Lust For Revenge In Edmond Dante's

Edmond Dante’s, as previously discussed, was a noble character, with an adventurous and loyal heart at the beginning of the book. After imprisoned, and upon the revelation that he had been wrongly accused out of spite, his reaction was beyond surprising. He did not seem like a vengeful type, after all, and would seem more prone to crestfallenness at the idea that a person could hate him so severely. This shift in character is so unexpected, it begs the question of how isolation may have changed Edmond- if his lust for revenge is a symptom of his detainment, and if his time at the Chateau D’If is responsible for this unsettling change in character. Despite how unlikely it seemed for him during his first signs of lust for vengeance, and considering who he has become over the course of the story, it does seem that Edmond Dante’s is set on his desire to reap those who have wronged him because he knows it will satisfy him to do so. First and foremost, it did not suit Dante’s to wish for vengeance …show more content…
It should be seriously taken into consideration what Edmond had already been through prior to discovering who was responsible for his imprisonment- completely alone and isolated for years, Edmond, despite keeping some positive traits, could have very possibly have lost his sanity while in the Chateau D’If. In experiments such as Ian Robbins’; involving the isolation of six people spending 48 hours in a sound-proofed room, people were explained “[to have] suffered anxiety, extreme emotions, paranoia, and significant deterioration in their mental functioning” (Bond). And while Edmond does not display any of these problems during his time at the prison, he does consider suicide on multiple occasions, and again, considering the cruelness of revenge, it does not seem impossible that it could be a symptom of madness from his time spent completely