The Count of Monte Cristo The Count of Monte Cristo is a very powerful book. So powerful in fact, that was controversial when it was first released. The Catholic church in France condemned it because of its powerful message it presented the reader. This theme was one of revenge and vengeance. Monte Cristo had two goals - to reward those who were kind to him and his aging father, and to punish those responsible for his imprisonment and suffering. For the latter, he plans slow and painful
The Count of Monte Cristo 	The Count of Monte Cristo, written by Alexandre Dumas, tells the story of a man, Edmond Dantes, a sailor who goes through being betrayed by his enemies and thrown in to a dark prison cell to planning revenge on his enemies. His behavior and personality changes after spending 14 years in jail for a crime that he didn’t commit. Edmond Dantes was thrown in jail ,after being framed by his enemies, accused of committing treason and being a bonapartist. The story
The Count of Monte Cristo By: Alexandre Dumas Type of Literary Work: Historical Novel This book is an example of a historical Novel. It is historically accurate, and consists of characters that could have existed in the nineteenth century. Theme:Judgment Day comes to us all inevitably. We all pay for all evil and injustices of our life, yet sometimes there will be someone so viciously wronged, that he will return like a wrath of nature, with and unquenchable thirst for vengeance. Such a vendetta
The Count of Monte Cristo The Count of Monte Cristo is an interesting tale about a sailor named Dantes who changes his whole persona in order to get back at his enemies. Dantes becomes a number of different people in order to carry out his plans. The changes Dantes went through made his different stages as a sailor and later as a mastermind of vengeance seem like day and night. Although Dantes seems very naïve at the beginning of the story, he becomes very sharp during his stay in jail. By the
The Count of Monte Cristo Journal In the beginning of the book The Count of Monte Cristo we meet Edmond Dantès; he comes across as a model of honesty, ability, and innocence. “He was a fine tall, slim young fellow, with black eyes, and hair as dark as a ravens wing; and his whole appearance bespoke that calmness and resolution peculiar to men accustomed from their cradle to contend with danger (pg 4).” Regardless of his youth, he is a useful leader to his sailors. He was also very devoted to
"The Count of Monte Cristo" is a movie that has piracy, Napoleon in exile, betrayal, prison, secret messages, escape tunnels, comic relief, a treasure map, and sweet revenge, and brings it in at under two hours, with performances by good actors who are well known in the acting community. Jim Caviezel stars, as Edmund Dantes, a very poor second mate on a supply ship owned by his best friend, Fernand Mondego (played by Guy Pearce) and his family. This film is based in France during 1815 before Napoleon
truthfully inside those pages and what excitement is held within. Whether the rising action be slow or quick, the climax must always be the same; exciting, heartwrenching, or suspenseful. There were many climaxes in Alexandre Dumas’s book The Count of Monte Cristo that could cause the reader to feel intimately with the characters and feed our hunger of anticipation for more and it is these things that make the book appealing to the reader. Such as the time Mercedes recognized Dantes, when Valentine and
portray characters in novels. Hate is strong characteristic to have because it can bring out the worst qualities out of person those who are considered loving people. Love is quality that describe as passion or affection for others.In the Count of Monte Cristo Mercédès and Madame De Villefort have these qualities and they are both very different. They are very different because Mercédès is beautiful loving women and Madame De Villefort is a hateful woman who is jealousy and greedy. The daughter
“Humble yourself or life will do it for you.” Having too much pride can cause karma to hit you very hard in life. The Count of Monte Cristo and Ozymandias are very common because they have very similar themes of being humble instead of having too much ego. In The Count of Monte Cristo Edmond Dantes, the main character, is in love with a beautiful young lady, Mercedes. His life is going very good to begin with anyway. He was promoted to captain of the Pharaon and was now making much more money than
‘The Count of Monte Cristo’ is the theme of despair and loss of hope. This theme is shown through many different characters and their struggles throughout the book. I think that this is an important theme because all though the book follows The Count of Monte Cristo through him seeking out vengeance, everything can be lead back to despair and the loss of hope. First, the Dantes family goes through loss of despair and loses hope many times throughout the novel. During Edmond’s (a.k.a. the Count of Monte
Identity in The Count of Monte Cristo An identity is more than just a name. Sometimes an identity is the first thing and possible the only thing a person notices about one or the other. A person's identity can represent their culture, their race and sometimes, even possible their family background. My identity is what represents me. For those who does not know me personally but knows my name, knows my identity. This identity is what people will recognize me as for now and possible for ever. When
century romantic era. One of the novels Dumas is most famous for is “The Count of Monte Cristo” of 1844. It is a story about a poor sailor named Edmond Dantes who was cruelly framed for treason, deceived, and sent to prison for a long time. After he discovers how his fate has come to be, he devises a very clever plan to escape and get his revenge on all parties involved with his mistreatment. To this date, “The Count of Monte Cristo” is one of the most well-known tales regarding love and revenge. Is
The Count of Monte Cristo: Revenge The Story of Edmond Dantès, the Sailor, who Becomes the Rich & Powerful Count of Monte Cristo and Takes Revenge on all his Enemies. Chesky Hoffman June 17, 1996 Dr. Goodale In this essay I will show how Edmond Dantes punishes his four enemies with relation to their specific ambitions. Edmond is sent to jail due to his enemies' jealousy. After he escapes he becomes rich and powerful and gets back at them. Before I relate to you how Dantes gets back at his enemies
Families are Found, Not Fated Family is universal, but while many families are composed of people with a common ancestor, some families are voluntary; each member chooses to share kinship’s special intimacy. The Count of Monte Cristo, written by Alexandre Dumas, deals with several themes throughout its text, including the topic of family; unorthodox families, like the ones described above, appear throughout the story. Dumas uses these families to weave issues of kinship and destiny together and challenge
it too far and the power was torn away from you. Viva La Vida explains the power of King Louis XIV and the fall of his rule because of the unstable structure. The Count of Monte Cristo is an adventurous story of one man’s wrong imprisonment and his excessive revenge on those who wronged him. In Viva La Vida and the Count of Monte Cristo both the author and the songwriter use diction and metaphors to convey the idea that even when you are powerful and have everything, you can feel lonely and that your
Women in The Count of Monte Cristo possess unique personalities, but intensely similar restrictions. Currently, women in the United States, as well as other countries, are able to have jobs, travel, and participate in many other activities that the ladies Dumas portrays are not allowed to. Feminist analysis of this book reveals the ways of the time and the delicate balance of society’s typical structure. In The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas realistically conveys that when women violate their
In the novel The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Edmond Dantes is wrongly accused of traitorous actions and gets thrown in jail. While planning his escape, Dantes is transformed into a bitter person consumed with revenge. Edmond befriends an older prisoner Abbe Faria who relays information of a hidden treasure and molds Edmond into Monte Cristo. With the death of his beloved friend Abbe Faria, Dantes is able to escape the Chateau d’If and have enough wealth to enact revenge on his conspirators
Vengeance in The Count of Monte Cristo The corpse of Madame de Villefort lay stretched across the doorway leading to the room in which Edward's lifeless body resided. Eyes filled with tears, the miserable M. de Villefort revealed the sorrowful scene to Dantes. After beholding the results of his revenge "Monte Cristo became pale at this horrible sight; he felt he had passed beyond the bounds of vengeance, and that he could no longer say 'God is for and with me.'" Set in France during the turmoil
idea, pattern of thought, image, etc., universally present in individual psyches.” (Dictionary) The Count of Monte Cristo, one of the novels that pioneer this theme, tells the story of a man’s quest for revenge on those who betrayed him. This man spends 14 years of his life imprisoned because of his betrayers, but he manages to escape to avenge his suffering. In the novel The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas uses the archetypes of the byronic hero, the betrayer and the old sage to demonstrate
¨The past cannot be changed the future is yet in your power¨ (unknown). This quote represents how the arrogance that Edmond Dantes and King Louis XIV in Viva la Vida had when they ruled “the world”. In the book, The Count of Monte Cristo, Edmond Dantes came ashore from The Pharon then, he met all his people back in his hometown. At Edmond’s betrothal feast, he was accused of planning Napoleon’s return also he was falsely imprisoned. When Edmond was imprisoned, he met Abbe Faria, who taught him everything