Vulnerable Happiness In The Count Of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas

“Happiness, true happiness, is an inner quality. It is a state of mind” (Vaswani). True happiness can only be achieved through being true to oneself. In the novels Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the main characters share the theme of the search for true happiness, with only Montag, from Fahrenheit 451, achieving it. People within society want to obtain true happiness, but seek their joy through different means such as wealth, love or freedom. In Fahrenheit 451, Montag is a firefighter who burns books and the homes they are found in. Montag wants to keep the books and values the knowledge they give so he runs away from his society. Jay Gatsby and Guy Montag are both willing to risk their life for their joy, but only Montag is true to himself and pursues a true happiness.

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

As soon as Dante faints,He soon see the light and he wakes up at his regular everyday life. He soon realizes that you basically was never in the dream but seeing different interpretations of his life According to how he was feeling. it showed that he wasn't happy with his life at all.He just wanted to see something new because he has such a blend lifestyle. he drift off into a dream state just to escape the harsh reality of life. it turns out I was always in hell but it was always in a different way. The only way I can solve my issues is by drugs making me trip so hard which makes me go into a dreamish state which feels like hell. I hate the way everything works in this world so I just want to get away somehow but life is too precious for

Despite being written more than 150 years ago, Alexandre Dumas’ The Count of Monte Cristo has upheld its original popularity and secured a position within classic literature. The Count of Monte Cristo proved to encompass many trends of the French Romantic period, which examined human personality in a personal and imaginative way unlike previous literary styles. Dumas’ novel was influenced by the historical period preceding it; Popular literary trends, foreign literary influences, and the shadow of Napoleon’s fallen empire all impacted The Count of Monte Cristo by shaping unique themes.

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.

Within one’s lifetime, the mark to finding oneself is being able to overcome hardships and difficulties in order to unravel the full potential concealed within them. From being manipulated and deceived, this manages to bring about an ability hidden within oneself that can only be triggered by experiencing what it is like to be a victim of deception. In A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen and As You Like It by William Shakespeare, each author entraps their protagonists with the role of being manipulative or the victim of being manipulated to further enhance the author’s purpose of revealing or unlocking the hidden potential that arose within the characters.

Edmond Dantes: the man of many faces including The Count of Monte Cristo, Chief clerk of Thomson, Abbe Busoni, Lord Wilmore, M. Zaccone and Sinbad the Sailor. Edmond is Incredible resourceful, his plan for vengeance against the people who tarnished his innocents and threw him into jail is so large and so complex. The reader gets distracted by the small things, caught up with what is going on not paying to the big picture then boom Edmond shows us his hand. Edmond hustles and cons everyone in the room to doing what he wants them to do. And develops a serious gods complex throughout the novel till he realize later on that he is not the messenger of god, and the world he has created around himself comes crashing down around

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

Do you need to be attractive and smart to catch someone’s eye? In the book Cyrano de Bergerac, Edmond Rostand emphasizes a theme of inner beauty and outer beauty in two protagonists who struggle with confidence in what they lack. The pressure of insecurities that come along with needing to have both outer and inner beauty is illustrated through Christian's apprehensiveness in intellectual doing, and Cyrano's unattractive appearance as they try to win Roxane's affection.

People will always tell you that you should do what makes you happy, and this is why our minds are clouded with the idea that happiness is the main purpose of life. However, we rarely ask ourselves if there can be happiness without love, arts, or dreams. In Brave New World, a novel written by Aldous Huxley, we are faced with this question. The book deals with an allegedly perfect society in which it's main character, John, did not belong. This outcast was constantly reflecting upon how society was not perfect at all. John criticized the fact that people were happy even without love, arts, or dreams. In the new order, there was a mistaken concept of happiness, a shaped reason in people's minds, and a suppression of love in order of maintaining

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

In the beginning of the book, everything is perfect for young Edmond Dantes. He is to become ship captain of the Pharaon and husband of Mercedes. Just as Dantes begins to think everything is too perfect, his world comes crashing down. As it turns out, Dantes is not the only one who believes his life is too ideal. Living in his glory, he inadvertently instils the envy of Fernand Mondego and

Villefort started to question Dantes about the letter, which he knew nothing about the contents of, and soon realized that the letter was addressed to his father. Villefort promised Dantes a speedy release and managed to burn the letter to protect him and his father. Along with burning the letter, he also sentenced Dantes to life in the Chateau d’If. Dantes had no idea what was happening or way he was being sentenced. Some 10 years later, Dantes and a new friend, the priest, started to contemplate Dantes’s reasoning for being in prison.

Everyone desires happiness, and this desire can be fulfilled through many different means. Specific experiences that help bring about an individual’s happiness can be massive or miniscule. Happiness can also either come from material objects or people, depending on the person and the situation. Edmond Dantes, the protagonist in Alexandre Dumas’ The Count of Monte Cristo, desires happiness just like any other human being. The only obstacles that stand in his way of reaching ultimate elation are his supposed friends, who are secretly plotting against him. Throughout the novel, Edmond Dantes learns that there are various means to achieve happiness.

All that was ever on the young man’s mind, was getting married to his fiancé Mercedes. The two were terribly in love with each other only to be broken up by Dantès’ arrest. When told of his false conviction, he didn’t show a hateful glare in his demeanor, “the young man was so candid and open, so full of affection for his fellow man, including even his stern judge, that it seemed to Villefort that each word he spoke was a proof of his innocence.” The innocence Dantès exudes makes obvious of his lack of