The Count of Monte Cristo

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 anything I may be in the future, if I receive the position I hope for, I owe to Monsieur Morrel. All my opinions are limited to these feelings: I love my father, I respect Monsieur Morrel, and I adore Mercedes.” (Dumas 26) Before his imprisonment this is how he…

How far exactly are you willing to go to get justice from someone who has wronged you? Would your answer change if getting that justice meant losing your morals and values in the process? In the novel, The Count of Monte Cristo, written by Alexandre Dumas, the protagonist, Edmond Dantes plans and then executes revenge on the people who threw him in jail for a crime he didn’t commit. Driven by blind rage and thirst for vengeance, Dantes abandons his naivety and innocence in pursuit for his…

A young boy named Edmond Dantés 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…

In The Odyssey, Count of Monte Cristo, and Thor, all of the main characters have unique attributes or characteristics that makes the hero’s archetype. Homer’s Odysseus (The Odyssey), Alexander Dumas’s Edmond Dantes (The Count of Monte Cristo), and Kenneth Branagh’s Thor (Thor) are all main characters that have special attributes that make the hero’s archetype. Thor’s arrogance, strength, and self-sacrificing attitude make him an epic, and a romantic hero., Odysseus’s Intellect, bravery, and…

each day plotting revenge for someone who has wronged them (“Study”). Something on people’s minds so often should be healthy for humans, right? Not necessarily. Vengeance is a common goal in motion picture entertainment and pop culture, but the negative effects are not highlighted. Statistics also show that revenge is the cause of multiple horrifying events.“Revenge has been cited as a factor in one in five murders that occur in developed countries, and a report from 2002 found that between 1974…

The Count of Monte Cristo is an excellent movie, displaying revenge and forgiveness. The movie takes place in the 1800’s, during the ruling of Napoleon. Counties were still extremely secretive with the way they did things, and treason was a huge thing. The setting takes place in the nineteenth century of France in large and populous cities. This was a time of great disruption. There was confusion all over the land to who led France. Was it King Louis or Napoleon? “In 1814, the French Emperor…

wounded. Imagine the feeling once you realize you are a cold-blooded killer after realizing what you have done after the fact. This situation is used many times in Alexandre Dumas’s novel, The Count of Monte Cristo. In Alexandre Dumas’ novel, the protagonist Edmond Dantes, is plotted against, framed, and thrown into a prison by his fake friends. Driven by the anger at his unlawful imprisonment, Dantes sets on a journey to punish those who plotted against him. In this journey, he plays out his…

Alexandre Dumas’, The Count of Monte Cristo, is a fictional story of conquest from betrayal to revenge based on a true story. Set in the terrifying Napoleonic era, a bright young sailor named Edmond Dantès is on track for a successful and happy life. This is until four young men devise a plan to place him in the awful dungeons of the Chateau d’If. After fourteen long years, Dantes makes miraculous escape and starts a journey seeking revenge on the ones who brought his misery, and to reward those…

In Alexandre Dumas’ The Count of Monte Cristo, a young sailor by the name of Edmond Dantés is wrongly accused of being a Bonapartist and is thrown in jail where he discovers the truth of his enslavement and concocts a plan for revenge. The choices that Edmond Dantés makes drastically twists his once ordinary life into a whirlwind of secrecy, such as deciding to take a letter to Napoleon, from there delivering a message from Napoleon to one of Napoleon’s allies. Once imprisoned, Danéts meets a…

Noirtier is a character that is often first seen as insignificant; in the book The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. While this view could true, he has a larger role. Noirtier had paralysis and could not speak, but only blink. Blinking is taken for guaranteed by most, but when this is all a person can do, they will utilize it to their best ability. Even with this debility he managed to do a substantial amount of work for those who needed it. He is put in this book to show someone will do…