Psychopathy of Edmond Dantes The character Edmond Dantes has a complex way of how he views the world and how he thinks, which is crucial to understand to comprehend the actions he does. For seeking revenge most people would seek something immediate and direct such as murder, or serious harm to friends or family. Edmond Dantes does something different though, he plans a way of revenge which takes longer time than most would have patience for, in an effort to turn their strength and weaknesses and
Edmond Dantes has been changed throughout the novel due to many things. His once carefree naive self was changed by nearly fifteen years in prison. While in prison he plans his revenge against the people that caused him to be wrongly imprisoned. After his escape and his finding of the treasure on Monte Cristo, he soon becomes the Count of Monte Cristo to disguise his true identity while going through with his plans as well as many other guises. This many masked man than uses his many guises to slowly
tricked. Like Erin, Edmond Dantes, a character from Alexandre Dumas’, “The Count of Monte Cristo”, is positive that his life will go exactly as he planned it and that everyone he meets is his friend. In “The Count of Monte Cristo”, Dantes a young man with a fabulous life ahead of him, or at least he thought. He is innocently thrown into Chateau d’If and is trapped there for 14 years. Dantes and Faria, the man in the cell next to him, plan for escape but when Faria becomes ill, Dantes decides to stay
Edmond Dantes: Reborn as the Count of Monte Cristo Everyday people seem change themselves in one way or another, but sometimes people change their appearance and personality to the point where those who were close to them, can not even recognize them in a crowd. The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas, is a story of a sailor, Edmond Dantes, who was betrayed during his prime time of his life by the jealousy of his friends. Dantes is sent to prison where he spends countless years planning
way. And so did the protagonist in the story, Edmond Dantes. It was very obvious in the movie that it was primarily about revenge. Yet I took the story more on the fact that was stated in the movie that “God is everywhere”. God’s presence with us is one of His greatest gifts to us. In Matthew 28:20, the Lordd said that He is always with us even to the end of age. From the moment of conception up to the moment we die, God is with us. In the movie, Edmond felt alone in Chateu d’If for a couple of years
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
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
Busoni that he does not believe in God. Only moments later, Edmond Dantes reveals himself to him, and he spends his dying breath asking the Lord to forgive him. Edmond Dantes, looking at his corpse, whispers “one”. This was the first evident moment in Alexandre Dumas’s The Count of Monte Cristo where Edmond Dantes achieves any justification on his enemies for the wrongs they have done to him. After twenty years of meticulous planning, Dantes carries out his plan of ultimate revenge on his enemies in
The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas, the main character, Edmond Dantes, faces an injustice that transforms his compassion into cruelty. Taking place during the downfall of Napoleon, the novel illustrates the power of status, wealth, and political opinions in French society through Edmond Dantes’ misfortunes and victories. After withstanding fourteen years in the Chateau’ d’If prison and acquiring an immense fortune, Dantes begins his plot for revenge. The Count is completely justified in
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
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 returns from exile to invade Europe. This Action, Adventure, and Drama film will keep you on the edge of your seats as you go through all the mixed emotions of Edmund Dantes. The film is directed by Kevin Reynolds who has also directed movies
they never would have guessed. Some even found redemption with the help of others. Guy Montag from the novel Fahrenheit 451 finds redemption through freedom and liberation. The lawyer in the short story The Bet redeems himself by way of recovery. Edmond Dantes achieved his redemption through deception. These three characters redeem themselves in different ways, but something they all share is that they all go through the process of redemption and become reformed in some way. Guy Montag, the protagonist
predictable and unsurprising thing. Then why is it that when someone wants to avenge wrongdoings, revenge becomes such an emotionally and mentally draining process? Edmond Dantes is creating his own pathway of revenge that involves his newfound level of importance and surprising those who wronged him in the past. The likelihood that Dantes will be satisfied in taking revenge is high because he is motivated by power and because he is not the type that is expected to cause harm to others. According to
The character of Edmond Dantes played by James Caviezel starts out a young lowly sailor who is madly in love with Mercedes Iguanada (Dagmara Dominczyk) and hopes to marry her once he acquires enough money to do so. His best friend Fernand Mondego (Guy Pearce) who also seems infatuated with Mercedes, knowingly turns Edmond over to the authorities for treason where he is imprisoned in Chateau d’If on a remote island for 13 years. During the first part of his stay in prison, Dantes wallows in misery
that crushes those who plotted his demise. Fernand Mondego and Danglars both wronged Dantes, and both were motivated by envy. Both men were filled with jealousy and never thought of the consequences of their actions. Villefort disposes of Dantes because of ambition. He would stop at nothing to climb the aristocratic ladder. Finally, Caderousse, a man that is simply ill natured, helped in the destruction of Dantes> None of these men could fathom how costly the price of these injustices would be
and vengeance. It's a story of Edmond Dantes, a sailor who is betrayed by his enemies & thrown into jail for a crime he didn't commit. He was accused of "committing treason and being a bonapartist". In the 14 years Edmond is in jail his personality starts to change. This story takes place during "the Napoleonic Era while the usurper, Napoleon has escaped to his place of exile, the isle of Elba, located in the Mediterranean Sea". Seven years into prison Edmond is seeking revenge on his enemies
including the assayed murder of his son, Andrea, by burying him alive when he was a newborn. Gerard is also one of the three main conspirators in the Count's arrest and imprisonment; it is he who is the most measurable of the three. The Count, Edmond Dantes, was an innocent man about to be married, before Gerard’s conception between right and wrong was twisted by the name of his father in a letter. Also, Gerard forces his wife to commit suicide; even though he had had many faults of his own. Gerard
written by Alexander Dumas, is a story with a plot that is full of madness and vengeance. This story taking place during the Napoleonic Era shows us how a very naive character, Edmond Dantes, is betrayed by his “friends”. He is put in jail where he is to live the rest of his life. This unjust act stimulates anger in Dantes which arouses a feeling for vengeance in him. When he escapes from prison he plans his revenge and takes action until he has completed what he started and wished for. Since every
Monte Cristo" is a book which contains few characters but many identities. Edmond Dantes if not the main character, than one of the main characters kind of has a reality dysfunctional problem. In the book, Edmond Dantes creates various identities to fulfill his missions(fantasies). One of the few characters that Edmond Dantes transformed into was Sinbad the Sailor. At the beginning of the book, while Edmond was still Edmond Dantes, he work and pursued his career on a ship. The guy at which he worked
The main character is Edmond Dantes. He did many things in this story. He was a sailor, a lover, a friend, a captain, and a prisoner. Edmond was a tall, skinny black haired man in his twenties. When he was on the boat Pharon, the captain died and he was promoted to captain. When they return, he was convicted of treason and put into prison. Edmond was betrayed by the jealousy of his friends. His shipmate, Danglars, really wanted to be captain. Ferdinad wanted to marry Edmonds’ girl friend, Mercedes