The Count of Monte Cristo

expect. In The Count of Monte Cristo and “The Cask of Amontillado”, each author applies imagery and details to convey the idea that revenge can give a person a taste of their own medicine even if it’s in the most inhuman and hateful way. The authors use imagery to show that revenge can give a person a taste of their own medicine. In the Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Dantés gets framed by his friends and ends up in jail, so he plans to take revenge now.…

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,…

Edmond Dantes’ adversity helps his character in The Count of Monte Cristo because at the beginning of the story, Edmond is a playful yet innocent man who cared deeply about his friends and his father. After his is put on trial and sent to jail this toughened his character greatly. He also needed to create a new identity after he faked his death in jail and wants to seek revenge. Before prison, Dantes was a worker on a ship. He worked very diligently and followed his captains orders and…

In Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo, there are various influences on the book, from the literary influences to the biographical influences. Some of these influences are Dumas’ father, the French Romanticism Period, and the story of Pyramus and Thisbe from Greek Mythology. One of the largest influences on The Count of Monte Cristo was Dumas’ father. Dumas’ father was a general with Napoleon in the 1790s. “But when the general left the ranks for France, he was captured, imprisoned and poisoned by…

protect. Living in a world where governments and society in general are corrupted, it is easy to lose sense of what is right or wrong, and sometimes it is necessary to take justice into one's own hands. Such is the case of Edmond Dantes in "The Count of Monte Cristo" and V in "V for Vendetta", once honest and good men consumed by pain, disappointment, and hate who engage in a vendetta against those who destroyed their life. The success of both characters' revenge is achieved differently because…

most notorious prison. When Dantès eventually escapes, he sets out on a quest to avenge himself by making his enemies suffer just as he did. In The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas uses figurative language and imagery to explore the theme of vengeance. The first example of figurative language presents itself in the form of an allusion when the count,…

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…

A book is supposed to take the reader on a journey, to show how the characters grow and learn through its actions and the actions of others. In The Count of Monte Cristo, the protagonist Edmond Dantes takes a journey from innocence to experience. Alexandre Dumas is trying to show the life of a young man that had it all: the girl, the Pharaon, and living a good life, was innocent and wasn’t knowledgeable about the world around him, until he was imprisoned and punished for a crime that he didn’t…

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas is an adventure novel published in 1844. The genres of this book are mixed up history, adventure fiction and romance. The story is set during the early 1800’s and takes place in olden days European countries but mostly took place in France, Rome and Italy. Alexandre Dumas is a pure French citizen which is why he might have wanted to tell the readers a little about history through this creative novel of his. The main character of this story is Edmond…

Authors use many different technics to develops the themes. The authors of “The Count of Monte Cristo” and “Blessings” both develop theme in the stories. They use things such as the way characters interact with each other. They can also use different details to develop theme. The theme of the story “The Count of Monte Cristo” is hope. The theme of the story “Blessings” is friendship. In the story "The Count of Monte Cristo", the story develops the theme of hope. Edmond Dantes is locked in a…