What Does Edmond Symbolize In The Count Of Monte Cristo

Edmund is the most methodical in his deceptions. Both he and his brother seem oddly adept at trickery, but Edmund fooled his brother and his father. First he forges a letter to turn Gloucester against Edgar. Then he convinces Edgar to leave, which will only make the legitimate son look guilty. He tells him that he has read the stars and that Edgar should flee. While Edmund does not believe astrology works, he is very intelligent and knows that he can use it to his advantage. He uses this to maintain his visage of innocence. Continuing the charade, he convinces his father to

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.

The power that makes Edmund corrupt is trust. He uses the trust to manipulate and control his father for the benefit of himself. He frames his brother by composing a false letter to his father implicating a plot to kill Gloucester, that when “our father would sleep till I waked him, you should enjoy half his revenue forever.” (1, 2, 55-56) Gloucester replies with “this villain of mine comes under the prediction of mine: there’s son against father” (1, 2, 112-117) This shows that Gloucester had great faith and trust in his son Edgar. To better his plan he goes to Edgar and convinces him to run away. The thought that he would frame his own brother for the chance to gain power shows his corruption, and that he will do anything to have more power. Edmund writes another letter, except this implicates his father in a plot with France to kill The Duke of Cornwall. He does this so that “the younger rises [and] the old doth fall” (3, 4, 25) and he will become the Earl. Edmund is so corrupted and blinded by his quest for power that he is willing to jeopardize his father’s

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.

When Fernand first betrays Edmond in The Count of Monte Cristo, his main motive is jealousy. This is blatantly stated when, upon being asked by Edmond why he is selling him out, he replies: “Because you’re the son of a clerk, and I’m not supposed to want to be you!” Edmond, who up until this point in the story had thought that they were best friends, is shocked by his betrayal and vows revenge on Fernand. This theme of jealousy is also present in The Cask of Amontillado with Montresor, the protagonist. Montresor’s jealousy however, is much more subtle. This is only hinted at when he tells Fortunato “You are rich, respected, admired, beloved; you are happy, as I once was.” (Poe, 6) as he implies that he envies the prestige that Fortunato possesses; Montresor was once a great man, Fortunato still is, and he is jealous. That is not to say that Edmond, the protagonist in The Count of Monte Cristo, is not also driven by jealousy as he spends a good deal of time conflicted about his feelings towards his ex-fiance, extremely upset by the discovery that Fernand ended up marrying her. This revelation adds a whole other layer to the betrayal that Edmond is feeling as well, knowing that the love of his life married the friend that basically sent him to prison for a decade. The betrayal in The Cask of Amontillado comes not from Fortunato's part, but Montresor’s. Fortunato is completely oblivious to the fact that he has done Montresor any wrong or that

Edmond was foreshadowing by Kate when he was laying down in the hill slope, dreaming about his lady Octavie. He was homesick, and missed his lady. By having Kate write this, it would be foreshadowing, implying that maybe he will get to see her again, if hes dreaming about her, it

Caderousse: one of the original plotters against Edmond, he unlike Danglars and Fernand doesn’t get rich off of the scheme. In fact he chooses not to take an active part in the crime of framing Edmond for something he didn’t commit. This doesn’t mean he isn’t greedy, he is but more however he is constantly dissatisfied with his state/position and is not afraid to use any means at his disposal to rise further and further above his station. Including thievery and murder, this though gets him killed by the count when trying to rob him. Thus getting Edmond one step closure to his ultimate goal of complete vengeance.

Edmond was wrongly accused of treason and sent to imprisonment for life. Edmond spends his next 14 years in the disconsolate Chateau d’lf, a prison sitting on an island at which no prisoner has ever escaped. As Edmond has lost all hope and “... God has faded from (his) heart,” he meets a priest, an old man who was sent to Chateau d’lf 11 years before Edmond. The priest is a very knowledgeable man with great persistence and belief in god. Continuously throughout the movie, the priest helps Edmond keep his belief in God and reminds him of why he is trying to escape similar to when King Melchizedek in The Alchemist was reminding Santiago that, “It's your mission on earth." Both of these men required a guardian and another person pushing them on and guiding them in their

When edmond got out of jail he learned of this and was destroyed so he clamed his fortoin and built his castle with a dungen, after several years edmond got him and locked him in the dungen to die. This is a fitting revenge as it was how he hurt edmonds fauther and ultamintly died because if the land lord. Now as we continue to talk about how these three men got together to purposly harm edmond? What did he do to make these men hate him so much. Well he was a decent person that was good to the comunity, these men wanted to hurt him for indaviduel reasons, one wanted his wife, one wanted to run off and make millions and edmond needed gone for that, and finaly one wanted to get rid of his fauther for personal

The locket being stolen was predictable because of its description. The locket was golden and old fashioned which means that it could possibly be an antique. In certain places antiques are more valuable then the modern model. If something is valuable people want it. When people want things they either get jealous or they take it for themselves. That is what happen to Edmond someone wanted it more than him so they took it. Suspects of the theft could of been Edmond's messmates.

In the end of the novel, Edmund showed the traits of a brave and altruistic hero through his actions. Edmund used to be a bratty evil child, but since the middle of the novel, he has begun to become a very heroic person. Given his history, some would say that he could never change, but his experiences with the White Witch allowed him to come to his senses about what side he should be on, and what side he shouldn’t be on. All the anger that was building up inside of him towards the Witch, he let out on the battlefield by destroying her wand and putting an end to the reign of the White Witch. Edmund is now a hero because he no longer is only thinking about himself, he has now gained the trait of altruism and is thinking about the needs of others,

C.S. Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia series often showed characters that went through change. Two examples of characters that showed that they can change include Edmund from The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe and Eustace from The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Both characters started out as greedy people, but at the end of the story, both end up to be wise and thoughtful. Edmund started off being a greedy traitor but then progressed to becoming Edmund the Just..

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

The sin of greed is perfectly exemplified in the character of Edmund. Throughout the play Edmund’s greed is the motivating factor behind all of the decisions that he makes. Edmund, as the illegitimate son of Gloucester plots against his brother in order to obtain his inheritance completely ignoring all familial responsibility in the pursuit of land and money. At the beginning of the play you see that he merely wants to take his brother’s inheritance but as greed gets the better of him he begins to plot against

In Treasure and Vengeance, Justin Kaplan speaks about The Count of Monte Cristo in the highest regard. After a brief back story on himself, he quickly transitions into connecting it with the book itself. Kaplan claims that “in a singular sense, [Edmond’s] motive was disinterested: not the means to anything else and with no purpose other than its own fulfillment” (Kaplan). This is a key aspect in Kaplan’s criticism. He adds that his “revenge, driven by the festering sense of injustice” is what drives Edmond throughout the story (Kaplan). The whole story revolves around Dantès’ dire need to get revenge on Fernand, as well as others who have crossed him. In fact, the Count himself says that “for all evils there are two remedies - time and silence” (Dumas 523). His sole mission is to retaliate against Mondego, who was the cause of his wrongful conviction. He intends to get his revenge for his own needs