The Count Of Monte Cristo Abuse Of Power

Many people often dream of having endless amounts of power, but if you were rewarded with that power, how would you use it? In the Count Of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas and the song “Viva La Vida” by Coldplay, the power is very much abused. In the song “Viva La Vida” by Coldplay the lyrics express how the king’s (King Louis XVI) life drastically changed. He went from the most respected, well known, powerful, and wealthiest man to a nobody. He had everything he needed, but abused his power. Instead of thinking about the common man, and the country as a whole, he thought about what would benefit him the most. Which ultimately caused him all the good things he had going for him. While on the other hand, the Count Of Monte Cristo is a novel about a young sailor ,Edmond Dantes.He was a man built off of honesty and kindness.He was living a financially stable life with the girl he loved, however others became jealous and got in the way. He was framed for treason and was sent to Chateau d’if. This is an imprisoned island surrounded by water known to be impossible to escape from. While Imprisoned, he met a man named Abbe Faria, who he became very close with. Abbe Faria was a very wise man who helped Dantes figure out who wronged him, and filled his body with vengeance. He also told …show more content…
In “Viva La Vida” the song writers used the line “One minute I held the key next the walls were closed on me.”(Coldplay, 10-11) Diction is portrayed in this part of the poem because they used very deep vocabulary to show how his life turned from going great, to the very opposite. In the Count of Monte Cristo Alexandre Dumas used very strong diction to show the regret of the Count. “Monte Cristo paled at the horrible sight. He realized that he had gone beyond the limits of rightful vengeance and that he can no longer say, ‘God is for me and with me.’”(Dumas 485) The strong wordage used shows how the the count abused his