Edmond Dantes Personality

Edmond Dantes lives his life from one extreme to the next as he becomes Monte Cristo. While there are positives and negatives to both of his identities, to truly see past the illusions he must find a balance. On his journey to find a balance, he learns that both personalities have positives but, he must find a balance to achieve true happiness. Edmond Dantes is initially naive and trusting. He loves unconditionally and believes that everyone has good in them. This helps him a lot in his journey. When Edmund was seeking help on Elpa, he runs towards the men firing at him to ask for help. Because of this, Edmund’s captain gets the help he needed. This also leads to Edmund getting a promotion for his loyalty to his captain. If it was not for Edmond’s naivety and trusting nature, he never would have become a captain, or have the ability to marry his true love Mercedes. Edmond’s naivety also got him into a lot of trouble. He not only trusts Napoleon but he also believes that Fernand is a true friend. By trusting Napoleon, he almost sent a traitorous letter. When he is told of this, he puts his trust in the one man that wants him to disappear. If he was not so naive, he would not have trusted that Villefort was a good man. Edmond’s naivety caused him to willingly walk
He is very calculated and trusts no one. The count knows how to get people to do what he wanted. For example, he tricks Danglars into thinking that his treasure has arrived at the docks. Danglars and Fernand went in the hopes of robbing him. The Count knows this will happen, so he arranges for soldiers to be waiting and has Danglars locked away. If the count had been naive and trusting, he would have believed that Danglars and Fernand would not turn against him. His calculating nature gives him the ability to set up this elaborate trap. That is just one of the ways that being calculated and lacking trust benefitted the