In the book Forge I am predicting that Curzon is going to save himself and Isabelle from enslavery. One of the reasons Curzon wants to save Isabelle is because he wants them to have a better life. A few years ago during Curzons first enlistment he was captured and brought to a British prison. He for sure would have died like the thousands of others, but Isabelle saved him. They soon lost each other not knowing if the other was still alive and both went on with their life a free person. After…
At each time in his life, Sydney carton shows various personality traits in which some, abolishing and conquering was the only way to alternate these traits, however others were useful throughout his prosperous journey. Drowning his sorrows with alcohol, acting crude to the people around, and not having any care for the people around him proves sydneys character to be complex and cruel. Nevertheless, later on, by becoming kind and sacrificing his life for the ones he loves shows Sydney's…
Jacques Lacan’s theory of development explains how infants mature psychologically. The stages of his concept include the Imaginary, the Mirror, and the Symbolic. The first is where children begin to understand control. Babies learn to manipulate their environment as an extension of their own base needs and desires. There is no separation between the baby and the outside world. Following the discovery of control, infants undergo the Mirror stage, where they learn to recognize their own image…
French novelist Alexandre Dumas père, son of General Alex Dumas, is best known for writing famous works such as The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers. Born son to the obscure General Alex Dumas, Alexandre too shared in the blood of both a black slave and a white aristocrat. General Dumas died when Alexandre was a young child of not even 4 years of age. Highly romanticized and biased towards his father, the writings left behind by Alexandre père, are basically the main source when it…
The Count of Monte Cristo is written by Alexandre Dumas, is a tale written in Romanticism time period. The tale is about a common man in the romanticism period, named Dante. Dante had a good life until one mistake changed his life. Throughout the movie god played an important role in everyone's life. Dante changed so much throughout the movie the biggest change was in his emotions. Dantes was a romantic hero. To be considered a romantic hero back in the day you had to have a secret,…
Alexandre Dumas was born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie on July 24, 1802, in Villers-Cotterêts, France (Bio.com). Alexandre Dumas family lineage can be traced back to the Haitian island where his father was born and his grandmother was a slave (Bio.com). The Dumas family name was adopted from Alexandre's grandmother, an enslaved Haitian woman named Marie-Césette Dumas (Bio.com). This is an interesting fact about the author because of the presence of strong racial tensions in this time period.…
The Count of Monte Cristo, formerly known as Edmond Dantes, is a very significant character in the novel. After spending fourteen long years in the Chateau d’If, he is set on getting revenge on those that wronged him. In the beginning of the novel, Edmond is seen as a friendly, humble yet naïve young man who is eager to embark on his future. Dantes confesses early in the story, “I’m only nineteen…and I know very little. I wasn’t destined to play any important role in life. Anything I am and…
Power is like confidence, the more you have, the more successful you will be. In this book, a man named Edmond Dantes is brought down by three men and later, gains the power to defeat them. In the Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, the author uses figurative language and diction to portray the theme of power. To begin with, the first form of figurative language Dumas uses to show power is irony. After Maximilian threatens to commit suicide the first time the count stops him,”’Try and…
The rise and fall of an empire will depend on the mind and intentions behind the leader. In The Count of Monte Cristo- by Alexandre Dumas and “Viva La Vida”- by Coldplay, both the author and the songwriter use imagery and allusion to convey the idea that desire and excessive power can lead to the fall of an empire. In The Count of Monte Cristo, a man by the name of Villefort, is the Royalist son of a Bonapartist. Villefort slowly made his way up the social ladder, was a trusted Royalist, and…
In the classic novel The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexander Dumas, which is set in the early the early 1800’s Edmond Dantes, whose alias is the Count of Monte Cristo, is wrongly accused by his enemies of treason. Edmond Dantes is betrayed by four enemies who accuse him of treason, and he rightfully implements his vengeance. All of his enemies, Fernand, Danglars, Caderousse, and Villefort, deliberately betray Dantes in order to satisfy their own selfish greed, sending Dantes into a secret…