victim’s mindset‚ since the perpetrator has taken what the victim had‚ he does not deserve what he is having‚ thus the victim is responsible for taking those things away. An exemplary story of revenge is Alexander Dumas’ The Count of Monte Cristo. The protagonist‚ Edmond Dantes is falsely
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This quote really does summarize Edmond Dantes. One moment he’s walking high‚ in another moment he is in jail‚ then he is free and out plotting his revenge against his three enemies. Edmond Dantes is a man of many faces‚ and disguises. He is Edmond‚ The Count of Monte Cristo‚ the Abbe Busoni‚ and Sinbad the Sailor. Edmond Dantes was a good and honorable man‚ but the actions of Villefort‚ Danglars‚ and Morcerf made him a cold man‚ set only on revenge. Edmond Dantes was an honorable‚ good man before
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1. Edmond wears a few masks throughout the Count of Monte Cristo. In some parts he hides his true feelings about people and in some parts he openly confronts them. The people in the Masque of the Red Death shadow a mask over them. They fear death yet they try to hide it. 2. What kinds of masks do people wear? Why? People wear all kinds of masks. They wear masks to hide their love or admirations for people. They wear masks to try to act cool and easy going because they’re insecure. Girls and
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The Count of Monte Cristo Love fills the heart. In The Count of Monte Cristo‚ the character Maximilian proves that love triumphs all. Maximilian was a soldier who never felt love until the age of twenty-nine‚ that is until he met Valentine. The moment he lays eyes on Valentine he is so deeply in love that he would literally die without her. Maximilian’s heart if full when he is with Valentine. Through the actions of Maximilian‚ he proves that love triumphs all. Maximilian meets the Count for the
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Figuring out who you are is hard‚ but for Edmond Dantes‚ it’s even worse. So many things have happened to him‚ shaping his character from person to person. Being in prison for so long took all the optimism and hope he had when he first came off the ship. Being someone else after he escaped so people wouldn’t know who he was changed him. He started acting like the person he was pretending to be and less like himself and how he was before prison. His life became revolved around the aspect of revenge
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Reaction paper to The Count of Monte Cristo movie As I have watched the film of The Count of Monte Cristo‚ which was based on the novel written by Alexandre Dumas with the same title‚ I saw how hatred and vengeance can kill and affect every other’s lives. At the first part of the movie‚ Edmund Dantes‚ the main character of the movie‚ He is betrayed by his own friend named‚ Fernand Mondego‚ because he likes Dantes’ fiancee and he is jealous about Dantes being the captain of their ship. Because
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them‚ changing their life forever. In the Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas‚ the character Fernand is the ultimate betrayer because of his selfishness and jealousy towards Edmond Dantes. Fernand used Edmond Dantes “death” as an excuse to try and get Mercedes to love him back; he knew Mercedes was madly in love with Edmond‚ but he was only thinking about himself. “He reminded her that he loved her… she asked him six more months to mourn and wait for Edmond” (Dumas 108).
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Edmond Dantes‚ the protagonist in Alexandre Dumas’ The Count of Monte Cristo‚ credits God for being very important in his life. Since the beginning of time‚ religion has been a foundation in many people’s lives. Because of this‚ people adopt rules based on not just their religion‚ but on the beliefs of the Gods involved‚ promising to value and stand firm in adhering to such beliefs. These beliefs are subjective‚ leaving the role of the Divine in people’s lives to be up for interpretation. Two roles
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of Jacapo. Jacapo does is in the book‚ but he is never a large character. (This is a really long book‚ so I ’ll just put in the basics). The three people that Dantes swears vengance against are the Count de Morcerf‚ Baron Danglars‚ Villefort. I ’ll start with the simple one first. Danglars was one of the men that helped frame Dantes. He clawed is way up the social ladder because of his great wealth. He is very determined to keep it though. He abandons his wife and tries to sell his daughter Eugenie
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Romanticism Revived and Revealed in The Count of Monte Cristo The film of The Count of Monte Cristo directed by Kevin Reynolds embodies a wide range of characteristics specific to romantic literature such as a love of nature‚ a respect for primitivism‚ and a value of the common man. Almost immediately‚ another romantic idea is revealed: the distinct separation between the working and aristocratic class‚ along with the belief that many of the ill wills of society result from this privileged upper
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