Count Of Monte Cristo Research Paper

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11/16/10
Count of Monte Cristo & Dark Romanticism To understand where Dark romanticism comes from, we must first know about Romanticism in general. Romanticism was found in the 18th century, it represents imagination and expression of emotion in poetry , art, and literature. Dark romanticism was found in the 19th century, it represents dark gothic subjects. In human life, some aspects that we show of dark romanticism, would be revenge, hate, murder, revenge, and greed. All of these aspects are shown in the movie "The count of Monte Cristo" The move Count of monte cristo tells a tale of a man whos been betrayed by his bestfriend because of greed and jelousy; after being in prison for 14 years he comes back with a planned revenge. the question is, Is the story of count of monte cristo a good representitive of dark romanticism? In the movie count of monte cristo, the main character's name is Edmond Dantes, his bestfriend is named Fernand Mondego, and Edmond's lover was named Mercedes. Fernand was the biggest key to the rest of the story,becaue he was jelous, greedy, and because of his pride that he betrayed edmond; he believed that because he was the son of a great count, and Edmond was son of a clerk so he should of had the beautiful fiance, and the
vessel. Yet he didnt , so he betrayed edmond, by making a deal with J.F villfort(authority) . J.F villforth's father was an agent of napoleon( a prisoner), and he didnt want his father ruining his appearance, which led to him getting fernand to murder his own father, for the deal that Edmond was sent to jail. Once Edmond was sent off, Villfort told mercedes that he was dead, therefore Fernand got what he wanted. Edmond found out about his bestfriend's betrayal when he was running from authority and went to fernand's house to ask for help. There on, he was in prison at the Chateau d'If( on an island) . At the prison, he met a priest, that was digging tunnels to escape. There the priest, helped him unravel the mystery of J.F villforth, and told him of the treasure of monte cristo. When Edmond Escaped he found out that Fernand has stolen his mercedes. He then became the Count of monte cristo to get close, to Fernand.His rage lead him to have J.F villforth sent to jail, and Maurice killed. T Edmond planned to make fernand lose all his wealthy, and family. In the end of the story, he murdered fernand, and took back the life that was rightfully suppose to be his. Love and lost is also a big part in this.
At the beginning Edmond was going to marry Mercedes, but didnt have the money to afford the ring. She then tied a string to her ring finger , and promised itd be there forever. When he was betrayed and sent to prison, Villforth told her he was executed. She then fled to fernand for support. Now, you can imagine losing the one you love to the one that betrayed you.When he came back mercedes recognized him and fled back to him. Being angry he questioned her love, then she showed him the string was attached. He wont his love back, not only that turned out that Albert Mondego was his son . The only reason she turned to fernand was because she knew she needed
support. In conclusion , You can see how the story of Count of monte cristo supplies examples of dark romanticism. From betrayal, to greed, envy, love and lost, murder, rage, and pride. It shows, as humans we turn to greed, envy, rage, pride, and love more than we know. In the end , the answer to my thesis would be yes, The count of monte cristo is a good example of dark romanticism. The story definitely goes into detail of negative and drama of life. I highly recomend this movie, because it keeps you interested.