Dumas’ The Count of Monte Cristo‚ the young sailor Edmond Dantes is betrayed and falsely imprisoned for treason. After escaping solitary confinement‚ Dantes finds a vast treasure‚ assumes multiple new identities‚ and begins an elaborate plot to exact vengeance on those who wronged him. As part of this scheme‚ Dantes befriends Haydee‚ a young Grecian princess sold into slavery after her family was betrayed by a French officer. Haydee joins Dantes in his mission and conspires to bring justice to the
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Cristo II. Characters 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. The Count of Monte Cristo - The identity Dantès assumes when he emerges from
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many historical fiction novels where would severely stretch the truth to achieve a great novel‚ but never claimed that the novels tell the same story as history. One common subject of Dumas’ novels is the element of betrayal and what leads to the revenge of that betrayal. The Three Musketeers (1844) tells the story of a man named D’Artagnan‚ a young Gascon gentleman who dreams of becoming a Musketeer. On the way from his home in Gascoigne to Paris to meet Monsieur de Treville‚ the leader of
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doppelgangers to show that Dantés
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BY:ALEXADER DUMAS SUBMITTED BY:Rochelle T. Agustin BSBA-MM IC SUBMITTED TO:Mr.Rommel Tabula I.SUMMARY Edmond Dantès‚ a handsome‚ promising young sailor‚ skillfully docks the three-masted French ship‚ the Pharaon‚ in Marseilles after its captain died en route home. As a reward‚ Dantès is promised a captainship‚ but before he can claim his new post and be married to his fiancée‚ Mercédès’‚ a conspiracy of four jealous and unsavory men arrange
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Happiness Is Not Always Free In the novel‚ the Count of Monte Cristo‚ by Alexander Dumas‚ the main character‚ Edmond Dantés has some changes in morals and values throughout the book. At the beginning of the novel‚ the most important things in life for Dantés are: his father‚ Mercedes‚ and becoming a successful sailor. He had a positive outlook on life: “[Edmond and Mercedes] were so happy that they saw nothing but themselves and the beautiful blue sky which seemed to be blessing them”(18). All of
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flawed they are. In Dumas’ book The Count of Monte Cristo‚ Edmond Dantes‚ the son of a poor fisherman lives a perfect life with his fiancée and father. His friends however recognizes that though they are richer and better off than Edmond‚ they are not nearly as happy which leads them to frame Edmond for treason and that gets him sent off to jail for 14 years‚ while in jail the only thing that kept Edmond going was the thought of revenge. As for Homer’s Odyssey‚ Odysseus‚ the king of Ithaca having
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young man named Edward Dantès. The book weaves a tale out of his long years in captivity deep inside the Château d’lf‚ his miraculous escape‚ and his carefully thought out revenge. Readers find out that there is a reason for everything the Count does‚ even if they cannot see it right away. All of the Count’s decisions lead to the eventual downfall and ruin of the people that are‚ in his mind‚ the guiltiest in the betrayal that lead to his imprisonment. While he is imprisoned Dantès figures out (with the
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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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ingenious are only a few words used to describe Edmond Dantes as a Byronic Hero. A Byronic Hero is defined as a glorified but flawed character with immense superiority in his passions and powers. These heroes can be depicted in a variety of ways and contexts. Similar to a Byronic Hero‚ Edmond Dantes has suffered great wrongs and was betrayals. However‚ he emerges as a cruel and powerful man who believes he is taking the place of fate by having revenge on the men responsible for his suffering. In The
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