The Count Of Monte Cristo Heartbreak By Alexandre Dumas

While he was successful in his goal, the pain and suffering he caused to innocent people like Edouard, the son of Villefort, and Mercédès, the wife of Fernand, throws the question of whether Dantes was really successful into doubt, as he wanted to reward the innocents and not hurt them. While Dantes was getting his vengeance on the Villeforts, he unintentionally kills Edouard. Dantes immediately regrets what he did when Dumas states, “Monte Cristo paled at the horrible sight. He realized that he had gone beyond the limits of rightful vengeance” (485). Dantes immediately feels regret for killing the innocent boy when he sees him. Dumas emphasizes this regret and sorrow even more by stating how Dantes was pale from the sight of the consequences of his actions, something that only happens when you truly feel terrified of what you’ve done. He acknowledges for the first time in the story that he was wrong in his pursuit of revenge, so he himself admits that he went too far. He realized that while he did get his revenge on the Villeforts, this was too much as Edouard never did anything besides be related by blood to them. Dantes tries to revive Edouard, but he failed to bring him back, which is the first point in the story where he fails during his quest. He punished the bad and was highly successful with that, but the suffering that he caused upon innocent people made him realized his justice was not worth it or even good. Furthermore, the death of Edouard caused Dantes to become the wrongdoer this time, as he unjustly killed a person for no reason. His original idea was to bring justice to all these criminals, but he ended up only becoming one himself and bringing more undeserved tragedy to people. After everything had happened and Dantes achieved the vengeance he wanted, he reflects on his actions when Dumas says, “Having arrived at the summit of his

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

In this quote, the author is showing how Dante’s finally learns about how he has gotten mistreated throughout the whole prison affair. I chose this quote because it shows the how gullible and trusting Dante’s was as a person and how it quickly changed into a fury that would not be extinguished.

Faria, a priest, completely changes Dantés' perspective on life when he helps Dantés figure out who put him in prison and why. Faria regretted what he had done to Dantés' innocent mind. Dumas writes, "Faria looked at him [Dantés] steadfastly and said, 'I regret having helped you clarify your past and having told you what I did.' 'Why?' 'Because I have instilled in your heart a feeling that wasn't there before: vengeance" (Dumas 58). When Faria dies, Dantés considers killing himself, but ends up vowing to get revenge instead. After a dramatic escape, Dantés sets out to destroy the lives of those who turned on him using his riches, important friends, and vast amount of knowledge. Dantés states, "He doomed these unknown men to all the tortures his fiery imagination could contrive, but even the cruelest ones seemed too mild and too short for them, for after the torment would come death, which would bring them, if not rest, at least the insensibility which resembles it" (Dumas 42). After life in prison, Dantés was no longer recognizable. He had been changed from the innocent, carefree, living life to the fullest boy of nineteen to a hardened and cynical adult man. Dantés' path of life had now become reversed the second he hits the water. He now lies to and uses everyone around him to further his own agenda of gaining revenge similar to the way

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

By the end of the book, he had learned so much that his whole outlook on life had changed. In the beginning of his life, while he is very close to marrying Mercedes and is about to become Captain of the Pharoan, Dantes is what he believes to be happy. He is talking to Danglars and says, “I am too happy to be gay” (Dumas 18). He has no idea what absolute despair is, so he thinks that everything is always going to be like this. He is in a great position, and has never known or experienced anything bad in his life. The small things thrill him and he takes everything he can get from life. His outlook on life is completely changed once he experiences complete and utter despair in prison, and then complete bliss in his later life when he has Haydee and everything else he could ever want. He conveys this feeling in his letter to Maximillien after he has gone away forever with Haydee. He says, “there is neither happiness or unhappiness in life; there is only a comparison of one state to another” (Dumas 531). He realizes after he has lived through both extremes of despair and bliss, that it is the comparison of these two that make a person be what they would like to think as happy, when in bliss, or unhappy, when in despair. In order to really know what happiness is, people need to go through terrible times before. This is a very

Dantes seeks revenge against Caderousse by using the tailor’s greed as a means to his downfall as well as by passively allowing justice to take place regarding Caderousse’s unfortunate fate. Caderousse is Dantes’ neighbor who scams Dantes’ father while his son is away on the Pharaon. As a result, the old man starves because he cannot buy food. Thus, Caderousse’s initial offense against Dantes is that he, out of his greed, essentially steals money from his father, knowing that he can wait and does not need the money right at that time. In addition, while Caderousse is not as active as Danglars and Fernand are in regards to getting Dantes arrested, he drinks a lot and, as a drunkard, he not only “hardly knows what [he] is doing”(104), but he also passively allows the plan to unfold.

As Dantes lies in a prison

Almost all his life Dantes sat in a cell rotting with hope to leave, all caused by the betrayal his “friends” impulsively conveyed upon him. Before the betrayal though he was kind and caring, “I am happy; and happiness blinds” (Dumas,

Prior to being thrown into the water by the guards, Dantes is a spontaneous, loving man who sees the good in everyone. However, after his 14 years in jail, he is a hardened man who becomes aware of those who wronged him initially. When Dantes’ “sea burial”, or second baptism, occurs, Dantes emerges a new man filled with hate and vengeance. He promises himself that he will gain revenge against those who turned against him at all costs. This is crucial to the story because Dantes channels a dark hatred towards his enemies so that he can claim vengeance for the foul and despicable acts they commit against him.

Mercedes couldn’t help it but to accept Mondegos love just to fill her emptiness caused of not having Dantes around. 14 years of imprisonment, 14 years of suffering in chateau d’ if. Dantes lose hope to get out of the jail and he tried to commit suicide because he felt his life is useless. But when he met the priest, Abbe

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

The poisoning of Valentine by Madame de Villefort and the death of Edouard de Villefort are all consequences of Dantes’ desire to gain the powers of providence. To begin, the death of Edouard was a consequence of Dantes’ desire for revenge and his arrogant belief that he is infallible. Dantes ultimately realizes this as he realized that, “that he had passed beyond the bounds of vengeance, and that he could no longer say, ‘God is for and with me. ’”(438) When compared with his previous proclamations that he only will cast away his pride before God and how God is his only superior, this emphasizes the severity of his missteps.

To Villefort’s awareness, Dantes is to rot in prison until his death. Villefort is one of the only people to know of Dantes’ innocence, yet he never says anything. This is selfish because he prioritizes his father over another man- a man who deserved to experience the dream to

After coming to terms with his incarceration, Dantès swears vengeance upon those who wronged him. As the story progresses, one can see how Dumas shapes Dantès and watch as Dantès progresses from