The Count of Monte Cristo By: Alexandre Dumas Type of Literary Work: Historical Novel This book is an example of a historical Novel. It is historically accurate‚ and consists of characters that could have existed in the nineteenth century. Theme:Judgment Day comes to us all inevitably. We all pay for all evil and injustices of our life‚ yet sometimes there will be someone so viciously wronged‚ that he will return like a wrath of nature‚ with and unquenchable thirst for vengeance. Such a vendetta
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Edmond Dantes is a promising young man with his whole life ahead of him. He is betrothed to a beautiful woman and about to become the captain of a large ship‚ which would bring him much wealth. Then‚ his whole life is shattered by the betraying of his very own colleagues. Fernand Mondego was one of those who was jealous of Dantes and decided to take action for fear of losing the woman of his dreams. In the end‚ Dantes takes revenge on Fernand Mondego by simply paying back the favor which Mondego
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Viviana Rubalcava 10/16/13 English 1b/Hotchkiss The Count of Monte Cristo: Alexandre Dumas The classic literary novel‚ The Count of Monte Cristo‚ by Alexandre Dumas‚ is a dramatic adventurous story of hope‚ envy‚ justice‚ and vengeance. Alexandre Dumas creates a clear distinction between characters that are forces of good as well as negative forces. In this narrative novel the reader deeply sympathizes for characters who directly suffer from the evil actions of others. This novel illustrates
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Devotion in Motion and the Melody of Fidelity: How Loyalty Plays a Part in The Count of Monte Cristo Noah Mr. Alig English I‚ Period 4 03/01/12 We live in a world where fidelity and commitment are hard to come by. Every day we see sleazy politicians lying to our faces on television‚ and the media twisting people’s words for the sake of entertainment. Mimicking our world‚ in The Count of Monte Cristo you can scarcely go a page without someone backstabbing someone else or some clandestine
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Keaton Zargham The Count of Monte Cristo Dialectical Journal Quotation‚ page # Reaction/Response Ch.1:” He is now at rest off the isle of El Giglio‚ sewn up in his hammock‚ with a thirty-six-pounder shot at his head and another at his heels.” PG. 2 This quote tells what sailors did to respect those who have died. This shows me that things that were done back then are a lot different than what we do now. Ch.2:” I have not
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Critical Analysis #2 The Count of Monte Cristo‚ by Alexander Dumas‚ is an adventure novel about a young man who is betrayed for reasons of jealousy and in the end gets his revenge. The novel addresses relatively evident themes. There are three main themes in The Count of Monte Cristo; they are revenge/vengeance‚ ideas of man as “his own authority”‚ and the importance of hope. The story begins in 1815; Edmond Dantes is promoted to captain of a ship and is engaged to is fiancé Mercedes. But one
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wrote the book The Count of Monte Cristo. He compares and contrast‚ the events in his story using chess pieces. For example‚ a pony resembles a knight‚ a whistle is similar to a bishop‚ a count is turik‚ and a king has all the power. The movie suggest life is about strategy‚ may the best man win. The introduction of the movie shows Edmond and with his best friend‚ Fernand ‚ returning from the sea. Edmonds fiancée‚ Mercedes‚ utters to Fernand‚ "Remember when we were younger Edmond received a whistle
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Elena Flores Period 1 August 16‚ 2013 The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Duma When my cousin initially showed me this novel‚ I looked upon it as something around the lines of a history read. At a first look‚ with more than a thousand pages‚ The Count of Monte Cristo looked like a waste of time. Not only that‚ but it wasn’t even in modern English. I had never enjoyed Shakespeare. Why would this be any different? This novel would probably consist of long paragraphs that just dragged
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Albert‚ Franz and the Count of Monte Cristo John D. Rockefeller once said‚ “A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship” (http://www.brainyquote.com/). In the book The Count of Monte Cristo‚ a novel written by Alexandre Dumas‚ a man by the name of Edmond Dantes is wrongfully accused by his so called “friends” and is put in the dreadful prison‚ Chateau d’If. After his good pal Abbe Faria dies‚ he escapes and finds a treasure‚ with the money he swears to get revenge
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Monte Cristo is paying an older gentleman to act as Marquis Bartolomeo Calvacanti‚ father of Andrea Calvacanti. They are both receiving an allowance to act as Andrea Calvacanti. They are presented to one another. Monte Cristo also invites them to his dinner party. He intends to introduce Andrea Calvacanti to Parisien society. Analysis: Monte Cristo is here setting the stage for Calvacanti’s entrance to Parisien society where he will be instrumental in the downfall of Villefort‚ Caderousse‚ and
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