Monte Verde

What seems good turns bad, and what seems bad turns good. It is an endless cycle. In the movie, Count of Monte Cristo, Edmond Dantes looks as if he has the perfect life. He is about to become the captain of a ship, he is engaged to a woman named Mercedes, and he is liked by almost everyone who knows him. This amazing life, however, ends up dangerous because of the jealousy among some of Dantes’s so-called friends. And the revenge of Dantes. As a wise man once said, ‘Jealousy is a form of…

Confessions starts off by Rousseau telling us how he grew up in Geneva, Switzerland. Even though he was a bit of a trouble maker he was very kind at heart. His dad also has a knack for getting in trouble and when he get into trouble with the law, that forces his dad to flee Geneva forcing Rousseau to have to move in with his cousin to study Latin and build illegal aqueducts. Rousseau tries his hand at a few professions as an apprentice, but he's just not a fan of the working life. A mysterious…

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…

used to much of his power and he was overthrown and left all alone. The Count of Monte Cristo is related to Viva La Vida because Villefort abuses his power and makes mistakes which leaves him alone and corrupted. In Viva La Vida and The Count of Monte Cristo, the writer’s use of imagery and personifications portray the idea that abusing power leads to loneliness and corruption. Both Viva La Vida and The Count of Monte Cristo authors use sight imagery to convey the the idea that they both abuse…

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…

Today are more than eleven million of immigrants that live undocumented in the United States. In fact, all those immigrants have to deal every day with an insecure situation that affects their whole lives. The author of Undocumented Dan-el Padilla Peralta described with interesting details his undocumented life. He came from the Dominican Republic to live in the USA with his family. Dan-el faced with a different reality from his family life in the original country. Being undocumented in the…

turns into a man due to extreme and strenuous circumstances that forces him into manhood. He takes on a new identity, the Count of Monte Cristo and earns possession of a large inheritance. He then gets revenge on those who were responsible for his 14 years in prison. This is one of many important conflicts that occur in, and determine the plot of, The Count of Monte Cristo. Others include Valentine and Maximilian’s love story, Albert and the Count’s duel, and Eugénie’s struggle for independence.…

English I Honors Mrs. Reedy 4 October 2015 Dantes’s Revenge According to the Merriam Webster dictionary, the definition of revenge is “to avenge (as oneself) usually by retaliating in kind or degree, or “to inflict injury in return for.” The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas is an intricate story written about obsession and revenge. Falsely accused for treason and also being a Bonapartist, Dantes was arrested on the day of his wedding. He was imprisoned on the island fortress of the…

Chapter 1: The story's setting is France during the winter of 1815. The opening scene describes the slow arrival of the Pharaon, a merchant ship owned by Morrel and Son. The main character of the story and first-mate of the Pharaon, is Dantes. Since the captain of the ship, Leclere, has died, Morrel soon promotes Dantes to captain. Dantes is well-liked by all of the sailors, except Danglars, who is jealous of Dantes' favorable position with the owner, and hopes to discredit the…