Theme Of Isolation In The Count Of Monte Cristo

In conclusion, Edmond Dantes has been changed physically, mentally, and spiritually while he was in prison. If you knew Edmond before prison, you would probably be friends with him. If you got to see him after he got out of jail, you would not recognize him because

Everyday people seem change themselves in one way or another, but sometimes people change their appearance and personality to the point where those who were close to them, can not even recognize them in a crowd. The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas, is a story of a sailor, Edmond Dantes, who was betrayed during his prime time of his life by the jealousy of his friends. Dantes is sent to prison where he spends countless years planning an escape with the help of a fellow prisoner. The prisoner informs Dantes that he knows where a treasure is that one man can not even dream about. Dantes friend then happens to die, leaving Dantes with the information of where the treasure is.

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.

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

Furthermore, those he converses with had impacted Dante in some way during his lifetime. The combination of religion and nationality begin to form the prominent factors of Dante's identity as he commences his journey through Hell in order to reestablish himself as a committed Catholic.

One of the defining elements of literature is its universal nature. Shared between all works, whether they be ancient epics or modern novels, is a plethora of literary techniques and themes. One such element, the theme of isolation, and in some contexts, alienation, is quite evident in the unrelated, yet equally masterful novels As I Lay Dying, 1984 and The Awakening. As one will come to see, this theme of isolation, although clearly similar, differs between, and even within, the three works.

Dante is faced with having to see what comes of sinners. He has to see people he once knew be punished for what they had done while living. He has to see and hear the screams and pain of others. The narrator of This Way for the Gas He has to do things that no person should be forced to do. He has to unload Jews from trucks and see them off to the gas chambers. For those how had died on the way the concentration camp he is forced to unload dead bodies of men women and children, just so he may “organize” some food and clothing for

Specifically when he was “buried” at sea Alexander Dumas goes into heavy detail about the sea, storm, and his struggle, without all this imagery the audience would not have understood the earnest of his predicament. This is evident at the beginning of chapter twenty-one when Alexander Dumas states “He saw overhead a black and tempestuous sky, across which the wind was driving clouds that occasionally suffered a twinkling star to appear; before him was the vast expanse of waters, sombre and terrible, whose waves foamed and roared as if before the approach of a storm” (The count of Monte Cristo chapter 21) also when he mentions Dantes’ struggle ” Dantes, although stunned and almost suffocated, had sufficient presence of mind to hold his breath, and as his right hand (prepared as he was for every chance) held his knife open, he rapidly ripped up the sack, extricated his arm, and then his body; but in spite of all his efforts to free himself from the shot, he felt it dragging him down still lower”- (The Count of Monte Cristo). If Alexander Dumas would have stated this differently than with this excess hyperbole it would not have had as much of an impact on the reader as it did. This is essential to the story because this is the beginning where the

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

This is significant because the letter could reveal his father’s loyalty to Bonaparte- a deadly crime during this time. Villefort hastily burns the incriminating letter. To cover all his bases, he detains Dantes. As if this is not enough, he sends Dantes to the Château d'If, a prison for the worst of criminals. There, Dantes is trapped in prison for fourteen years, and it is not until he escapes that he becomes free.

After a day, the noise had finally ended. Edmond had gained a sense of hope from the scratching noise. According to paragraph 3, “It seemed to him that heaven had at length taken pity on him, and had sent this noise to warn him on the very brink of the abyss,” (Dumas 3).This shows that even though the hope in Edmond was diminishing, he gained a new sense of hope from the scratching noise. Edmond learned to never give up hope even when it seemed like there was none. The theme is developed through the character’s actions, thoughts, and

Edmond Dantes, about to be married, is taken away because he is denounced by his undiscovered enemies, Fernand, Caderousse, and Danglars. As he is being held in prison, he meets Monsieur de Villefort. As Dantes is telling Villefort about his life, Monsieur de Villefort feels his “coincidence shook his usual impassivity and struck a chord of sympathy in the depths of his soul,”(25) because he feels sympathy for a man his age, to be attacked by someone when he has not done anything wrong. Monsieur de Villefort, then promises Edmond Dantes that he will be free but asks for the letter first. When Villefort finds out it is for Nortier, his father, “a thunderbolt could not have struck Villefort more suddenly or unexpectedly”(28). Villefort’s father

Dantès had been betrayed and imprisoned in solitary confinement in the infamous Chateau d'If. Just like Dantès I have been double cross and held captive. At the end of my eight grade year I enter depression. Each day I could feel myself drowning in my own thoughts. We both were to the point of loosing our minds and our will to live. After

Eventually, he meets the Abbe Faria, who then teaches Edmond multiple languages, sciences, reading, philosophy, and math. This man also helps him unravel the mystery of why he’s in prison and who did what, causing Dantes to vow for revenge some day because “I’ve instilled in your heart a feeling that wasn’t there before: vengeance” (Dumas, 58). Once the old Abbe passes away, Dantes quickly replaces his body with Faria’s corpse in the body bag and is tossed into the ocean. Dantes survives and goes on to uncover the treasure that technically belonged to Faria and now belongs to him. He takes this treasure and buys a ship and large home. Edmond’s plan is finally becoming possible and he is salivating for the sweet taste of revenge.

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