The Count of Montecristo by Alexandre Dumas

People have weaknesses and sins that can take complete control of their minds, or make them break down as a person. These things are meant to be kept a secret, but once someone finds out about them, they have the power to take advantage and eventually put you down. In the novel, The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, a man by the name of Edmond Dantés, otherwise known as the Count of Monte Cristo, has suffered to the extent in prison because he had been sent there by the jealousy of others. As soon as he finds out who was involved in committing this act, they will be punished relentlessly until their death. The enemies he will take his vengeance on are jealous men by the names of Fernand, Danglars, and Villefort. The Count uses their weaknesses and sins to his advantage in order to befriend them, then betray them take them to seek out his revenge, vengeance, and justice.

The Count of Monte Cristo uses a specific weakness for one of his enemies. Baron Danglars. The reason Danglars is one of the Count’s enemies is because he is one of the jealous men that put the Count into prison. Baron Danglars’ main weakness is money. The count uses this to his advantage because he knows that Danglars will fall apart and break down as a person if he takes his money away from him. One ways he does this is by telling Danglars that he would like to have an unlimited amount of credit at the bank. After Danglars approves of his request, the Count withdraws five million francs. Afterwards, the Count calls on a bandit by the name of Luigi Vampa to kidnap Danglars and take all of his money. Although Danglars suffers without being harmed physically, he now has lost his reputation, his family, and his money. “I’m the man you betrayed and dishono...

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... through those agonizing years of hell. The Count of monte cristo has now been successful on what he intended to do to Monsieur de Villefort.

In the novel The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, the Count of Monte Cristo serves justice to those who made him suffer in prison for fourteen years by using their different weaknesses and sins. He now feels accomplished in what he did to those people. At one point, the Count second guessed himself as not being as powerful as a man that he really was. Now that he has taken out all the people that turned against him, he feels like he completed his task. The Count of Monte Cristo will now be with Haydee. Wherever he plans on going, or what he plans on doing, he will succeed. Many people have different weaknesses and sins, and these two things will be enough to take any person down in their reputation and life.