The Count of Monte Cristo

In the novel The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas, Edmond Dantes, an honorable and ingenuous man, falls victim to jealousy, selfishness and corruption. Set during the Napoleonic era of the 17th century, the villains, Caderousse, Fernand, Villefort and Danglars, all contribute to falsely sentence Dantes to spend his life in the Châtea D’If. After sixteen years in jail, Dantes escapes and rightly seeks revenge on those who wronged him. Since his vengeance directly targets his enemies’…

the person whom they like, a relationship they know about, and/ or a physical attraction. Most do not think of the different types of affection, love of one's self, love for a child, love of appearance, and love of the mind. In the novel The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas, the reader can clearly identify fondness is important. Although she had experienced hardship and loss, the character Mercedes had experienced true affection from Fernand, Edmond, and Albert. It is clearly shown…

state. In order for someone to learn how to fully take care of themselves, they must first learn to become adults, therefore losing all of the previous innocence they once held. However, it can sometimes be a bad thing. In the beginning of The Count of Monte Cristo, Edmond Dantes is an innocent and naïve boy who eventually is escorted to prison for something that he did not do. Here, he learns from a man named Abbe Faria, who acts as a father figure toward Dantes. Dumas states that Faria once…

Pan is a fantastical children's book published in 1904 by Sir James Matthew Barrie, more commonly known as J. M. Barrie. The Count of Monte Cristo, written by Alexandre Dumas in 1844, is a historical young adult fiction. These two books could not be more different. Peter Pan focuses on the imagination of young ones, one of which will never grow up. The Count of Monte Cristo follows the betrayal of a man and his revenge. However, Peter Pan is overall a better book. First, the author gave very…

about your situation and no one to help you. How would you bring yourself to confront the situation when everyone you meet writes you off as insane? In The Count of Monte Cristo, written by Alexandre Dumas, Edmond Dantes finds himself in a search of vengeance after being wrongfully thrown into prison by the jealous acts…

Justice will achieved if we make revenge and that was Edmund Dantes did when he escaped in the jail. The Count of Monte Cristo is a book that tells the revenge of Edmund Dantes after his imprisonment in slow and painful way. When he was in jail he loses his mind and his will to live that he will never get out on that jail like he was already in hell until he met an old Abbe. They digging for several years, Edmund learned a lot from the Abbe but the Abbe died. He make way to escape, he…

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas is a work of fiction that shows history, romance and adventure in one whole book. The setting of the story varies, in which depends upon a selected character’s perspective that uses a third person omniscient. For the first parts of the book, the setting of the story is placed in Marseilles. It continues on to Chateau d’lf, then to The Island of Monte Cristo, where riches are revealed and power arises. On the other hand, the settings for the characters…

In The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas, there is a recurrent theme that God rewards and punishes in His own time in such a manner that the events may look like coincidences. Although this timing may seem coincidental, the events are the result of long-prepared plans for justice by the title character, also known as Edmond Dantès. As Dantès, disguised as Abbé Busoni, narrates his fate to one of his enemies, Caderousse, he comments that “There are times when God’s justice tarries for a…

happened with a perfect destiny in a classic novel, The Count of Monte Cristo, and a popular song and poem, “Viva La Vida”. Dumas portrayed the character of Dantes to be minding his p’s and q’s and reaching his destiny with a perfect…

At a young and tender age of 19 year old boy had his life going for him until, everything went crashing. The boy's name is Edmond Dantes from the book The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. Edmond is a sailor aboard the Pharaon. He is the first mate and everyone on board likes him, but one person who is jealous of Dantes, Danglars. After the Pharaon had arrived, Morrel the owner of the Pharaon made Dantes captain of the ship. Dantes is overwhelmed and thanks him. Later Danglers frames…