Dantes Inferno Chapter 8 Summary

Study Guide Questions
At the betrothal feast, Dantes is arrested for being a Bonapartist and a traitor on the basis that a letter he delivered was treasonous.
Villefort is the deputy public prosecutor. He is also the son of Nortier, a well-known traitor to the king.
At first, Villefort likes Dantes and likes how honest he is, but when Dantes reveals the name of the man the letter was sent to, Nortier, Villefort cannot let the fact escape and he sentences Dantes to prison.
Mercedes wants to find information about what happened to her fiancé, Dantes. Villefort feels guilty that he is destroying the life of a man he knows is innocent.
He meets the Abbé Faria who has built a tunnel all the way from his own cell to Dantes’. The two men become friends.
He comes across smugglers that take him aboard.
He finds the treasure the abbe spoke of by using the will and clues he had, given to him by the abbe.
He pretends that he is an abbe and the executor of Dantes’ will.
The first is Abbé Busoni, an Italian priest that Dantes poses as to learn what he missed. The second is as a representative of Thomson and French. He uses that identity to find out who told Villefort about the letter and to invest in Morrel’s business. Then, he uses it to allow Morell a 3-month extension when the Pharaon is lost. He then uses the alias “Sinbad the Sailor” to help Morrel with his debts.
Morrel has been hit by a financial crisis due to losing his ships. Dantes helps him pay his debts and gives him money under the guise of Sinbad the Sailor.
He gets captured by the infamous bandit, Luigi Vampa. Monte Cristo pays the ransom that Vampa set, but asks Albert to introduce him to people in Paris when he visits.
He meets Lucien Debray, Beauchamp, the Baron of Château-Renaud, Maximilian Morrel, Fernand, and Mercedes.
She recognizes him and is scared, warning Albert to be
For example, the Count is used when he is getting revenge. Abbe Busoni is used when he is kind and trying to get people to trust him. Sinbad the Sailor is an alias of his alias Lord Wilmore. Both names are used when he is doing something particularly eccentric and generous. In the beginning of the novel, he is Edmond Dantes – a promising young man that rose up from being poor and has everything going for him. However, when he is betrayed and sent to prison for life, he changes. The bright optimism he had is taken when he realizes that his closest friends would sell him out. After he escapes, he just wants revenge on those that made him like he is now – cold and cruel and