Monte Cristo Allusions

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The Bible is bears a heavy influence on The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, and Dumas is quite the opposite of subtle when alluding to it. From the obvious to the slight details Dumas does not relive us of these allusions. One of the major influences in his work I Dantes enacting the will of God as Providence once he assumes the position as The Count of Monte Cristo. This brings about the question as to the difference between people deciding their own fate by influencing others, and deciding other people fates for them, acting as God. Another example of a biblical allusion in the novel is in Maximillian and Valentine’s relationship. They meet in a garden which we can assume is a metaphor to the Garden of Eden, in which Adam and eve

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