In The Count of Monte Cristo, Dantés begins as an honest, kind and happy man. However, he falls into depression after being wrongfully imprisoned and spending 7 years in jail. Delirious and starved, he contemplates suicide. However, Abbé Faria, another prisoner, saves him. Faria digs a tunnel between his cell and Dantés’, then educates Dantés in many subjects, and reveals the location of a secret treasure to him. Along with this information, Faria deduces Dantés has been wrongfully imprisoned because of the efforts of Danglars, who sought Dantés’ position, Fernand…
Edmond Dantes’ perception of life has transformed throughout the book as he lets prison change him, his beliefs, as well as how he acts towards others. Edmond Dantes, from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, begins the novel as a sweet, naive, hardworking sailor in the Pharaon. He had everything going for him. He was just about to marry the love of his life, Mercedes, and was about to be promoted to Captain of the Pharaon. Everything he had to live for was lost when he was wrongfully sent to prison because of his acquaintances, Danglars and Fernand, who plotted against him. With the help of Abbe Farai, Dantes escaped prison and made a name for himself. He discovered treasure in the Isle of Monte Cristo and undergone a change where he becomes rich, powerful, and respectable. He not only became wealthy, but also turned into a bitter, vengeful man.…
Mysterious, morose, cunning, rebellious, and even ingenious are only a few words used to describe Edmond Dantes as a Byronic Hero. A Byronic Hero is defined as a glorified but flawed character with immense superiority in his passions and powers. These heroes can be depicted in a variety of ways and contexts. Similar to a Byronic Hero, Edmond Dantes has suffered great wrongs and was betrayals. However, he emerges as a cruel and powerful man who believes he is taking the place of fate by having revenge on the men responsible for his suffering. In The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas skillfully uses symbolism to craft and portray Edmond Dantes as the ideal Byronic Hero.…
In the novel, The Count of Monte Cristo, Edmond Danteś is a very powerful figure that travels through different scenarios and troubles. It includes him escaping jail in the beginning after being framed. Secondly how he changed his identity six times through out the book in the challenges that he faces. Third is how he wanted to seek revenge against the people that had him put into jail in the revelation and actions. And finally, Edmonds final stages of his rough and traitorous journey throughout his time of trying to seek revenge.…
After Dantes was thorough with helping people, he decided to only seek revenge and created the alias the Count of Monte Cristo. His motives are now unjust and almost evil. It was mentioned in the book that when Albert shook his hand, it was cold as ice.…
In addition to the story, Dumas skillfully inserts the theme of divine intervention by making the events seem like a coincidence, but making the reader doubt it as divine intervention. During Dante’s imprisonment, he met a fellow prisoner by the name of Abbe Farria. During his final moments on earth, he made sure that all of his wealth “belongs to Dantes” and left the world. In this case, the event might seem like a pure coincidence, but it may be too much of a coincidence making the reader doubt it as divine intervention. With Dumas’s master skill of writing, he camouflaged this theme into his novel as if they…
The Story of Edmond Dantès, the Sailor, who Becomes the Rich & Powerful Count of…
Edmond Dantes lives his life from one extreme to the next as he becomes Monte Cristo. While there are positives and negatives to both of his identities, to truly see past the illusions he must find a balance. On his journey to find a balance, he learns that both personalities have positives but, he must find a balance to achieve true happiness.…
Set against the turbulent years of the Napoleonic era, The Count of Monte Cristo is the story of a betrayed young man named Edward Dantès. The book weaves a tale out of his long years in captivity deep inside the Château d’lf, his miraculous escape, and his carefully thought out revenge. Readers find out that there is a reason for everything the Count does, even if they cannot see it right away. All of the Count’s decisions lead to the eventual downfall and ruin of the people that are, in his mind, the guiltiest in the betrayal that lead to his imprisonment. While he is imprisoned Dantès figures out (with the help of Abbè Faria) that the three most responsible parties are Monsieur Danglars, Fernand, and Monsieur de Villefort, so he sets out…
The Count of Monte Cristo is a novel in which Alexandre Dumas tells the story of Edmond Dantes, how he was wronged and his eventual plans for revenge. Although there are many characters in the novel, the main characters which Dumas presents all are preoccupied by their own personal pressing issues.When one is blindly consumed by a single thought, it will inevitably lead to nefarious moral decisions. By focusing so intensely, they achieve full realization of a single thought ( revenge) because these people are no longer concerned with the consequences, or ethics of their actions. This is shown in the Count of Monte Cristo with the characters of Danglars and Morcerf, with their jealousy of Dantes, and Villefort, who are extremely ambitious.…
The novel begins with Edmond Dantes, an admirable young sailor who is about to marry his beautiful fiancé and become the captain of his own ship. Dantes seems to be have a very promising future; however, deep feelings of envy and jealously quickly arise in those around him. Dumas exemplified the forces of good against evil through various characters. In this novel negative characters plot to conspire against Dantes by writing a letter which falsely incriminated him. Dantes was then wrongfully imprisoned and forced to experience extreme hardships and isolation for 14 years. During his last few years in prison, he meets a fellow prisoner, the Abbe Faria, and they work together to escape. The Abbe Faria is a very knowledgeable man and educates Dantes. Abbe Faria tells Dantes that he will share the riches of Monte Cristo with him. Unfortunately, right before they were going to escape, the Abbe Faria dies. Dantes replaces the Abbe's dead body with his own, ultimately escaping the prison when the body is thrown into the ocean.…
The struggle for inner peace is a universal challenge to humanity. The ability to transcend worthless ventures is essential to finding happiness. However, people often get caught up in ambitions that can destroy their lives, making them lose their true purpose in the process. In Alexandre Dumas’ The Count of Monte Cristo, the young sailor Edmond Dantes is betrayed and falsely imprisoned for treason. After escaping solitary confinement, Dantes finds a vast treasure, assumes multiple new identities, and begins an elaborate plot to exact vengeance on those who wronged him. As part of this scheme, Dantes befriends Haydee, a young Grecian princess sold into slavery after her family was betrayed by a French officer. Haydee joins Dantes in his mission and conspires to bring justice to the traitor who stole her life. Haydee’s quest is parallel to Dantes’ search for revenge, which furthers illustrates the triumph of love over futile vengeance.…
When the reader is first introduced to Edmond Dantes, he is a hardworking crew member of the local cargo ship, the Pharaon, and aspires to climb the ranks to the position of captain. Edmond is engaged to Mercedes, the love of his life, and looks forward to a life with her as well as being able to provide a comfortable living for his father. It is no surprise that a man like Edmond whom is talented, respectful, and honorable has many admirers, one of which…
In Alexandre Dumas’ work, The Count of Monte Cristo, the two mythic themes of death and resurrection and of the fall occur throughout. Writer Amelita Marinetti delves within the impact of these concepts, in the article, “Death, Resurrection, and Fall in Dumas’ Comte de Monte Cristo,” uncovering that the resurrection and fall of a character like Monte Cristo was necessary to bring justice to that society and allow the innocent like Maximilien to “Wait and hope.” The first theme Amelita Marinetti focuses on is death and resurrection. In the beginning of the novel, Edmond Dantes, later known as the Count of Monte Cristo, is a “hero in a state of relative innocence” (Marinetti).…
In the novel The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, the main character Edmond Dantes (The Count of Monte Cristo) sets out to get revenge on his enemies, according to his success in getting his revenge, the reader would infer that the author supported his decision to seek revenge.…