satisfaction and happiness with one’s life. Dantès claims that “There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another‚ nothing more.” In simpler terms‚ what separates the good from the bad in The Count of Monte Cristo is that the good appreciate the good things they have‚ however small‚ while the bad focus on what they lack. Love versus Alienation- Dantès declares himself an exile from humanity during the years in which he carries out his elaborate
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life in order to continue its own unholy and unnatural existence (Bartlett‚ pg 1). Unlike it‚ the more observant people might notice that in some of the more recent film versions of Dracula‚ such as “ Love at First Bite” and the Badham interpretation as well as the two comic books by Marvel‚ “Tomb of Dracula” and “Dracula Lives” issued in 1970 portrayed the vampire as a more attractive human being which soon to be followed by many other pieces of writings and movies such as the series Twilight. (Senf
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The Count of Monte Cristo Character Analysis In the novel The Count of Monte Cristo‚ I read many events unfold. Edmond Dantes was a very happy and honest man. He has the perfect life‚ or so it seemed. On the day he was to be betrothed to Mercedes‚ three men tried to ruin his life. Dantes ended up in prison for fourteen years. Once he escaped prison‚ he sought revenge on those who lied to get him falsely accused of being a bonapartist agent. I think Edmond Dantes is the protagonist. He sees
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Characters of Count of Monte Cristo Edmond Dantès-The protagonist of the novel. Dantès is an intelligent‚ honest‚ and loving man who turns bitter and vengeful after he is framed for a crime he does not commit. When Dantès finds himself free and enormously wealthy‚ he takes it upon himself to act as the agent of Providence‚ rewarding those who have helped him in his plight and punishing those responsible for his years of agony. Lord Wilmore- The identity of an eccentric English nobleman that
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The ideas of immortality and vampires have been around for a long time. Long before Dracula‚ there lived the “Bloody Countess”‚ who was known to take young peasant girls and torture them before bathing in their blood. Holding the Guinness World Record for ‘the most number of victims attributed to one murderess’‚ Erzebet (Elizabeth) Bathory killed at least 650 young girls for the sake of staying young and beautiful (Glenday‚ 2009). The primary cause of Bathory’s extreme social device is nurture. An
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Over 6 million dollars in sales‚ the Twilight franchise is nothing short of successful. But what makes this series any different from the millions of romance novels you can buy at the dollar store? Author‚ Stephanie Meyers‚ developed a highly layered plot that dipped its fingers into multiple genres. By doing this‚ she broadened the spectrum for her projected audiences ten-fold. She includes elements of mystery‚ thriller‚ romance and fantasy into her novel. Twilight is the analogous love child of
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Mina Murray is first introduced as an assistant school teacher. According to Bram Stoker‚ The role she is currently playing is that of a fiancé that genuinely wants to help the man she is in love with since she is learning to use the typewriter and using shorthand (55). This is the ideal Victorian women. It shows a level of maturity and respect that she has for her fiancé. She wants to help him and be useful to him in the future. She is portrayed as one of the protagonists of this story. However
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The Count of Monte Cristo: A Reaction Paper My sister asked me to write this for her assignment.. This story had intrigued me ever since I found out that this was one of the favorite novels of our national hero‚ Dr. Jose Rizal. I was excited to see how this story was being put on screen‚ and how the actors would portray the characters. I had not read the book because I wasn’t born a bookworm like my sister. I would rather watch than read stuff. But I somehow knew that the theme and plot were
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Jessica Harvey May 11‚ 2011 Mr Craine Philosophy To seek vengeance is to inflict injury‚ harm‚ and humiliation‚ on a person by another who has been harmed by that person. In the movie The Count of Monte Cristo‚ Edmond seeks revenge on Fernand Mondego for many reasons. All of which were justified because of the horrible treatment Edmond received while he was in prison. Not only did that make Edmond angry‚ but also when he found out the Fernand Mondego had married his wife to be only 1 month
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symbols help in identifying whether the book is a gothic novel or not. The author‚ Alexandre Dumas‚ uses Edmond Dantès‚ the main character from The Count of Monte Cristo‚ to prove the book a gothic novel through Edmond’s strong hatred‚ merciless revenge‚ and portrayal of rebirth. One of the many motifs found in The Count of Monte Cristo is hatred. The Count of Monte Cristo swore to ruin his three friends responsible for wasting fourteen years of his life as the narrator says "Then his eyes flashed with
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