Alexandre Astruc

“One for all, and all for one!”(Herek) The most famous and noticeable line in the Three Musketeers folklore legacy whether it be from the films to the original book by Alexandre Dumas. Although this famous line has been used throughout many reworks and adaptations of the three musketeers, many films have not followed in the footsteps of the original book and have changed things to best appeal to the audience. Most noticeably we see this in the 1993 Musketeer movie directed by Stephen Herek that proclaimed

Trudeau, Justin was the eldest son in the family. In earlier years, he lived in the PM’s residence in Ottawa at 24 Sussex Drive. When Trudeau’s family filed for a divorce and finalized in 1984, he moved to Montreal with his father and brothers, Alexandre and Michel. For education, he followed his father’s footsteps by attending the elite College Jean-de-Brebeuf and McGill University for higher education. On 1994, he earned his literature bachelor’s degree and completed an education degree at University

My entire life has been full of three of me. My brother, my sister, and myself. I say three of me because my siblings and I are the same age. We were all born on the third of June in nineteen ninety-nine. It has always been this way – the three of us. We are the musketeers, always by each other’s side. We have been through ups and downs and everything in between. For the past eighteen years, all I have known was my siblings and the comfort that they bring. Not only are they the other two-thirds to

The Secret Life of Edmond Dantès The Count of Monte Cristo written by Alexandre Dumas, is an adventurous novel where revenge is being seeked, due to a great injustice done to the main character, Edmond Dantès. Right as his whole life got on track and he is preparing to marry the love of his life named Mercédès, Edmond Dantès is betrayed by four people who falsely accuse him of being a bonapartist and is sentenced to life in prison. After fourteen long years of suffering, he manages to escape prison

When someone wants revenge, nobody knows how far one will go to complete he or she’s vengeance. The characters of The Count of Monte Cristo did not know there would even be vengeance to be taken until Dantes, the main character, shows up after many years. That is when all the trouble and malevolence happens. This novel written by Alexander Dumas is about a man whom gets wrongfully thrown in jail and, after gaining a fortune, plans and sets action to long term revenge. The Count of Monte Cristo was

Storytelling can be found in every corner of the world. It is used to pass the time, tell of past or current events, and is the way that we communicate with each other. In Balzac and the little Chinese Seamstress, by Dai Sijie, storytelling occurs during times of hopelessness when life seems hard and allows the characters to live vicariously through the tales told. The narrator and Luo use storytelling as an escape from reality in times of desperation. The tailor is influenced by the stories to the

Albert de Morcerf Throughout the events of The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandere Dumas and Auguste Maquet, Albert de Morcerf transforms from a naive young man who values honor, into a rash and ungrateful son who is determined to avenge his father, and then into a humbled man who must gain his honor and wealth starting from nothing. However, the two traits that stay constant throughout the story are his high opinion of honor and his adoration of his mother. When Albert is first introduced into

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas was published in 1844 by Bantam Dell, A Division of Random House, Inc.. Revenge was emphasized throughout The Count of Monte Cristo by Dantes seeking out the men who had done him wrong and taking charge of punishing them. Dantes realized that seeking revenge only led to regret and remorse for the things he had done because he cannot take the place of God when it came to punishing people. Through the entirety of the book Dantes encountered imprisonment

In the book The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Hate seems to be a stronger force than love, unlike the saying love is the strongest force in the world. Although in some instances love is a pretty strong force. In chapter 21 starting on page 119, the so called love of the Count of Monte Cristo is actually a mask for his hatred and revenge. Albert gets kidnapped by italian bandits led by Luigi Vampa. Vampa is a long time friend of the Count of Monte Cristo and The Count actually set

Amanda Gibbs 3-16-15 Research brief The Chateau d'if “Immortalised in Alexandre Dumas’ classic 1844 novel Le Comte de Monte Cristo (The Count of Monte Cristo), the 16th-century fortress-turned-prison Château d’If sits on the 30-sq-km island, Île d’If, 3.5km west of the Vieux Port. Political prisoners were incarcerated here, along with hundreds of Protestants, the Revolutionary hero Mirabeau, and the Communards of 1871.” (lonely planet) Despite the fact that this is a fictional book, this chateau