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Marseilles
dantes home town; france - harbor
dantes
main character; sailor on Phaoron - loves outdoors
pharon
edmond was sailor on ship - morrel owns
morrel
owner of pharon
captain leclere
captain of pharon who died
danglars
accountant o ship - hates edmond; jealous - wrote letter
isle of elba
where pharon stopped to drop off package; where napoleon has been exiled
marshal bertrand
who the package was going to; napoleon's right hand man
mercedes
the woman dantes loves; catalan
gaspard caderousse
tailor and neighbor of dantes father - helped with letter
village of the catalans
spanish community; gypsies came to france - mercedes lives there
fernand mondego
mercedes' lovestruck cousin who wants to marry her; jealous of dantes - first cousin of mercedes - helped with letter
la reserve
dantes prenuptial dinner is at; where he is taken by men b/c of letter
gerard de villefort
district attourney - major role
renee de saint meran
fiance of villefort- parents are royalists; extremely rich
napoleon
ruler of france; exiled in elba
louis XVIII
ruler of france - fat, spoiled, coward
robespierre
leader of french revolution
monsieur noirtier
who the letter was addressed to - villefort's father; bonapartist
chateau d'If
legendary prison for political prisons; island off coast of marseilles - does exist; known for terror
"mad priest" - abbe faria
inmate at chateau d'If; went mad
contraband
illegal goods
tenacity
stubborn courage
supplicated
pleaded or prayed for
partisans
supporters
inertia
property at which somethign remains at rest unless acted upon
apathy
not caring; showing no emotion
blacas
kings servant
abbe faria
mad priest in prison/tunneler/proves to not be so mad
ceasar spada
last of rich spada family/ wrote will to nephew and hit treasure b/c pope was corrupt
giovanni rosipiglios
the other man picked to be a cardinal
benevolence
kindness
blasphemies
profanities; swear words
wrath
anger
lucidity
clearness of mind
reverie
daydreams; dreams
how does dantes misfortune benefit villefort in this chapter?
it advances his social ranking because he read Napoleon's letter to the king; the king offers him a legion of honor and says that he owes him and if he forgets he just has to show him the cross
how do the events of history have an affect on dantes life
it is why he is in prison; Napoleon comes back for the 100 days - morrel come sot talk to him and says to let him out; but he is not released because villefort knows he could make trouble/ and won't release when the King comes back
how do the events of history have an affect on the life of villefort
it made him more powerful - he was not going to marry someone who was a royalist when napoleon in power and vice versa
how does morrel show himself to be a true friend to dantes
he keeps going and trying to get him free; pays off his debts and his father's debts; finally gives up - dantes father dies and has a lot of debt and he pays for it and takes care of the funeral
describe edmonds attitude in prison and include the 5 stages of misery
pride
doubt
prays to man
prays to God
wrath/rage
what does edmond say prayer is
prayer - a happy person doesn't nee to pray it is just a jumble of words; until sorrow comes to tell you what it means (until you have a reason to pray)
find an example of foreshadowing
he's starting to plan revenge
what causes the change in edmond's attitude
he wants to kill himself - can stop eating or hang himself; chooses to starve because they would hang pirates and he didn't want to associate himself with that/ he then hears a noise and tests the noise - someone in the wall is digging; he decides to try to dig and find out who it is; he has now been in there 7 years; he starts to use a handle off a pitcher and was digging at the brick instead of the mortar for one whole day; he learned that faria had been in prison 4 years longer
relate the prisoner's, who meets dantes story
he has been in prison 4 years longer than dantes, (11 years), he has been trying to make a tunnel out since the day he got in
how long has dantes been in prison
7 years
describe faria using direct and indirect characterization. make sure you give examples
he is determined to get out (build tunnel)
he is very smart and resourceful (teaches dantes langauges and other classes)
he's old and crafty
hopeful
problem solver
people think he's crazy (treasure story)
grey eyebrows, long black beard, short white hair, about 6 foot 6 foot 5, beard down to chest
example of foreshadowing?
he is helping dantes figure out who put him in jail
explain how faria helps edmond to instill in his heart a feeling that wasn't there before: vengeance.
he helps him figure out who put him in prison and why is there
explain farias plan for him and edmond
the plan is to build a tunnel out of the prison and escape
explain dantes relationship to the abbe
they are extremely close; it is like a father son relationship
briefly relate the story of the spada treasure
spada left treasure to his nephew; they killed the nephew by poisoned wine
describe dantes using direct and indirect characterization.
honest, not vengeful, he's giving and loving, well loved, humble, dark eyes and black hair, 19, responsible and reliable, naive, trusts people too easily, faithful
how does the action on the ship and on the island of elba affect the life of dantes
he chooses to be a man of honor and fulfill the captain's dying request - danglars finds out; when giving the letter Bertrand gives him a letter to villefort's father to deliver - he is made captain
describe the relationship between danglars and dantes.
danglars is stalker like to him - leader of writing letter - life mission to hurt dantes; caderousse doesn't want to the letter to be sent; danglars writes letter
describe dantes relationship with his father
he is giving, loving, caring, watches out for him, makes sure he has money and food, will build a house for him
describe caderousse's relationship with dantes
he is 2 faced towards dantes - he isn't a very good friend to him and is only out for himself
describe fernand and mercedes' relationship
fernand loves mercedes but she doesn't love him back;he is passionate for her; he asked her to marry her many times - he only wants a wife and a house keeper
describe edmond and mercedes' relationship
they are deeply in love and faithful to each other
describe the plot against dantes and each man's role in the plot
caderousse, danglars, and fernand write a letter that says dantes has a letter from napoleon to high official - gives a red flag; maybe some secrets
give 2 examples of foreshadowing
no that's true i might almost say that it will bring him bad luck
i thought you were catalan. I've always heard that a Catalan was not a man to let himself be pushed aside by a rival.
What is happening in Chapter 4, and what marks the occasion
dantes is celebrating his prenuptials at a restaurant; the men are planning and writing the letter
what does edmond mean when he says, "joy sometimes has a strange effect: it can oppress us almost as much as sorrow?"
it means that people will hate you for being happy; they will be jealous that you are happy and want you to be sad like them
how does chapter 5 parallel the action in chapter 4
they are now at villefort's engagement party
describe villefort
he is driven by his abition, self centered, wants to be successful, thinks he cares for his wife, is a loyalist (or whatever the person in power is), worries about what others think, ambitious
how does morrel become involved
he goes and talks to villefort and tells him that he has the wrong man in that prison; tries to get him out and pays off all his father's debts and such
villefort is the equivalent to an assistant district attourney in our day. What do you find unusual about his meeting with Dantes
he destroys the evidence against dantes and asks dantes to lie for him
describe the chateau d'If and what life would be like for dantes in the prison
it is a political prisoner prison; they get nothing - you must pay if you want stuff; he is lonely and isolated and tries to kill himself; desolate
Isle of Tiboulen
where dantes swam to - the closest to the chateau d'If
Jacopo
was a sailor on the smuggler boat; saved dantes - proved to be selfless, loyal, and a good friend to dantes
jeune - amelie
the smuggler ship that edmond is saved on
isle of monte cristo
the island where the treasure is
requiem
a mass for the dead
tartan
a small one mast coasting vessel
explain how faria and dantes escape from the chateau d'If
faria dies - he had a last stroke that killed him even though dantes tried to pour the liquid in him; faria is in a shroud so dantes takes his body out, puts faria in his cell with something over his head and puts himself into the shroud; he thinks he will be buried but is thrown into the ocean
explain how dantes explains his unusual state of being to the smugglers
he pretends to be the only living sailor from the boat crash; he is naked with long hair and a long beard - he said he made a religious pledge to mary and it just happened to end today
how long had dantes been in prison - how old was he when he went in and when he got out
he went in at age 19 and got out at 33. he had been in prison for 14 years
describe the affects the chateau d'if had on dantes physically
wrinkly, lengthened face, sad eyes, strong, completely different looking, pale, firm lips, arched brows, had expression of intelligence, stocky body, can see extremely well in dark
how long does he wait to go to monte cristo
2 1/2 to 3 months
explain how dantes recovers treasure
he makes sure that people are watching and he purposely falls; says hes hurt and to leave him - pick him up next time they come around; jacopo offers to stay - shows selflessness and dantes says he will be rewarded - he moves aside a big boulder into sea and moves false wall - gets the large chest
describe the treasure chest and its contents
it's 2 feet wide and 3 feet long - split into 3 sections; gold bricks, jewels, and gold coins
what is the first thing dantes spends his money on and why
he buys a yacht with the 4 tiny diamonds that are worth 5000 and money to get a crew for jacopo then sends him to see how his father and mercedes are doing
what news is dantes given about his past life
his father died and mercedes is missing
what does dantes do after learning about his father and mercedes
he buys a yacht with a special compartment, goes to monte cristo, puts a part of the treasure in the yacht and returns to marseilles as an english man
pont du garde
the inn where caderousse lives
the italian priest (abbe busoni)
disguise of dantes
ru du mont blanc
home of danglar's (rich neighborhood in france)
count of Morcerf
fernand's new title
ali pasha
leader of the greek people - fernand worked for him - received a lot of money; bought himself a title
head clerk of thomson and french office (english)
disguise of dantes
mayor of marseilles
dantes asks him about Morrel (english man)
monsieur de boville
dantes buys debt of morrel for him
emmanuel herbault
employee of morrel; julie morrel's fiance
why can't emmanuel marry julie?
because she is poor
cocles
faithful employee of morrel
julie morrel
daughter of morrel
penelon
sailor on pharon; dantes knew him; friends
sinbad the sailor
a disguise of dantes (french man)
maximilien
son of morrel - 22; in miliary
exactitude
being to the point; concise
edifice
a building
what happened to caderousse
he is a poor inn owner - married; wife is ill - has nothing
what does caderousse boast of
he boasts that he is an honest man
what happened to dantes
he is supposedly dead; abbe busoni said that he gave him his last right and that dantes gave him a diamond to split between 5 of his faithful friends
what happened to fernand
he was promoted in the army; a good soldier - worked for the king of greece and was given money from him - married to mercedes - bought himself a title
what happened to danglars
he is a millionaire - he left marseilles to work for a spanish banker - he married the banker's daughter; invested his earnings and became rich - has a new title - lives in paris
what happened to Morrel
he is bankrupt; the pharon is his last ship and it is important that it comes back because it is loaded with goods - if it doesn't he will be broke
what happened to Mercedes
she is married to fernand, has a child named albert, was missing, married 18 months after dantes is in jail, she is smart; caderousse thinks she is unhappy
what is the allusion to another literary work
shakespeare's words from hamelet
why is dantes mad at mercedes
she married 18 months after he went to prison; even though he has waited for her and remained faithful for her for 14 years
how does the abbe busoni reward caderousse
he gives him the $50,000 diamond that was supposed to be "split"; he thinsk he's the only somewhat true friend to dantes; still bothered that he was still a part - he told him everything that he needed to know
explain the clerk for thomsen and french's business arrangement with monsier de boville. what is ht eimportance of this arrangement
he buys morrel's shares of debt so he can have more time to pay it off - he owes about $250k; clerk asks favor to see the records of faria but instead goes into dantes files and sees that every chance he had to escape villefort blocked; he takes the letter of denunciation and sees all the names
explain the clerk for thomsen and french's busness arrangement with morrel
morrel only has 2 employees left (cocles and emmanuel); his last hope is pharon - if it doesn't come back he will go broke; it bothers him that he can't reach his deadlines and keep his promises/deals; pharon sank in storm but sailors came out alive - he wants to pay the sailors so they have pay until they find a new job but he doesn't have the money for it; dantes hears everything - decides to tell him that he bought his $287,500 in debt and will give him 3 months to pay it back - he gives julie a letter and says to do what it says (letter from sinbad)
why does morrel think the clerk bought the debts
to give him more time to pay so he can at least get some of the money back
who does morrel ask for a loan and what does he do
he goes to paris to ask danglars for a loan but he won't even talk to him
why does morrel want to bring his son home
to see if he can make some money for his debts
why does morrel want the key to his office and from who
he wants it so he can lock his office door and kill himself from julie; emmanuel says don't give it to him
why does morrel want to kill himself
he is in so much debt and it kills him that he can't stick to his word and pay back the loans
what did the letter from sinbad lead to
it led julie to the red purse
what did the red purse have in it
bills that said the loans had been paid and a huge diamond for julie's dowry so she could marry emmanuel
what happens right when morrel has the gun in his mouth
clerk walks in right when he is about to do it and juliet runs in with the red purse and that the pharon came back
what was on the dock
dantes had built a boat exactly like the pharon for morrel
where does dantes go after he watches all this unravel
he has jacopo pick him up
what does dantes say after he leaves
he said farewell to kindness; he's rewarded the good and now it's time to punish the wicked
how many years have passed until the next chapter
about 8 or 9 years; the count has been born
what is interesting about what the count does
he has a reason for EVERYTHING that he does