How Is Viva La Vida Powerful

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For many years people have noticed that people with power are normally corrupt, and have very little moral and that if they are not ruined by the world than they cause their own destruction. In the Count of Monte And in Viva la Vida powerful people in the story’s are taken down because of their actions.In Viva la Vida the writer shows the idea that a person’s own actions can lead them to their own demise through a song. He shows this by telling the story of a king that loses his power due to the people finding out about his own unmoral chooses and acts. In The Count of Monte Cristo written by ”Alexandre Dumas” there is a character in the book named Villefort who is a very powerful man who gains his power and wealth thru despicable acts towards …show more content…

Villefort In the count of Monte cristo had had a child that he did not wish to have so he tried to kill his child, which a man then came and stopped him from killing the child. When the child grew up he became a terrible criminal that murders a man and is put into court.When he gets to court he tells everyone what Villefort tried to do and villefort’s life is put in into chaos and turmoil because of his lies and deceit.Just as in the Count of Monte Cristo the writer uses imagery to show the reader that a deceitful, powerful ruler will cause his own downfall. In Viva la Vida a king is shown being rejected out of his own kingdom because of what he had done had come back around …show more content…

He also confesses that he was deceitful and a liar which shows that his rule was built off of lies and was going to crumble.The king then shows that all that was bad and wrong was him and him alone which shows that even though he had done the wrong he was okay with punishment for it. Throughout the the count of monte cristo and Viva la Vida both the writer used imagery and symbolism to show that power can lead a man to his own destruction. In Viva la Vida and the count count of monte cristo,the writer’s use of Imagery and symbolism to convey the idea that power can lead a man to his own destruction.Recap previous ideas-In the count of monte cristo and Viva la Vida both writers show through imagery and symbolism that a deceitful, powerful man bring upon himself his own demise.When someone gains so much power that they feel they can do anything the man will normally do things they would never even fathom of doing originally. On that note What type of ruler would you be if you had the power to rule over a massive

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