Shawshank Redemption (SSR) the protagonist Andy Defrense is accused of killing his wife and her lover though he had no recollection of doing so and therefore he is falsely accused and imprisoned. However In the film The Count of Monte Cristo (CRC) Edmond Dantes‚ the protagonist is betrayed by his friends which subsequently leads him to be also falsely accused and imprisoned. After years of being incarcerated both men endured tremendous amounts of physical and mental suffering but still held a belief
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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 is more or less favorably destined to become the next captain of the ship. While sailing abroad
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the reader can see the similarities in the qualities that the characters’ share. In The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe‚ the reader is introduced to the Pevensie children. The two youngest of the Pevensie children‚ Lucy and Edmond‚ possess the qualities that Psyche and Orual contain in the book
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imagery of the setting and personal experiences of the main characters Edmond and Octavie. Sadness appears right from the start in the first section with a gloomy setting of a war being waged and Edmond and the rest of the Confederate forces‚ he belonged to‚ attire. Stating‚ their gray uniforms were worn beyond the point of shabbiness (1). More sadness is evident as you finish the first section; because all the forces that Edmond belonged to
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The locket was a Drama short story written by Kate Chopin. This story is about a boy named Edmond who lost his locket while he was sleeping. Later in the story you find out it was stolen by a boy he was associated with in the army. The story implies that Edmond has died‚ because the boy that stole the locket was wearing the locket when he died. When Edmond finally arrived home everyone found out the truth. I personally do not believe this was a predictable ending with how the writer told the story
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but also just how 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
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movie count of monte cristo‚ the main character’s name is Edmond Dantes‚ his bestfriend is named Fernand Mondego‚ and Edmond’s lover was named Mercedes. Fernand was the biggest key to the rest of the story‚becaue he was jelous‚ greedy‚ and because of his pride that he betrayed edmond; he believed that because he was the son of a great count‚ and Edmond was son of a clerk so he should of had the beautiful fiance‚ and the
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all of the destruction and death would end. This perspective might also be a reflection of Edmond and Octavie’s feelings. Edmond most likely did not want to leave the women he loved to face a chance of
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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 him when he got off the Pharaon. She had missed him so much and now that he was home they could finally get married. When Edmond was arrested at their
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Kate Chopin‚ and the setting of this is during the Civil War. This story is about war‚ love‚ lost and love found. It starts out with Edmond reading a letter from his lover Octavia‚ and wearing a locket that she gave him‚ when a battle starts out. A priest recovers the locket and returns I to Octavia. Although the author attempts to deceive the readers into believing Edmond is dead‚ there are several clues in the story to prove different. One of the details in the story that gives it away was when
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