Theme Of Suffering In The Count Of Monte Cristo

Famous for American sculpture, Kahlil Gibran once posited that “Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.” In The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Edmond Dantes, the protagonist, undergoes a significant amount of suffering. He is falsely accused of treason and imprisoned in the Chateau d’If for 14 years because of his loyalty to Captain Leclere. Dantes grows more ambitious and eager day by day to seek vengeance to those who made him suffer. Throughout the novel, Dantes uses different identities to bring justice to the people he has seen daily. Therefore, it is clear that Dantes experiences the greatest suffering in the novel through his loss, grief, and betrayal, and undergoes

Dantes takes on the identity of Abbé Busoni while talking to Caderousse, and as they talk about Edmond’s father, Caderousse says that he died of starvation. Because he wasn’t “Dantes” at the moment, he didn’t show on the outside that he took it to heart and simply said, “A sad, sad tragedy!” (104). Inside, because Dantes’ father is the only person he cares for in the same blood line, he takes it more to heart that his own father passed away. This proves that Dantes stays strong even though it is one of the hardest times in his life. One of his greatest friends, Abbé Faria also dies of catalepsy. After he is left with a corpse, “overmastering terror seized him; he dared press no more the hand that hung down from the bed,” (78). Dantes was mortified and didn’t know what to do next. After living like father-like-son, he was scared and was scarred in loss. This shows that Dantes has to overcome two deaths in the novel. For Abbé, Dantes wanted to find the treasure, but for his dad, he wanted for Caderousse, Fernand, and Danglars to pay the

He is betrayed by Danglars, Fernand, and Caderousse for their own will and happiness in life. After the arrest, Danglars speaks to himself saying “So far everything is succeeding wonderfully.... I am already temporary captain, and if that fool of a Caderousse can be persuaded to hold his tongue, I shall soon have the job for good and all, “(21). This example shows that Danglars was the main person who wanted him gone badly. After finding this out, Dantes develops his character and becomes a stronger person inside. He becomes vengeful and is willing to go any limit to seek revenge. He then gets betrayed again by the love of his life, Mercédes. When Mercédes was talking with Fernand in the beginning of the book, she says “I will always love him as long as I live. If he is dead then I shall die too,” (11). After Dantes escapes the Chateau d’If, he finds out Mercedes betrayed him for Fernand. This states that Mercedes left Dantes for a different man, meaning that what Mercédes previously said was not true and Dantes got betrayed by her. After finding out Mercedes is married to Fernand, he grows more ambitious to seek revenge to