The Count Of Monte Cristo Literary Analysis

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Revenge is like an eye for an eye or a tooth for a tooth. Most people have someone at a point in their life where they feel like they need to get revenge on someone for doing them wrong. The Count of Monte Cristo has a very strong revenge plot that everyone notices in the beginning of the novel. In The Count of Monte Cristo Caderousse, Danglars, and Fernand are trying to get revenge on Dantes and Dantes doesn't really like what they are doing because he did nothing wrong. People who want revenge will go to any extreme length to get revenge on the people they feel need to be put into place. Sometimes people turn around and decide to get back at the people who wronged them. Danglars comes up with writing a letter to falsely accuse Dantes. Danglars is trying to get revenge on Dantes. Danglars wants to get revenge on Dante's because he's jealous. Danglars is jealous of Dante's because Dantes is First mate and is about to be captain and Danglars is just the Pursuer. “I'm afraid Dantes good luck is going to hold out. Hell marry the girl, become captain of the pharaon and have the laugh on all of us…” (Dumas 16). Danglars wrote the letter falsely …show more content…

Caderousse, Farnand, and Dantes all got what they deserved, one by poverty and the other two by death. The count got revenge on them for putting him into prison just because they were jealous. Everyone notices at the beginning of The Count of Monte Cristo the triangle of revenge. Most people usually have someone at some point in their life where they feel like they need to get revenge on someone for doing them wrong. Some people can overcome their urge for revenge and others have been through worse and have to get revenge. In the end, Revenge is a very serious matter. Some people end up getting hurt far beyond what the person intended. Then the person who got revenge on someone feels guilt and wonders if they really did do the right thing or

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