Andrea Cavalcanti Character Analysis

Andrea Cavalcanti is kinesthetically intelligent and interpersonally intelligent. Cavalcanti shows his kinesthetic intelligence when he “skillfully climbed two-thirds of the way down the chimney” in order to escape the gendarmes that had come for him (p.419). His ability to perform physically challenging activities when needed is demonstrated when he escapes the hotel, making him bodily intelligent. On the other hand, Cavalcanti shows that he is interpersonally intelligent when he interacts with his paid “father”. In order to accomplish the task at hand, in this case getting money, Andrea decides to “play the game to the end”, meaning he and his partner agree to pretend to be someone else until they gain their desired wealth (p.240). To do this, Andrea has to understand his partner well enough, and he shows the ability to do so, hence showing his interpersonal intelligence.

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One of these events is when Benedetto is reborn, in a sense, as “Viscount Andrea Cavalcanti, son of Major Bartolomeo Cavalcanti...’”(Pg 236). He had a dark past, but it is all put behind him when he takes the role of the young Italian prince. Instead of being known as a shady criminal, he becomes a wealthy prince and famous part of Paris’ view on Italian Royalty.
The second key event that helps shape Cavalcanti is when he meets Caderousse on the way back from the dinner with the Count of Monte Cristo. Caderousse injects the criminal drive back into Andrea, encouraging him by saying “‘all you have to do is find a way for me to earn the thirty thousand francs for myself without involving yourself in any way.’”(pg.325-326). It is as if the devil is speaking into his ear, prompting him to go back to his criminal ways. Even if Cavalcanti does not want Caderousse to be part of his life anymore, the fact that they used to be good friends prevents him from walking