water and was known as a place of no return. When Dantes escapes‚ he takes revenge against his four enemies who conspired against him to send him to prison‚ in the manner of an eye for and eye. These four conspirators are Danglars‚ Caderousse‚ Fernand Mondago‚ and Villefort. In order to take revenge on his four enemies‚ Dantes uses a variety of names and disguises. The main new identity he uses for himself is The Count of Monte Cristo. Danglars‚ as mentioned above‚ was the Count’s shipmate
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Glenn Boswell January 19‚ 2014 English 2 Pages in Book: 531 The Count of Monte Cristo Introduction The Count of Monte Cristo was written by Alexandre Dumas. It was first published in 1844. More recently‚ it was published by Bantam Dell in 1956 in New York‚ New York. The book I read was translated by Lowell Bair. The story takes place in the 1800s in France‚ Italy and on the Island of Monte Cristo. The setting is during the period in France when Napoleon Bonaparte returns to power after being exiled
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Mercedes is described as the most courageous and “good” character in this book. This is true because of all she experienced. Some of the things she 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
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Mercedes‚ to whom he was to be married. He as well became captain of a ship named The Pharaon‚ owned by Morrel and Son. Dantes also had many people in his life that he considered his friends. Gaspard Caderousse was Dantes’ neighbor and friend. Fernand Mondego was Dantes’ close friend and friend of Mercedes. Baron Danglars was Dantes’ fellow crew member on the Pharaon and became Dantes’ shipmate when he became captain. Gerard de Villefort was a Royal Prosecutor who became acquainted with Dantes
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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 help of Abbè Faria) that the three most responsible parties are Monsieur Danglars‚ Fernand‚ and Monsieur de Villefort‚ so he sets out
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humans as a whole. Envy is an ugly thing‚ it brings the worst out of people‚ in addition‚ most of the time the envious not only fail to get what they truly want but also ruin the lives of several happy people along the way. This is shown when both Fernand Mondago and Antinous allowed their envy to get the better of them and plot harm to innocent men. Antinous‚ the leader of the suitors who gave in to the envy of his king Odysseus and decided to become a suitor for the king’s wife‚ Penelope and
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God not to punish you any further”’ (484). In this statement Monte Cristo is trying to express that the pain that has been brought to the Villefort family was his doing. Monte Cristo then focuses on ruining the life of Monsieur de Morcerf‚ former Fernand Mondego. Just a month after Dantes’ imprisonment‚ Mercedes‚ Dantes’ fiancée‚ receives word that her beloved Edmond
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Deception creates an illusion that sways an individual away from the truth and propels them towards a deceptive reality in which knowledge and truth show signs of opposition. The Count of Monte Cristo‚ directed by Kevin Reynolds‚ and Othello‚ written by William Shakespeare contain similarities showing capability between both stories. Appearance vs. Reality is unmistakably a common theme within both works that is evidently a result of deception‚ jealousy and revenge. Both works use deception
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was not for Edmond’s naivety and trusting nature‚ he never would have become a captain‚ or have the ability to marry his true love Mercedes. Edmond’s naivety also got him into a lot of trouble. He not only trusts Napoleon but he also believes that Fernand is a true friend. By trusting Napoleon‚ he almost sent a traitorous letter. When he is told of this‚ he puts his trust in the one man that wants him to disappear. If he was not so naive‚ he would not have trusted that Villefort was a good man. Edmond’s
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In the era of exploration‚ wealthy monarchies devoted and funded expeditions to spread the Catholic religion‚ gaining fortune and wealth‚ but most importantly gain uncivilized and unclaimed territory. Wealthy empires‚ such as the Spanish and the Portuguese‚ funded historic explorers for example‚ such as Pizarro and Magellan‚ to expand and connect two distinct worlds. One of the first explorers to set foot in North America‚ who sailed the ocean blue in 1492 was the Italian explorer‚ Christopher Columbus
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