The Count of Monte Cristo is the story of hope, dreams, ambition, and most of all, vengeance. One may say that Edmond Dantes is fueled by hope and ambition throughout the movie, however, upon inspection, it is apparent that vengeance is what drives Dantes. While locked up in a cell for thirteen years, where could Edmond derive this “hope” from other than from God? Surely, he is not foolish enough to think that this “hope” will save him even after he was whipped while praying for help. The one and only thing that kept Edmond from losing his will was vengeance. He was unjustly confined in a cell for thirteen years and he knew the cause of his suffering. If he truly had no vengeance and had only blind hope, he would have never exacted revenge
