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the initial conspirator for Dantes’ imprisonment. On the Pharaon, Danglers is the pursuer while Dantes is the first mate, and from the very beginning of the novel Danglars is extremely jealous of Dantes, for “he was as much disliked by the crew as Edmond Dantes was liked by them” (2). Danglars’ initial offense against Dantes is that, out of his jealousy, he not only tries “to breathe some evil insinuation against his comrade into the shipowner’s ear” (7), but also writes a letter to the king’s attorney

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

of the book Dantes encountered imprisonment, revenge, remorse, and enlightenment which led him into many life changing moments that shaped the man that he became by the end of his journey. Throughout The Count of Monte Cristo a man by the name of Edmond Dantes struggled through multiple situations.

the very mention of which can cause the faint-hearted to tremble in fear. However, one man, Edmond Dantes, grins devilishly at the idea of such tragedies striking those who wronged him. Dantes is the main character in the novel The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. Edmond started out as a happy young man that never missed an opportunity to help uplift others, but as the story progressed and Edmond fell victim to his devious peers he became much more sinister. So it’s not surprising that at

against one another. Fernand is quick to betray people for his own gain; especially Edmond, which led to a harsh grudge against him. Fernand’s act of betrayal was the harshest against Edmond. From the beginning, Fernand envies Edmond’s relationship with Merccédès and betrays him to get her. Fernand kept bugging Mercédès from the start about her love and devotion for Edmond, trying to dig out a false answer (Dumas 12). Edmond calls Fernand an enemy at first, not hesitant to strike him down until Mercédès

The Count of Monte Cristo, a historic fiction novel written by French author Alexander Dumas, details the life of a young sailor named Edmond Dantès. In the beginning of the book, Dantès is a happy go lucky young man with a promising future, a supportive father, and a loving fiancé, Mercedes. However, his world soon falls apart when on his wedding day, he is falsely arrested, and imprisoned, for treason. After spending fourteen years in prison, Dantès escaped, developed a new persona as the Count

For Edmond Dantes in The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, life doesn’t seem to be going in his favor. He was sent to prison for fourteen years because, whom he thought were his friends, turned him in for something he did not do. Great friends, right? During those fourteen years, he had time to plot his revenge in a meticulous and, quite frankly, petty way. Because of this, I think he enjoys seeing people squirm more than anybody. He appreciates a good execution and loves the gore of it all

worst villains. In The Count of Monte Cristo, Edmond Dantes is living life unbelievably at age nineteen, “he’ll marry the girl, become captain of the Pharaon and have the laugh on all of us...unless I take a hand in things” (16). Danglers is going to get in the way of Dantes and try to ruin his life. Danglars and Fernand “were jealous of him, one because of love and the other because ambition,”(104) Fernand wishes to love Mercedes, who is in love with Edmond Dantes, and Danglars is jealous with ambition

The 928 page book, The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, is about a nineteen year old boy named Edmond Dantés, who is sent to prison for an act of treason he did not commit. While in prison he meets an Italian priest who turned Dantés into a well educated man and figures out the story behind Dantés’ demise. Dantés vowed to punish the people who had harmed him. When the priest died, Edmond escaped in the body bag. Then he found the Treasure of Monte Cristo and he became known as The Count

Dumas is a perfect example of this as the main character, Edmond Dantes takes on revenge after being unfairly imprisoned by the people around him. There are several people involved, including Danglars, Fernand, and Villefort, but who holds the most culpability? Among the three perpetrators, the person who bears the most fault is Danglars; he is the one who destroys Edmond Dantes’s entire life. First of all, due to Danglars’s actions, Edmond Dantes goes through hardships that could have been prevented