Jamie Nguyen
English I Honors
Mrs. Reedy
4 October 2015
Dantes’s Revenge According to the Merriam Webster dictionary, the definition of revenge is “to avenge (as oneself) usually by retaliating in kind or degree, or “to inflict injury in return for.” The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas is an intricate story written about obsession and revenge. Falsely accused for treason and also being a Bonapartist, Dantes was arrested on the day of his wedding. He was imprisoned on the island fortress of the Chateau d”If, where there was no hope for release. After spending fourteen years in jail for something he didn’t commit, Dantes’ personality and behavior go through dramatic changes. After fighting through thoughts of suicide, a man named …show more content…
Using the aliases, the Count of Monte Cristo and Abbe Busoni, he carefully makes acquaintances with the loved ones of his enemies and the three themselves. After getting out of prison, the Dantes was ready to exact revenge. He strived for revenge and did so by meeting Albert de Morcerf, but not as Edmond Dantes, but as the Count of Monte Cristo. Albert is the son of Fernand Mondego, whose newly given title was Count de Morcerf. The Count of Monte Cristo had won Albert’s trust by saving his life after a gang, whose chief was indebted to the Count, had kidnapped him. He then was introduced to his former enemies, including Danglars, Monsieur de Villefort, and Count de Morcerf; the three men who had made him suffer and lose everything he had. To the Count’s surprise, Albert, whose mother was Mercedes, had inherited many of the good traits of his mother, instead of the ones of his father. Though the Count was convinced that he would kill Albert, Mercedes’s affection for both Albert and the Count himself, caused him to contemplate his true reasons for revenge. He decided to allow Albert to live for the sake of none other than …show more content…
Villefort had gotten married not once, but twice. He and his first wife conceived a daughter, and his second, a son. To destroy Villefort, the Count introduced Andrea Calvacanti into their lives. Benedetto, alias Calvacanti, was the son of Madame Danglars and Villefort. Villefort had tried to bury the newborn baby while it was alive long before, but Bertuccio had dug up the baby and salvaged it. After his crime is revealed in court, Villefort was destroyed and he had gone insane. His wife, whose goal was fortune for her beloved son, had poisoned his entire family. However, the Count had saved Valentine, who Maximilien Morrel was in love with. Villefort had lost his family just as Dantes had lost
English I Honors
Mrs. Reedy
4 October 2015
Dantes’s Revenge According to the Merriam Webster dictionary, the definition of revenge is “to avenge (as oneself) usually by retaliating in kind or degree, or “to inflict injury in return for.” The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas is an intricate story written about obsession and revenge. Falsely accused for treason and also being a Bonapartist, Dantes was arrested on the day of his wedding. He was imprisoned on the island fortress of the Chateau d”If, where there was no hope for release. After spending fourteen years in jail for something he didn’t commit, Dantes’ personality and behavior go through dramatic changes. After fighting through thoughts of suicide, a man named …show more content…
Using the aliases, the Count of Monte Cristo and Abbe Busoni, he carefully makes acquaintances with the loved ones of his enemies and the three themselves. After getting out of prison, the Dantes was ready to exact revenge. He strived for revenge and did so by meeting Albert de Morcerf, but not as Edmond Dantes, but as the Count of Monte Cristo. Albert is the son of Fernand Mondego, whose newly given title was Count de Morcerf. The Count of Monte Cristo had won Albert’s trust by saving his life after a gang, whose chief was indebted to the Count, had kidnapped him. He then was introduced to his former enemies, including Danglars, Monsieur de Villefort, and Count de Morcerf; the three men who had made him suffer and lose everything he had. To the Count’s surprise, Albert, whose mother was Mercedes, had inherited many of the good traits of his mother, instead of the ones of his father. Though the Count was convinced that he would kill Albert, Mercedes’s affection for both Albert and the Count himself, caused him to contemplate his true reasons for revenge. He decided to allow Albert to live for the sake of none other than …show more content…
Villefort had gotten married not once, but twice. He and his first wife conceived a daughter, and his second, a son. To destroy Villefort, the Count introduced Andrea Calvacanti into their lives. Benedetto, alias Calvacanti, was the son of Madame Danglars and Villefort. Villefort had tried to bury the newborn baby while it was alive long before, but Bertuccio had dug up the baby and salvaged it. After his crime is revealed in court, Villefort was destroyed and he had gone insane. His wife, whose goal was fortune for her beloved son, had poisoned his entire family. However, the Count had saved Valentine, who Maximilien Morrel was in love with. Villefort had lost his family just as Dantes had lost