Character charts count of Monte Cristo Edmond Dantes- • At the beginning of the book he is sweet and innocent. His life is almost perfect. He is going to be the captain of his ship and soon to be married to the lovely Mercedes. • He is wrongfully accused and thrown into prison for 14 years. He meets a priest Abbe Faria who helps figure out how his conspirators locked him up. • Dantes escapes prison and is seeking revenge. He takes the identity of Count of Monte Cristo. A very powerful and wealthy person. He uses his new identity to find the people that put him away so he could get his revenge. Abbe Faria- • First meets Edmond in his cell when he was digging through the walls to escape he came to Edmonds cell. He acts like a father figure
n the book The Count of Monte Cristo takes revenge against the people who ruined his life as Edmond Dantes and uses different types of strategies depending on their weakness. The Count disguises himself as an Abbe and returns to find Caderousse still as a poor man. On page 110 it says “So saying , he the diamond from his pocket and handed it to Caderousse. “Take this, my friend.” he said, “it's yours” “What! for me alone?” cried Caderousse.
To keep his name clean Villefort sends Dantes to prison where he is imprisoned for fourteen years before he escapes. In prison he becomes friends with a priest, Abbe Faria, who tells him of a hidden treasure that Dantes can get once he escapes. Later on it is found out that Abbe Faria has a disease that h is likely to die from and eventually he does die after a massive seizure. When he dies Dantes takes on the act of a dead body and escapes that way. After escaping he finds the treasure and starts his new life of power and vengeance.
This shows he proceeded hateful toward anyone who stayed involved in his sentence at the jail. C. With all thing’s said Dante classed a modest man until he came about imprisoned where his true hate shows. II. The count has a weak spot when it comes to people he loves and therefore does not help him on his revenge plan on his rivals.
There are several similarities as well as differences in the way the authors of The Count of Monte Cristo and Blessings developed a theme. The theme of The Count of Monte Cristo is to never give up hope. The theme of Blessings is to be willing to open yourself up to others. Both authors developed these themes through the actions of the main characters and in the conclusion of the passage. One of the differences in the development of both themes is that Alexandre Dumas sheds light on the thought process of the main character in The Count of Monte Cristo, while Mary Hall Surface provides limited information about what the main characters may be thinking in Blessings.
Dante’s inferno is a comedy where the main characters are Dante and Virgil. Dante is a pro-famous writer and also a poet. We see Virgil as Dante’s idol and also a Roman Poet. In accordance to the comedy, Dante wanders as he goes off the right and straight path related to the moral truth and then he ends up getting lost in the dark. When he is about to get attacked by three beasts, Virgil rescues him.
The prisoners receive a thematically equivalent punishment to their actions in their previous lives. As the deeper circles of hell are populated by the worst inmates, the concept of contrapasso elicits exceedingly jarring punishments the further Dante travels. The nine total circles of hell are large enough to populate a lifetime 's worth of the world’s sins. When Dante is introduced to the first circle of hell, reserved for pagans, it is clear that the inmates are bound eternally to live in the Inferno, for even those who did not conciously commit sin, are forced to stay in this realm. In his real life, Alighieri was highly vocal about political stances.
•Edmond Dantès: Protagonist. Edmond’s unequivocal happiness is cut short when his enemies, who are blinded by their jealousy and self-bitterness, plot against him. Edmond’s gullibility and willingness to incoherently trust everyone around him precipitates his downfall. His destruction of character and desire for vengeance leads him to overstep moral boundaries. With the transformation of Edmond into the Count of Monte Cristo, he experiences a metaphorical death, the death of his virtuous self.
The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas, follows Edmond Dantes. After his betrayal, he seeks revenge against those who wrong him. He becomes extremely wealthy and is able to carry out his plans as the Count of Monte Cristo. Dumas explores three major themes in his novel: revenge, justice, and perseverance.
The stories “The Count of Monte Cristo” and the book “Blessings” are two stories that are developed differently based on the context of the story. “The Count of Monte Cristo” is about a character named Edmond that is in jail, he suddenly heard a sound and throughout the story he thinks that the sound is someone working or someone trying to escape. The story “Blessings” is about two people, Jesse and Rene who go on this journey which is going to a rock on the peak of a ridge. The similarities and differences of the story is basically just about what the characters can see in their perspective.
Ethical decisions are made very frequently in life, as are unethical decisions. In The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas and Macbeth by William Shakespeare, there are many more unethical decisions made than ethical ones. Doctor House also seems to make decisions in the show “House” that seem very unethical, but because he is a doctor, he must follow a different set of rules than everyone else. Thinking about each decision before making it can change the entire outcome of the situation, whether that is positive or negative. Monte Cristo is concerned with getting revenge, which almost always leads to a negative outcome.
In the novel, Dantes targets what makes them the happiest. He believes that taking away what makes them happy, will allow them to feel the pain he had felt for the last fourteen years. He seeks his revenge very slowly by using his intelligence and patience. Although, in the movie, Dantes does not target a certain thing and he does not take his time on getting his revenge. He receives his revenge by having sword fights and violence.
In The Inferno, Dante is the hero of the story. Dante is the man exiled from his home as a result of his political struggles and beliefs with the choice between evil and good. Dante’s heroism is in the form of humanity as he faces the challenge which all human beings struggle with. Dante’s courage is tested as he journeys through the rings of hell. According to Dante, “therefore look carefully; you’ll see such things/as would deprive my speech of all belief” (Alighieri, Dante. 1854).
Chapter17 Dante in disguised meets with an inspector from the prison who heavily investigated morrel and sons. Dante offers to buy Morrel and sons since it is of no value any more. Dante wants to help morrel, because he tried to release Dante and helped his father. Chapter 18 Dante now disguised as an English businessman, visits Morrel.
Dante’s disdain for society is apparent by his use of real life people in order to show readers the corruption the medieval world had
In the Count of Monte Cristo, Dantes is accused of treason. Although he is not guilty for this crime, there is some truth to the accusation. Though Dantes himself has no concept of what is in the letter, the evidence is enough to implicate him of treason. On the night of his wedding, Dantes is removed from his home and questioned by Prosecutor Villefort. When they establish that he is guilty, Dantes pulls the letter out of his jacket mentioning that he never actually did deliver it nor did he read it.