Quotes In The Count Of Monte Cristo

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. Although Monte Cristo is a large part of the deaths, kidnapping and loss of wealth he is not wholly responsible for the misfortunes of envious backstabbers. The Count of Monte Cristo acts as a catalyst to expedite the inevitable. Edmond is innocent of all crimes because of Albert’s cockiness, Ferdinand’s cowardice and Madame de Villefort's motherly love.

“Instead of holding Luigi Vampa holding us up, we will hold him up. We will take him to Rome and present him to His Holiness the Pope, who will ask us what recompense we want for the great service.”(Dumas 178). This shows that even without the Count’s intervening, the bandits would still kidnap Albert. If Franz didn’t tell the coachmen to stay on the streets and wasn’t cautious from the innkeepers warnings, Vampa would get Albert before the Count wants him to. Therefore Albert would have found himself in trouble with Luigi Vampa at some point without the Count to get him out of