Vengeance In The Count Of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas

Edmond is imprisoned wrongfully and wasts away in prison and when i say waste away i mean it was the medieval ara so it wasn't a good place to be and it was amazing that he didn't die while he was there. Once he was released however he claimed his riches and went to his castle, it is here when he begins planning his revenge on the three men who got him locked up. He made the decision to use their greatest vice or most favorite thing for his revenge so that the impact cuts deep. So if the man was greedy then he would use his greed as part of his revenge.

Fernand and Danglars talk about how to get rid of Edmond so the send a false police report about him.Edmond gets arrested and is sent to Chateau d’if for life for being accused of being a Bonapartist spy. Edmond escapes from jail with the help of Abbe Faria. He travels to Monte Cristo to claim the treasure. He returns to Marseilles in disguise as the Count of Monte Cristo and other alias. He tells people that Edmond Dantès is “dead”. Albert and Franz meet the Count. Franz gets a ransom note saying that Albert has been kidnapped and The Count saves Albert from Luis Vampa (who was his friend). The Count encounters Danglars about buy his prized horses from him. The horses escape and terrorized Madame Villefort and Edward her son. The Count saves them by having his slave lasso them. The Count invites them to his party and reveals that there was a murder at his house where Danglars used to live. Villefort’s mother and father in laws were killed. Valentine’s grandfather has a stroke and doctors said he was poisoned. He narrowed down that she poisoned him when she bought his

Caderousse: one of the original plotters against Edmond, he unlike Danglars and Fernand doesn’t get rich off of the scheme. In fact he chooses not to take an active part in the crime of framing Edmond for something he didn’t commit. This doesn’t mean he isn’t greedy, he is but more however he is constantly dissatisfied with his state/position and is not afraid to use any means at his disposal to rise further and further above his station. Including thievery and murder, this though gets him killed by the count when trying to rob him. Thus getting Edmond one step closure to his ultimate goal of complete vengeance.

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

Caderousse write a letter with the help of Danglars and Fernaand, falsely incriminating Edmond as a Bonapartist plot. (The royalists are currently in power.) With Edmond in jail Fernaand could try and keep getting Mercedes to love him, even though she does not, and Danglars could become

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People, no matter their race or color, have always wanted to be successful, live comfortably, and provide for their families. While the definitions for success and comfort have changed over time, a constant truth is that hard work and sacrifice are required to reach these goals. Moving from an individual to the societal or political level, for many races and nations, progress can measure success. Ethnic groups want progress towards equality, while nations, particularly those in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, want progress towards economic and industrial progress towards leveling with the West; they also wish for political respect and autonomy. Since the end of the colonial era, there has been a massive struggle by previously colonized nations

When Fernand first betrays Edmond in The Count of Monte Cristo, his main motive is jealousy. This is blatantly stated when, upon being asked by Edmond why he is selling him out, he replies: “Because you’re the son of a clerk, and I’m not supposed to want to be you!” Edmond, who up until this point in the story had thought that they were best friends, is shocked by his betrayal and vows revenge on Fernand. This theme of jealousy is also present in The Cask of Amontillado with Montresor, the protagonist. Montresor’s jealousy however, is much more subtle. This is only hinted at when he tells Fortunato “You are rich, respected, admired, beloved; you are happy, as I once was.” (Poe, 6) as he implies that he envies the prestige that Fortunato possesses; Montresor was once a great man, Fortunato still is, and he is jealous. That is not to say that Edmond, the protagonist in The Count of Monte Cristo, is not also driven by jealousy as he spends a good deal of time conflicted about his feelings towards his ex-fiance, extremely upset by the discovery that Fernand ended up marrying her. This revelation adds a whole other layer to the betrayal that Edmond is feeling as well, knowing that the love of his life married the friend that basically sent him to prison for a decade. The betrayal in The Cask of Amontillado comes not from Fortunato's part, but Montresor’s. Fortunato is completely oblivious to the fact that he has done Montresor any wrong or that

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In Treasure and Vengeance, Justin Kaplan speaks about The Count of Monte Cristo in the highest regard. After a brief back story on himself, he quickly transitions into connecting it with the book itself. Kaplan claims that “in a singular sense, [Edmond’s] motive was disinterested: not the means to anything else and with no purpose other than its own fulfillment” (Kaplan). This is a key aspect in Kaplan’s criticism. He adds that his “revenge, driven by the festering sense of injustice” is what drives Edmond throughout the story (Kaplan). The whole story revolves around Dantès’ dire need to get revenge on Fernand, as well as others who have crossed him. In fact, the Count himself says that “for all evils there are two remedies - time and silence” (Dumas 523). His sole mission is to retaliate against Mondego, who was the cause of his wrongful conviction. He intends to get his revenge for his own needs

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