias for Edmond Dantès, about his father, “‘I conclude that my father, led astray by his passions, has committed one or more of those wrongs which escape human justice but not divine justice, and that God has struck him down because of this’” (Dumas 214). This ironically supports Dantès since the man he wants to have revenge on acknowledges that if one commits a crime then justice will be delivered back to one’s self one way or another. Therefore, in this case, Dantès is that divine justice who will take down the evildoers. He sees that justice is to occur either by man or God to unravel his vengeance. Each plan against the men took dedication and patience. He has been persistent throughout the whole novel to achieve his

Background: In the book The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, there are incredible amounts of drama and conflict. All the conflict started when Captain Leclair died. Dantes was going to be given his position on the ship until Fernand, Villefort, and Danglars staged him for sending secret letters to Napoleon to overthrow king Henry. Claim: The punishment of the characters Danglars, Villefort, and Fernand from the book The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas were really not god 's punishment for what happened to Edmond Dantes. I think that Edmond Dantes should be held against the actions that he performed on these three characters because even though they did ruin Dantes future and force him into life imprisonment, I think that

Madame de Villefort is forced to commit suicide, so she kills Edouard because she does not wish to be without him.

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