In “The Count Of Monte Cristo”Edmond Dantes benefited from the intelligence, critical thinking skills, and social skills that the abbe taught him in jail. In “The Count Of Monte Cristo”Edmond Dantes benefited from the intelligence that the abbe taught him in jail. Dante figures out that Caderousse, Danglars, and Fernand were plotting against him with some of the abbe’s help.This critical thinking late helps Dante escape. In “The Count Of Monte Cristo”Edmond Dantes benefited from the intelligence that the abbe taught him in jail. Dante uses his intelligence to get out of jail. He does this by putting on the deceased abbes clothing and sitting in the same position. He then covers his tracks by putting the abbe in his bed and makes and escape
“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 he used to be making. Although Edmond was a very happy and sympathetic person, some people were very envious of him. So Ferdinand, Danglars, and Caderousse, which were envious for very diverse reasons, decided to write a letter to the public prosecutor stating edmond’s visit to The Isle of Elba actually did indeed happen. The public prosecutor, Villefort, sees that the letter was intended to be
During Dantès’ time in the prison Château d’If, he becomes good friends with his neighboring prisoner, Abbé Faria, a priest who helps Dantès figure out who put him in prison and why. When Abbé dies from a disease he obtains from his past relatives, Dantès considers killing himself because he cannot bare the loneliness. Right before he makes the final decision to commit suicide, he cries out to himself “I want to live, to fight in to the end...
	Edmond Dantes imprisonment made a huge impact on his life. He spent 14 years in the dark and quiet Chateau d’If. During those 14 years he met a priest, Abbe Faria, which they met each other through a secret tunnel in which they both have created while in prison. An amazing transformation takes place in Edmond Dantes as he learns about his enemies and a large hidden treasure that contains a large sum of money. Abbe Faria is a very smart man, while in prison he taught Dantes many useful knowledge including the whereabouts of a large treasure located on the Isle of Monte Cristo.
Character Analysis: Maximilien Morrel In the book The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Dumas uses Maximilien Morrel as a comparable character; a foolish foil. In the beginning, Maximilien is painted as a hero who is as handsome as he is noble, but regrettably he meets the end of his character arc as a lovesick fool who cannot do anything without his lover. Out of all of the characters, Maximilien pulled the short straw in character arc and consequently, by the end of the book, is depicted as a milksop. Conversely, he is far from a milksop; Maximilien Morrel is a dependable hero.
Another insight into how Backus worked was the letter the FBI received from The Poet written to Bob Backus. Clearly acknowledging that there were two separate individuals within Backus. Backus also must have thought that he was smarter than everyone to think he could commit these crimes and not get caught.
In "Ripping off some Room for People to "Breathe Together" by Simone Weil Davis and Michaels Bruce argue over the importance of education in prisons. They convey their argument by providing brief stories of prisoners that describe how education has helped them throughout their sentence. In addition, they mention that educational programs in prisons do not necessarily need to focus on math and science or the standard subjects taught in school. Instead, educational programs such as design and outreach have been put in place and have shown to tremendously benefit prisoners. In contrast Davis and Bruce bring up a downfall that has occurred
6). If Dante hadn't met Beatrice much of his work would have never been written.
There is no doubt that when bad things happen to people, they want to reflect their misery on others whom they think caused it, which is exactly what happened with Edmond Dantes, a once innocent man who became consumed by hatred.
“If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading or do things worth writing.” This maxim applies to the poet Dante Alighieri, writer of The Inferno in the 1300s, because it asserts the need to establish oneself as a contributor to society. Indeed, Dante’s work contributes much to Renaissance Italy as his work is the first of its scope and size to be written in the vernacular. Due to its readability and availability, The Inferno is a nationalistic symbol. With this widespread availability also comes a certain social responsibility; even though Dante’s audience would have been familiar with the religious dogma, he assumes the didactic role of illustrating his own version of Christian justice and emphasizes the need for a personal understanding of divine wisdom and contrapasso, the idea of the perfect punishment for the crime. Dante acts as both author and narrator, completing a physical and spiritual journey into the underworld with Virgil as his guide and mentor. The journey from darkness into light is an allegory full of symbolism, much like that of Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, which shows a philosopher’s journey towards truth. Therefore, Dante would also agree with the maxim, “Wise men learn by others’ harms; fools scarcely by their own,” because on the road to gaining knowledge and spiritual enlightenment, characters who learn valuable lessons from the misfortunes of others strengthen their own paradigms. Nonetheless, the only true way to gain knowledge is to experience it first hand. Dante’s character finds truth by way of his own personal quest.
"Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom" -Aristotle. In Dante's Inferno, the author exemplifies the meaning of this quote, as he and Virgil spiral downward into the 9 layers of hell to realize Dante’s own self. On the two poets’ journey they witness the brutal punishments that past lives that have sinned must undergo. In seeing the pain and punishment of these souls, some of them people he once knew, accompanied with Virgil’s guidance and words; Dante goes from being squeamish and hypersensitive to a more collected and steady individual. In reality, Dante Alghieri was born to a family of politicians in Florence, Italy 1265. He grew up in love with Beatrice Portinari, though he was married to Gemma Donati. Ironically he was eventually exiled from Florence by a relative of his wife. In this exile, Dante wrote some of his most famous works including The Divine Comedy: Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradisio, which were largely influenced by his love for Beatrice. These works are considered some of the greatest Italian writings. He eventually died in 1321. Just as fictional Dante found himself through his experience in hell in Inferno with Virgil’s and his friends’ above help, the journey of self-discovery serves a universal role in everyone's lives appearing in it's own unique way, and never without guidance.
While he lies on the ground gasping for breath, Caderousse tells the Abbe 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 order to achieve the justice he believes he deserves. In his novel, Dumas shows that to obtain true justice—whether personal or societal—one must understand the limits of
In Dante’s Inferno, the relationship between Dante the Pilgrim and Virgil the Guide is an ever-evolving one. By analyzing the transformation of this relationship as the two sojourn through the circles of hell, one is able to learn more about the mindset of Dante the Poet. At the outset, Dante is clearly subservient to Virgil, whom he holds in high esteem for his literary genius. However, as the work progresses, Virgil facilitates Dante’s spiritual enlightenment, so that by the end, Dante has ascended to Virgil’s spiritual level and has in many respects surpassed him. In Dante’s journey with respect to Virgil, one can see man’s spiritual journey towards understanding God. While God loves man regardless of his faults, His greatest desire is to see man attain greater spirituality, in that man, already created in God’s image, may truly become divine, and in doing so, attain eternality.
In conclusion, in order to succeed in his journey of enlightenment through hell, Dante uses active perception and self-reflection. Active perception occurs when one regards something or someone and learns from that observation; this type of perception combines both seeing and learning. Bad perception, on the other hand, occurs when one is simply staring passively at a subject for a lengthy period of time without gaining anything substantial in the exchange. Lastly, Dante learns about himself when he sees Alberigo. He sees a mirror image of himself in him, because Alberigo is also alive in hell.
How they constituted their world through the life of crime. It was amazing to see the skills I’ve learned and was able to put into action with individuals incarcerated. The inmates felt confident to confide in me, expressing their need for additional help with reading, math, or writing a letter home to their loved ones. Often the inmates would expound indicating, “if you were my teacher back when, I wouldn’t be in this situation today”. I realized I wanted to teach adults, and I could achieve greatness in others if I so desired.
Prisons are historically meant to be a place of punishment for those that have committed one or more crimes, but it was not a proper rehabilitation for prisoners that are to be released back into society. The benefit of having an education program can enrich the inmates of their learning experiences and improve their knowledge and ability as an individual to return to society with a chance for future success. This spark of interest for this topic has given me a reason to believe that if prisoners were given an education, there are certain aspects of a person that can be improved and also benefit them to fit back into society which can be a step forward than a step backwards to what they are trying to achieve.