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Early on, the main character Odysseus is called to war and pulled away from his wife, Penelope, and newborn son. A comparison is that Edmond Dantes was forced to leave behind Mercedes in The Count of Monte Cristo. Odysseus faced extreme circumstances when trying to return to his family and his home in Ithaca. He faced obstacles on his way home from the Trojan War. He landed on the island of the Cyclops Polyphemus, Poseidon's son. When Odysseus blinded the

feeling when the deed is done? Revenge is useless and no one benefits from it. In Hamlet, all of the main characters died and in The Count of Monte Cristo, the Count regretted one of his plots. An unintentional tragedy had occurred in the Villefort household. The character Hamlet from the play, Hamlet by Shakespeare and Edmond Dantes from the Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas demonstrate the idea that despite being unhealthy and causing destruction. Revenge is a natural human desire. Articles

achieving such a goal. In “The Count of Monte Cristo” written by Alexandre Dumas and “Viva La Vida”written by the band Coldplay both authors use imagery and detail to emphasize the idea that power allows people to get overconfident with themselves when it can also be the greatest achievement to achieve. Alexandre Dumas demonstrates the theme of power by using imagery and detail. “...I’d be most certain of killing my opponent” (Dumas 139). The character of Monte Cristo is a perfect example of power getting

“It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.” -Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist. The Count of Monte Cristo, The Odyssey, and The Alchemist all follow the same path, the Hero’s Journey. Kings, sailors, and shepherds cross thresholds, venture into the unknown, and return a hero. Heroes like in these three tales fall into the abyss, and barely make it out alive. When returning home, heroes exemplify a moral or truth. Edmond, Odysseus, and Santiago each endure death and rebirth

Why is Alexandre Dumas Famous? Over the years I have been many books that I've read by many artists. Many of these books have caught my attention and made me realize how joyous it is to read books. But no other writer has ever had an impact on me like the great Alexandre Dumas. His style of writing is one that has lived with me in some dark times. Especially his novel The Three Musketeers, about a young man in a big city and the hardships he faces to achieve his dream of fulfilling his destiny of

Everyone wants to get to the top of the ranks, in “Viva La Vida” and The Count of Monte Cristo it is how they get to the top that matters. The song “Viva La Vida”, by Coldplay, is about someone that the reader can infer is a king and he used to be the ruler of a city until he was overthrown. The song then goes on to talk about his downfall and how he was a changed man from it. One character in The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas named Villefort, also felt like the ruler of his country. He

The Southwest Florida theater production of William Shakespeare's famous play "Hamlet" will be directed by Kevin Reynolds. In Which a Prince of Denmark named Hamlet, returns home from abroad only to find out his father the beloved King Hamlet senior has died, and his mother, Queen Gertrude remarried to the late King's brother Claudius Just a month after Hamlet senior died. Soon after, Prince Hamlet finds out from the ghost of King Hamlet, that King Claudius killed his father poisoning him in his

happening, also to try to hold the reader’s attention. In the novel The Count of Monte Cristo, author Alexandre Dumas, really chooses his words correctly to give the reader a sense of what’s happening. For example, “Villefort, astonished at this unexpected reply, started like a soldier who feels himself pierced beneath his armor and a slight movement of his disdainful lip indicated that he did not consider the Count of Monte Cristo to be a very civil gentleman.” (Dumas pg.210) This shows how the Count seemed

both, The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas) and Ender’s Shadow (Orson Scott Card), is that when a change is forced upon a person it will have an affect on the course of the world, not just the person the change was forced upon. Or as Isaac Newton would refer to this process, “Each and every action has an equal and opposite reaction” (Newton’s 3rd Law). The people that were on the short end of the stick in this theory were Ender, Bean, and Edmond Dantes (Count of Monte Cristo). Three characters

always conclude in happiness, but a lesson learned. For example, The Count of Monte Cristo, and the song “Viva La Vida” the writers use of figurative language reveals that theme human nature, and power, can lead to destruction ones life, and can corrupt them. For starters, when a traumatic event occurs, figurative language role play is exaggeration, which leads to confusion and sadness. For example, The Count of Monte Cristo, the death of Valentine makes her step-mom, the murder “a statue of terror”