The Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo will only feel unsatisfied after seeking revenge. Body Paragraph: Not only does revenge bring up past pain, but it also creates unnecessary suffering and problems. The article, “Revenge: Will You Feel Better?”, explains that,“While the anticipation may feel pleasurable, the actual carrying out of revenge … may create more problems and suffering” (Hall 3). This is seen in the novel when Fernand kills himself after finding out the Count of Monte Cristo is really

In Alexandre Dumas’, The Count of Monte Cristo, Edmond Dantes is a true blue sailor, wrongfully imprisoned for treason. During his fourteen year isolated imprisonment in the Chateau d’If, Edmond undergoes a dramatic psychological change, in which Edmond’s old personality dies and is reborn as the Count of Monte Cristo. In Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo, Edmond Dantes is a wrongfully punished man, who undergoes a dramatic psychological transformation; the Jungian Archetypes of, Ego, Self

Keaton Zargham The Count of Monte Cristo Dialectical Journal Quotation, page # Reaction/Response Ch.1:” He is now at rest off the isle of El Giglio, sewn up in his hammock, with a thirty-six-pounder shot at his head and another at his heels.” PG. 2 This quote tells what sailors did to respect those who have died. This shows me that things that were done back then are a lot different than what we do now. Ch.2:” I have not

as Dantes and his revenge plot. Marvelousness is something you cannot comprehend like the Count of Monte Cristo and our God. Something is desirable if you cannot have it, an example being how Fernand wanted Mercedes, and how people wanted the apple in the Garden of Eden. I agree with the philosophies stated by the Count and believe the events in the story and in the Bible show them to be true. What the count is saying by this statement is obvious. What he’s saying at first is that upon success, privileges

Background: In the book The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, there are incredible amounts of drama and conflict. All the conflict started when Captain Leclair died. Dantes was going to be given his position on the ship until Fernand, Villefort, and Danglars staged him for sending secret letters to Napoleon to overthrow king Henry. Claim: The punishment of the characters Danglars, Villefort, and Fernand from the book The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas were really not god 's punishment

power? It writes history and causes conflicts. Money, wealth, success, and titles do not classify power, as opposed to common misconceptions. A true display of power requires control, influence, respect, and ability. In Alexander Dumas’ The Count of Monte Cristo, the main character, Edmond Dantes, is an excellent portrayal of these all aspects. Napoleon, depicted in Russia 1812, written by Victor Hugo, is known throughout the world as a dominant revolutionary war general and strikes as an image of

The Count of Monte Cristo By: Alexandre Dumas Type of Literary Work: Historical Novel This book is an example of a historical Novel. It is historically accurate, and consists of characters that could have existed in the nineteenth century. Theme:Judgment Day comes to us all inevitably. We all pay for all evil and injustices of our life, yet sometimes there will be someone so viciously wronged, that he will return like a wrath of nature, with and unquenchable thirst for vengeance. Such a vendetta

Women in The Count of Monte Cristo possess unique personalities, but intensely similar restrictions. Currently, women in the United States, as well as other countries, are able to have jobs, travel, and participate in many other activities that the ladies Dumas portrays are not allowed to. Feminist analysis of this book reveals the ways of the time and the delicate balance of society’s typical structure. In The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas realistically conveys that when women violate their

Throughtout The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas, the theme hate is clearly exhibited by multiple characters. As described by oxforddictionaries.com, hate is to “ have a strong aversion to (something).” The main protagonist in The Count of Monte Cristo, Edmond Dantes, was immensly wronged by four of his peers and was sentenced to waste his life away in the Chateau d’If. Moreover Haydee, Dantes’ associate, was sold into slavery by one of the quintets who betrayed Dantes. In due course, Dantes

Throughout the book, the Count of Monte Cristo, written by Alexandre Dumas, the main character, the Count of Monte Cristo has a certain je ne sais quoi. He defines a certain way, just like the rest of the characters in the text do, as well as every single character ever written. That is because of his archetype. An archetype is a type of character, detail, image, or situation that continually reappears throughout literature. During the Count of Monte Cristo, Edmond Dantes, also known through other