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    The World Wide Issue of Poverty Poverty is a huge issue. Too many people are suffereing from this. How can society fix this issue? In The Count of Monte Cristo written by Alexander Dumas‚ poverty was also an issue‚ it’s a horrible thing and nobody really knows what its like until they experince it. In the novel‚ M. Dantes (Edmond’s father) died from starvation. Like the quote said‚ “even a wondering dog finds someone to throw him a crust of bread.” This is why poverty

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    she would not follow laws or societal justice. In the case of The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas‚ a man is thrown into prison. He is framed for betraying the government. However‚ this man is innocent. As soon as he escapes from his 14 years in prison‚ he gives himself a mission: to exact revenge upon the people who threw him away. Such is the story of a man turning to personal justice. Alexandre Dumas’ novel The Count of Monte Cristo demonstrates why there is a clear line

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    Historical analysis of Dumas’ The Count of Monte Cristo Alexander Dumas’ The Count of Monte Cristo is founded upon historical events and political intrigue. He not only uses historical facts to help the reader understand‚ he also weaves such details into the story to make it possible for his reader to have an understanding of the current events that were taking place in France‚ during that time (from approx. 1815 through 1838). Dumas would want his readers to be familiar with French history‚ and

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    also talk about their slayers. The name Van Helsing always comes up when on the topic of vampire slayers‚ whether it ’s Abraham Van Helsing form the original Dracula‚ or Gabriel Van Helsing from the movie‚ Van

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    character named Count Dracula and ever since people have been looking to find the truth and inspiration behind the famous novel. Most people can agree that vampires don’t actually exist‚ but people have found who they believe to be the inspiration for Stoker’s monster‚ his name is Vlad ‘Tepes’ Dracula. His early life and how he treated his victims all support this theory‚ that Stoker’s book was based off of the real Vlad‚ there is a lot of evidence that Bram Stoker was aware of who Vlad Dracula was and came

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    Corruption of Love within the Innocent Within the works of William Shakespeare’s Othello‚ Bram Stoker’s Dracula and Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein the concept of love is found within characters that are innocent and filled with good intentions. In all three works‚ love fills specified characters with joy and gratefulness towards the other characters who they claim to love. Unfortunately‚ the characters that experience love are only satisfied with its graces until it somehow gets corrupted. The minds

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    Mercedes is described as the most courageous and “good” character in this book. This is true because of all she experienced. Some of the things she had to deal with were Edmond Dantes‚ his father‚ Fernand‚ and the life she knew with Edmond and then with Fernand. She also worried about what was best for her son Albert. She was so kind and caring for Edmond’s father showing her love and concern for others. Mercedes loved Edmond and his father more than anything else. She was so happy to see

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    Vampire Slayer‚ when Buffy battles none other than the Count Dracula himself. As David J. Skal says in his book Screams of Reason: Mad Science and Modern Culture‚ “[Dracula] is paradoxically driven by the same dreams and frustrations as the fictional heroes and their real-life readers” (Skal 23). Because he has the same dreams‚ desires and (to a certain extent) needs as his audience‚ he remains easily relatable to this day. Dracula holds a fairly obvious place in pop culture‚ and its continued

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    The views of the modern world Bram Stoker’s horror novel‚ Dracula‚ focuses on superstitions that occurred in the modern Eastern Europe.  In modern society‚ unexplained theories such as superstition and religion are considered dubious and aberrant. For example‚ myths and the supernatural are considered irrational because one can’t prove it mechanically or scientifically. In Dracula‚ most of the characters are modern people who are narrow minded and clueless about the reality of the world. As Jonathan

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    Betrayal:Edmond Dantes The novel entitled‚ The Count of Monte Cristo was written by Alexander Dumas. The story begins during the eighteenth century and takes place in the country of France. The environment is within the travelling adventures of men embarking on a ship called the Pharoan. The protagonist is introduced by the author as being‚ Edmond Dantes. This character is seemingly described as being an extremely trustworthy and very naive young man. He is a youthful sailor from Marseilles and

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