Novel Study : The Count Of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas
Characters: Edmond Dantes: (Protagonist) Dantes is the most loyal character in the novel as he takes care of his dying captain and in order to satisfy he captains last needs so he promises to deliver a letter his captain gives him thinking its harmless. Dantes madly in love with a beautiful young lady who goes by the name of Mercedes. As they’re preparing for marriage Dante is suddenly taken into custody. He’s convicted of treason as the letter was a plan to overthrow the current government. In prison he meets Abbe Faria who helps him figure out the people who framed him. Abbe also gives a map to treasure map to Dantes which helps him gain wealth making it easier to achieve his revenge.
Monsieur Morrel: (Protagonist) Morrel is one of Dantes main support system as Morrel never leaves Dantes side no matter how bad the outcome seemed. Dantes saw him as another father figure. Morrel is very loyal and kind hearted as he tries to help Dantes father when Dantes is imprisoned. Morrel receives bad fortune as his ships are constantly wrecking and he’s in major debt until a mysterious benefactor comes and solves all his financial problems.(Dantes is his benefactor)
Mercedes: (Protagonist) She’s the fiancé of Dantes, she’s deeply in love with him, but she has another man after her who’d also love to have her hand in marriage she constantly turns him down. After Dantes is sent to jail, she looks after his father offering him a place to stay at her house, she looks over him until he dies. Mercedes finally marries Fernand after several years of Edmond’s impri...
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Settings: Marseilles, France: Is the location where everything starts to go downhill for Dantes, once he arrives at the port of Marseilles we get to witness the normal life of Dantes which is caring for his father and loving his fiancé Mercedes who’s being chased by Fernand as he also wants her love. Once the betrothal feast begins guards move in quick to arrest which moves the setting to the office of Villefort which is on Marseilles, this event moves Dantes to the prison where he is ashamed.
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“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
The Count of Monte Cristo, a captivating novel written by Alexander Dumas, tells the story of a young French sailor, Edmond Dantès, in 1815 who spends fourteen years in prison through the acts of his jealous and conspiring enemies. He eventually escapes with hatred and a vengeance that calculatingly dictates the kind of man he develops into. In this novel the Count of Monte Cristo, in secret Dantès, seeks nearly unrelenting revenge when he returns to Marseilles looking for his enemies. Acting under the self proclamation of divine providence, Dantès spends the first ten years of freedom, a prisoner of no emotion other then vengeful hatred.
Malouf describes the house of Dante’s childhood with words of freedom, revealing the memories through the eyes of a child. The old house represented a freedom, a casual yet organized environment. The old house was described as mysterious, ‘a wilderness transformed into a suburban farmlet’
Individually, the characters of Cato, Sordello, Statius, and Matelda each serve as corrected counterparts to other characters, allowing Dante to learn by comparisons. As a whole, these secondary guides are critical in shaping Dante-author’s vision of Purgatory and the lessons Dante-character is meant to learn. They bridge the gap between classical and Christian wisdom, and further the development of his Christian poet identity, to allow him to progress beyond his poetic models. They exemplify freedom, hope, divine guidance, and love as the key values in Purgatory, defining Dante’s Purgatorial experience and shaping his will to be virtuous enough to enter Paradise, the next step of his journey.
Ruud, Jay. Critical Companion to Dante: a Literary Reference to His Life and Work. New York: Facts On
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
Alexandre Dumas utilizes Edmond Dantes to show the effects of vengeance on a good person. In the beginning of the novel, Edmond is well-liked by everyone, he is a kind and caring person, and good fortune is bestowed upon him. Furthermore, Edmond portrays being a good son when he declines going to dinner with Morrel, and instead “‘[thinks he owes his] first visit to [his]
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 an escape with the help of a fellow prisoner. The prisoner informs Dantes that he knows where a treasure is that one man can not even dream about. Dantes friend then happens to die, leaving Dantes with the information of where the treasure is. After escaping, and cheating death, Dantes strikes it rich when he discovers the treasure of which his friend talked about. From here on, the Count of Monte Cristo is born, and he sets off to seek revenge at those who put him in prison. Many people believe that Edmond abandoned his former self and tried to became the Count of Monte Cristo however, there are still some traces of Edmond Dantes locked up inside the Count.
Dante’s Inferno is the narration told of the life of Dante Alighieri. The narration is done by Dante himself where he explains his life and various encounters. Dante is known for writing various stories and poems which he did after he was exiled from Florence where he was an ambassador. He had lived a life among the middle class, loved and lost his love to death, and gotten into leadership in Florence. His various experiences in life had caused him to have a distorted view of the purity of the Catholic Church in its indulgence in politics. The terms of the exile demanded that his return would be punishable by death.
their self accomplishments. In the astounding novel, The Count of Monte Cristo,by Alexandre Dumas, Edmond Dantés is betrayed by several characters as he is sent off to prison for something he did not do. Fernand Mondego not only betrays Edmond, but also betrays Haydee, the count’s slave and lover. In the novel, Fernand Mondego acts as the ultimate betrayer because he is envious of Edmond for his happy life and killing Haydée’s father.
Dunstan He is the protagonist of the novel. He values spiritual things and tries to discover the inner good in everyone. He leaves a lot of things in his life up to chance, as he never really gains control over his life. He is just "Fifth Business" of everyone else in the world as he so discovers in the end.
He walks the reader through the mess of political strife and bloodshed and he is very detailed in the inner workings of the Committee of Public Safety. He also writes as if the reader knows nothing about the French Revolution. This is a very helpful aspect of the book. Another strong point in this particular story is that there is a map of The First French Republic in the front of the book. There is also a key for the titles of the months according to the French Republican Calendar. This calendar is useful in the reading because depending on the time of year as well as the situation he is writing about, he uses month names such as Ventôse which, in current translation is around the twentieth of
Dantes was in prison or 14 years during that time he was studying multiple subjects with his companion and mentor, Abbe Faria. Dantes walks into the prison poor, uneducated, and hopeless he walks out an intelligent man with resources and optimistic about his future. Dantes had 14 years to learn and grow with the help from his cell mate. During Dante’s imprisonment, an inmate named Abbe Faria teaches him more about the world, how to be resourceful, and different languages; all of which help Dantes extract revenge on people who wronged him. When Dantes escapes from prison he uses everything he learned to help him achieve the vengeance against many people who wronged him.
A man clever and ruthless, but when one gets to know him one will realize he is a conceited murderer. The man that fits the description is Montresor, a fictional character created by Edgar Allan Poe. He is of noble venetian descent but other than that not much else is known about him. He is the villainous antagonist who illustrates the theme of a perfect revenge. In the story The Cask of Amontillado he exacts his perfect revenge without impunity upon his victim, Fortunato.
	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.