“The funny thing is - on the outside, I was an honest man, straight as an arrow. I had to come to prison to be a crook” Andy Dufresne, The Shawshank Redemption. In The Count of Monte Cristo, based on the novel written by Alexandre Dumas and screen played by Jay Wolpert, we learn that Edmond Dantès is an intelligent, honest man who turns bitter after he is framed for a crime he did not commit. When in The Shawshank Redemption, based on the novella Rita Hayward and Shawshank Redemption written by Stephen King and screenplayed by Frank Parabont, we come to realize that Andy Dufresne is also an intelligent, honest man however when he escapes from prison, he does not seek revenge. There are multiple similarities and differences in the two protagonists,
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The story in the courtroom of his prosecution follows along the lines of him going to confront his wife with her lover, armed and motivated for the crime. He had dropped ammunition with his fingerprints all over them, suddenly changing his mind and returning home. On his way, he stopped by a river and disposed of the gun in the water. While the judge heard his side of the story, the evidence held against strongly plied him guilty. Unlike the reaction of Dantès, while Dufresne was being sent to prison, he did not attempt to escape nor did he argue with the guards. Despite the reasons for their imprisonment and that they were both innocent, Dantès’ and Dufresne’s reactions differed …show more content…
The day after his escape, Dufresne goes into several different banks, posing as Randall Stephens, withdrawing small portions of the warden’s money adding up to over 370, 000 dollars. He then mails the ledger of the warden for it being evidence of the corruption and murder at Shawshank prison. This action shows us that Dufresne is not looking for vengeance, he is only doing what is right unlike Dantès. He later landed in Fort Hancock, Mexico where he left money for his former inmate, Red, to retrieve after being released from prison. He then drive to Zihuatanejo, Mexico where he lived a very low profile life and later reunited with Red. As we can see, Dufresne did not care for revenge nor did he want his old life back where Dantes sought revenge and wished to continue his life from where he left it off before going to
The story in the courtroom of his prosecution follows along the lines of him going to confront his wife with her lover, armed and motivated for the crime. He had dropped ammunition with his fingerprints all over them, suddenly changing his mind and returning home. On his way, he stopped by a river and disposed of the gun in the water. While the judge heard his side of the story, the evidence held against strongly plied him guilty. Unlike the reaction of Dantès, while Dufresne was being sent to prison, he did not attempt to escape nor did he argue with the guards. Despite the reasons for their imprisonment and that they were both innocent, Dantès’ and Dufresne’s reactions differed …show more content…
The day after his escape, Dufresne goes into several different banks, posing as Randall Stephens, withdrawing small portions of the warden’s money adding up to over 370, 000 dollars. He then mails the ledger of the warden for it being evidence of the corruption and murder at Shawshank prison. This action shows us that Dufresne is not looking for vengeance, he is only doing what is right unlike Dantès. He later landed in Fort Hancock, Mexico where he left money for his former inmate, Red, to retrieve after being released from prison. He then drive to Zihuatanejo, Mexico where he lived a very low profile life and later reunited with Red. As we can see, Dufresne did not care for revenge nor did he want his old life back where Dantes sought revenge and wished to continue his life from where he left it off before going to