Count Of Monte Cristo Literary Analysis

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There is no mere man capable of exacting revenge without consequence, though it is hard for some to overcome the past without closure. In Alexandre Dumas’ novel, The Count of Monte Cristo, Edmond Dantes, and later the titular count, is torn between a pursuing vengeance against enemies who had him wrongfully imprisoned for fourteen years and reinventing himself with the riches he obtained shortly after his release. Though Dantes begins a genuine, hardworking young man, his imprisonment in the Chateau d’If allows the seed of revenge to fester in his heart. Dumas illustrates the conflict between Dantes’ begrudging his false accusers and letting go of the past through the employment of a reversed baptism in Dantes’ escape from prison, the juxtaposed personalities of Dantes’ aliases, and his later regret for the innocent victims claimed upon his revenge-scheme’s fruition. …show more content…

Dantes sinking into the water is the true “death” of him, that he so professes later in the novel, and the birth of the vengeful Count: it is the sea, the “graveyard” of the prison where he buries his past self, his past goals, and his past values in favor of more twisted ideas and plans. Whileas the original Dantes and his character would be wholly against the assistance of bandits and murderers, such as Luigi Vampa’s band, the fresh Count embraces the resources he foresees. As the novel progresses, Dantes repeatedly announces that Edmond Dantes died in the Chateau d’If, even when he announces his true identity to his enemies, emphasizing that amid his imprisonment and plans for his subsequent revenge, Dantes had forgone his original self, values, and

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