Danglars In Charlotte Cristo

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“Let us leave Danglars, possessed by the demon of hatred and trying to breathe some evil insinuation against his comrade into the shipowner’s ear” (Dumas 7). Lying and being untruthful comes with disappointment and unfairness. Danglars is an example of an unjust character because he instigated problems, wanted to replace Edmonds spot in the Pharoan and created false documents to frame Dantes. Danglars was once a friend of Dantes until jealousy got the best of him and decided to betray him. Danglars could not accept Dantes putting himself in charge of the ship. “It’s terrible! Exclaimed the priest. And what became of Danglars? He was the guiltiest, wasn't he, the instigator?” (Dumas 106). Not only can the reader see that Danglars is the one who caused these problems, the characters in the story can assume he is based on what they are being told. The Priest himself is intrigued with the case scenerio of the whole ordeal that Danglars has caused. In Danglars eyes, Dantes is too young to be the captain and should have consulted the crew about taking over instead of assuming the role without hesitation. …show more content…

Danglars complained to the ship owner about the conundrum but was not given the answer he was looking for. “Yes said Danglars, casting Dantes a glance full of hatred, he's young and he has no doubts about anything. As soon as the captain was dead he took command without consulting anyone, and he made us lose a day and a half at the Isle of Elba instead of coming straight back to marseilles” (Dumas 3). Following this, the captain disagreed with Danglars complaints and actually endorsed the fact of Dantes becoming captain of the ship. Dantes was the first mate of the ship (Next man up) and rightfully claimed his captain spot which makes Danglars argument

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