Figurative Language In The Count Of Monte Cristo

This begs the question, certainly in mind, as to whether or not we are supposed to feel some sort of ambivalence towards the Count, given his associated colours - however, his language and his later actions seem to deter this thought. ‘Oh how I long for a girl as white as snow’. At face value, this certainly seems to suggest sexual desire yet the words ‘girl’, suggests innocence and the colour ‘white’ used in the simile suggests purity, possibly virginal purity which in today’s context

He argues towards the sinners to express the way he feels about them and what he'll do to

These leaps of faith allow him to make life-altering decisions for everyone involved. “Social scientists interpret these leaps of faith either as escape from rationality or simply a different level of rationality” (Sherman 1). The Count had a brutal life as Edmond Dantès; he had an extensive imprisonment, lost his love to his enemy, and was framed by people he believed to be his friends. The vengeance that Dantès seeks when he escapes the Château d’ If can be viewed as an escape from reality. Rather than accept what he has lost, Dantès wants to ruin his enemies’ lives; he refuses to continue life and deal with the pain. To escape from reality he uses his newly acquired wealth to buy himself a new title and a new life: all in the name of revenge. When Dantès becomes the Count and begins to plot his revenge he takes on a God-like image. His immense wealth and manners leave the Parisians awestruck. They have faith in him because he appears to be knowledgeable and well traveled. It is easy to hold someone with such impressive qualities to the standard of a godly figure. The Count takes on a father-like relationship with many of the young men in the novel such as Maximilien and Albert. God is also viewed as a fatherly figure, bringing support and comfort to his “children.” ‘The God-creator whom believers call father, Freud writes, ‘really is the father, with all the magnificence in which he once appeared to the

The Count also says that if you are to take justice into your own hands you must be confident in yourself, that you will instill that justice on the person who wronged you. In the book Albert asked if Dantes the Count is against duels? “Oh, yes,” replied the count; “understand me, I would fight a duel for a trifle, for an insult, for a blow; and the more so that, thanks to my skill in all bodily exercises, and the indifference to danger I have gradually acquired, I should be almost certain to kill my man”. A duel is basically where if someone insults you, you call them out to a duel where you would kill that man who insulted you. Which is exactly what Malcolm X said in his quote about justice.

Shortly after the Count reunites Max and Valentine, he sails off into the horizon with Hadee by his side. When the Count leaves, he leaves Max with a letter telling him about what he has learned through his life. He told Max about how he thought that he was equal to God and how he thought that he was doing God's work on Earth. However, throughout his life, the Count learned that no one is equal to God and that supreme power and wisdom are in the “...hands of God alone…” (Dumas 530). This biblical allusion shows that the Count has now learned that everything is in God's hands and that God has all of the power. By using biblical allusions it also shows that whenever someone receives a lot of power they can start to think that they are above everyone else, and that sometimes they can start to think that they are someone that they really aren’t. Furthermore, the Count has seen Valentine being slowly poisoned by Madame de Villefort so he wants to help her survive. Before the Count gives Valentine the medicine to make her sleep but appear to be deceased, Valentine is confused about how the count was able to watch her and know what was happening to her because she hasn't “‘...seen [the count] until now’” (Dumas 423). Valenten decies to trust the count becasue that is her only option. This literary device helps develop the theme by showing that the Count ,

The seemingly wickedness the Count represents is undoubtedly a contributing factor to the story’s attraction. His evil is too strong and too ubiquitous for the group of heroic individuals trying to resist his efforts (Karbiener and

In the devil's arithmetic by Jane Yolen and the movie by Dustin Hoffman the main message that they are trying to throw at us is that we have to remember. We have to remember that some evil person condemned 6 million jews to death because

The Count is symbolic to evil and death in the flesh. He controls the wolves in his castle. He feeds off of blood from his victims, as do all vampires. The Count is considered evil because he kills people to feed himself. Though he is considered to be pure evil, he still, however, converses with others throughout the story.

To her the Count seems like such an admirable man that she "was inconsolable at having missed the opportunity of throwing herself at his feet."(73) In actuality the outburst was the Count's confession of guilt.

They do not grow wise. They grow careful."(261). Hemingway seems to use the character of the Count for several purposes. The Count is a man on the cusp of death. He shows that though the body may get old and die, the spirit still lives on strong. Yet he also refutes the notion that age is wisdom. The Count is just another example of a man dealing with death, he also seems to be a vision of what Frederic will become in the future.

The passions for power and command are chiselled into a face, but line 8 describes things that are not seen in the eye of the beholder. Shelley describes the hand of Ozymandias, which mocked, and his heart, which fed. This one line sums up the metaphysical aspects of Ozymandias' character, both described and implied. Here Shelley is telling about the reality that one day the king must leave this world. "Mocked" is particularly well worth noting, since it is one of two words which directly relate how Ozymandias, treated his subjects. A king, high and mighty, transmuted into high and mighty stone, exuding airs

As Edmond Dantes loses his dignity, he takes a new role as Count of Monte Cristo and other personas that was only a secret to himself and the audience, which is a form of dramatic irony. After Dantes escaped from prison, he goes to Monsieur Marseilles and tells him that he was “the head clerk of the firm of Thomson and French,”(Dumas 111) whose role he uses to buy an investment. Here he disguises himself as the head clerk of the firm of Thompson and French to prevent others from knowing, which is dramatic irony since the audience knows something that the characters in the novel don’t. Not only were his personas a form of dramatic irony, but incidents that occured after Edmond’s imprisonment were also a type of dramatic irony. Noirtier had hidden the fact that he “killed [Frank’s father]”(Dumas 310) from Franz, which is a form of dramatic irony since the audience knew about it. Through this fact, the reader can view Noirtier as very dangerous individual but also as a protective grandparent since he hid this fact from Valentine to protect her. Later, Caderousse and Andrea plans a robbery that will take place in the Count of Monte Cristo’s house, but this robbery didn’t stay a secret for long. The Count of Monte Cristo was given a letter that warned him of an upcoming robbery, and the Count inferred that “they want to kill me,”(Dumas 330) which led him to be prepared. Dumas uses dramatic irony here because it leads the Count to be prepared without Caderousse knowing, which

From this you can imagine a very conceited, arrogant pharaoh, commanding his people building this great vast statue hoping his power would be immortality. And when this great piece of work is done, he demanded to put such words on the pedestal: ‘"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings. Look at my works, ye Mighty and despair!"’(Lines, 10-11). Ozymandias seemed to think that as long as his sculpture was there, his kingdom would last forever.

Personification is a figure of speech in which a thing, an idea or an animal is given human attributes. The non-human objects are portrayed in such a way that we feel they have the ability to act like human beings. Personification is the figurative language that is giving the attribute of human beings to animal, an object or a concept. It is sub type of metaphor, an implied comparison in which the figurative term of the comparison is always human being. (Perrine, 1977: 64).

Everyday people seem change themselves in one way or another, but sometimes people change their appearance and personality to the point where those who were close to them, can not even recognize them in a crowd. The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas, is a story of a sailor, Edmond Dantes, who was betrayed during his prime time of his life by the jealousy of his friends. Dantes is sent to prison where he spends countless years planning an escape with the help of a fellow prisoner. The prisoner informs Dantes that he knows where a treasure is that one man can not even dream about. Dantes friend then happens to die, leaving Dantes with the information of where the treasure is.