count of monte cristo
Viviana Rubalcava
10/16/13
English 1b/Hotchkiss
The Count of Monte Cristo:
Alexandre Dumas
The classic literary novel, The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas, is a dramatic adventurous story of hope, envy, justice, and vengeance. Alexandre Dumas creates a clear distinction between characters that are forces of good as well as negative forces. In this narrative novel the reader deeply sympathizes for characters who directly suffer from the evil actions of others. This novel illustrates how drastically an individual’s entire life can change from a single positive or negative event. Dumas uses the characters to clearly decipher the negative destructive forces compared to hopeful positive forces as this novel’s plot progresses.
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.
After Dantes escaped prison he spends some time smuggling on a ship across the Mediterranean and when he got the opportunity to go to the Island of Monte Cristo he discovered the treasure Abbe Faria had told
10/16/13
English 1b/Hotchkiss
The Count of Monte Cristo:
Alexandre Dumas
The classic literary novel, The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas, is a dramatic adventurous story of hope, envy, justice, and vengeance. Alexandre Dumas creates a clear distinction between characters that are forces of good as well as negative forces. In this narrative novel the reader deeply sympathizes for characters who directly suffer from the evil actions of others. This novel illustrates how drastically an individual’s entire life can change from a single positive or negative event. Dumas uses the characters to clearly decipher the negative destructive forces compared to hopeful positive forces as this novel’s plot progresses.
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.
After Dantes escaped prison he spends some time smuggling on a ship across the Mediterranean and when he got the opportunity to go to the Island of Monte Cristo he discovered the treasure Abbe Faria had told