The Count Of Monte Cristo Quotes Analysis

“[The Rosenbergs' execution] had nothing to do with me, but I couldn't help wondering what it would be like, being burned alive along your nerves.

Dumas, Alexandre. The Count of Monte Cristo. Trans. Lowell Bair. New York: Bantam Edition, 1956. Print.

In John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men, George’s actions are justified. This is because George thought about what could’ve happened to Lennie, like getting tortured and dying in a more painful way, Lennie would never be happy again if he had to live and go through so much pain, but if Lennie got away he could hurt and possibly kill someone else since he can't control his strength. This led to George protecting Lennie from harm and this limits George’s opportunities. Instead of having a stable job, he has to move from job to job because of Lennie's incidents. One of the themes in Of Mice and Men is the American dream.

I believe that the theme of The Outsiders is that: “Not everybody is like what you think they are”. This is proven to be true because of these next three paragraphs show how.

I highlighted a quote on chapter 11, page 60. Just when the boys thought they were finally free from everything and things were finally beginning to change for the better, more pain and suffering occurs. This is just insane. Walking with your barefoot when it is scorching hot outside made me wonder how they are going to make things better or else. Not being a pain or anything but I did tried walking with barefoot before during summer when I was going to a pool, it was 100 degree outsides, the ground was HOT. I couldn’t take it.

"I'd rather you shoot at tin cans in the backyard, but I know you'll go after birds. Shoot at all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird," Atticus tells his children (Lee 119). This quote is the most known and most commonly used quote from the famous novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. The novel is full of symbolism, and there is different types of symbolism represented in each character. When Atticus Finch tells his children that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird because all they do is make songs for them to hear, he is implying that it is a sin to kill something that is innocent. Because each character symbolises something, three of these characters can be portrayed as metaphorical mockingbirds. One of these characters is Atticus Finch, because he did everything in his power to do what is morally right, what he believed was right, and what is right with

In The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Edmond Dantes becomes and acts as an instrument of a divine plan. Dantes spends nearly his entire life working to fulfill a divine plan; one of retribution and dominance. As he strives to complete his end goal, Dantes experiences life, death, and rebirth. Early on in Dantes’ life, he is a young sailor with a great outlook for the future. He has just received news of a likely promotion that would make him captain of the Pharoan, which comes with prestige as well as a large salary. This, in a literary sense, characterizes “life”. Dantes undergoes the ordeal of “death” when he is sent to prison on false charges. The charges are enough to keep him locked up for a very long time, which indicates an end to life as he knows it. Then, almost as if to counter death entirely, Dantes experiences “rebirth” as he becomes the Count of Monte Cristo. As the count, he embarks on a relentless expedition to achieve vengeance against those responsible for his imprisonment: Danglars, Fernand, and Villefort. This crusade is Dantes’ divine plan. Dantes acts as an instrument of a divine plan when he experiences life, death, and rebirth.

Le Château d’If is an important building in The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas because, not only does it introduce the conflict of the plot and allow the narrative and motivation of Edmond Dantès to be set, it is also presented as an embodiment of many of the themes prominent throughout the novel. The story is set in 19th century France during and immediately after Napoleon’s fall from power. As such, politics and the ways of the justice system are quite frequently outlined in the novel including the government’s regulations for managing criminals. Le Château d’If is a small representation of the bigger political scene happening at that time as it is one of the many prisons that exists to hold those found guilty of criminal charges - a prison that is unsanitary, inhospitable and unjust, common during the 19th century. Le Château d’If in particular is a state prison “only used for important political offenders” (Dumas 40) insinuating that any person acting in an unorthodox manner against the King is automatically a far more deleterious offender than those simply robbing, hard-drinking, and murdering and must therefore be isolated from the rest of society (le Château d’If is situated on an island in the middle of Baie de Marseilles). However, the suspicious and fallacious conditions of Dantès’ arrest allow the reader to discern that during a period of paranoia and struggle the French authorities do not reasonably judge the suspects and instead immediately condemn any

"All human wisdom is contained in these two words, 'Wait and Hope." These words in some translations and abridgments conclude the novel "The Count of Monte Cristo" by Alexander Dumas. In the story, multiple characters demonstrate Hope, including Mercedes, Dantes, and Maximillian, as it is the theme of the book, and represents a lesson worth applying. These words and the idea seem to resonate throughout the story and somehow in every individual.

First published in 1845, The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas is a classic rags-to-riches revenge story. Edmond Dantès, wrongfully imprisoned for 14 years, returns with a cavern full of riches, a noble title as the Count of Monte Cristo, and a princess slave to exact revenge on his enemies. But while Dumas tells a compelling story in over a thousand pages, he is not the best writer. Often redundant, Dumas has a tendency to take the reader out of the story either with a jarring comment or extra detail. In addition, in The Count of Monte Cristo specifically, Dumas also employs another literary technique with strange frequency – the allusion. This paper aims to find the significance of Dumas’ numerous allusions to Shakespeare, and especially to Romeo and Juliet.

Injustice was a part of our society system. Many people did not receive fair trial of the case they involve in. In many cases status in life was considered, if you’re rich the law was on your side. The Count of Montecristo portrays real situation when it comes to justice.

The Count Of Monte Cristo is about a man who finds himself on a journey of revenge and hatred, but how did his character develop? The author, Alexandre Dumas, developed the main character, Edmond Dantés, using his thoughts and actions.

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas is a novel set in parts of Rome and Paris during the early eighteenth hundreds. The main character Edmond Dantes, returns to Marseilles an innocent and joyous man. However, Edmond’s happiness is brought to a sudden and tragic end when he is wrongly accused of being a Bonapartist. Through the arrest and being in prison for 14 years; Dantes, now a bitter man, vows to punish those who accused him. Though Edmond has a chance to forgive and become the joyous man he was, he is unable to let go of the idea that he should be the one to serve justice, which results in negative consequences and a life of emptiness.

Dumas focuses on Shakespeare’s tragedies more than his other plays, a genre of theatre usually revolving around the words fate and fortune. It is the inevitable that often brings the sense of tragedy so well to the audience, usually paired with some awful dramatic irony that achieves the effect of catharsis. But if one reads The Count of Monte Cristo, one would find that Dumas himself does not really care for the existence of fate. This is the most evident in the count’s first conversation with Villefort where the two characters almost seem to take sides, Villefort arguing for the inevitability of fate, and the count for the power of Providence:

In the Count of Monte Cristo, the author uses details to show how the count plans to start vengeance. When the count changes how he completely looks, “Dantes smiled as he looked at himself. It was impossible that his best friend, if he still had any friends, would recognize him; he did not recognize himself’ (Dumas 86). Details are given to support the fact the that the count would have a new persona