Examples Of Dante's Loyalty In The Count Of Monte Cristo

A sweet summer child is someone that is naive to the horrors and cruelty of the world. They may have seen evils in their lives, however they choose to remain optimistic and believe that there is good in everyone and maybe even no one would cause them harm. In the beginning of Alexandre Dumas’ The Count of Monte Cristo, Edmond Dantes fits that description in its entirety. Edmond Dantes is loyal and kind to almost a fault and has a strong charisma that he unwittingly utilizes. One of the traits that most defines Dantes before his rebirth and that is the force behind many events in the novel is his overwhelming loyalty. Dantes was able to be jailed for nearly two decades because his loyalty to his captain made him easily framed. As Dantes explains to Villefort during his initial interview, “I promised [my captain] I would [fulfill him final wish]” (27). Even though Dantes is aware that the actions he has to undertake to actualize that wish are, for lack of better word, shady, he still does everything his captain asks to the best of his abilities. Loyalty is ingrained so deeply in Dantes that he values it over his own freedom. When faced with …show more content…
Joy and eagerness is almost always emitting from the young man. Even in the face of a man who’s set on his unhappiness, Dantes is cordial and smiling, wanting to spread the elation of himself to everyone he can (16). Even when thinly veiled hate presses upon him, Dantes glows with happiness. Almost all who are around Dantes fall victim to his charm. When Villefort, someone trained to be apathetic in the face of the most heartbreaking of prisoners, talks only a few moments with Dantes, Dantes has “struck a chord of sympathy in the depths of his soul” (25). With the briefest of communications, Dantes has unwittingly manipulated someone in the law’s corner to be in his. The charisma and magnetic energy of Dantes are major parts of what makes him