Comparison Of Dantes 'Revenge Of The Slow And Steady'

Revenge of the Slow and Steady
Shakespeare once said that revenge should be a predictable and unsurprising thing. Then why is it that when someone wants to avenge wrongdoings, revenge becomes such an emotionally and mentally draining process? Edmond Dantes is creating his own pathway of revenge that involves his newfound level of importance and surprising those who wronged him in the past. The likelihood that Dantes will be satisfied in taking revenge is high because he is motivated by power and because he is not the type that is expected to cause harm to others.
According to Michael Price in his article “Revenge and the people who seek it”, those who are more likely to be vengeful and seek revenge are those who are motivated by power and
authority.

Some might say that Dantes did not show great care for his status before his imprisonment, but since he is using it greatly to help accelerate his revenge process, it is easy to understand how his status is now vital. Dantes uses his power and authority greatly in the novel as he is carrying out his revenge plan, and thus will be satisfied in exacting revenge as he is highly motivated by the status that he exemplifies.
Some of the most surprising revenge occurrences and plans have been given an added shock value because the person who exacted them was a person of the less tumultuous sort.
Karen Hall in her article “Revenge: Will You Feel Better?” states that those who are more rational are less likely to try and retaliate for what has been done to them. In The Count of Monte
Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Edmond Dantes was not seen as a man of anger or violence before he was imprisoned, so none of his former associates were likely to think of him having a crazy plan to exact revenge. Dantes, now as the Count, is still not an overly aggressive person and is actually rather calm and collected. According to Hall’s statement, Dantes should not be the