Dante's Edmond Dantes-A Psychopath

Psychopathy of Edmond Dantes
The character Edmond Dantes has a complex way of how he views the world and how he thinks, which is crucial to understand to comprehend the actions he does. For seeking revenge most people would seek something immediate and direct such as murder, or serious harm to friends or family. Edmond Dantes does something different though, he plans a way of revenge which takes longer time than most would have patience for, in an effort to turn their strength and weaknesses and ruin their lives, having a more drastic effect than simply killing them. The way he guides others to ruin their lives and others it shows his lack of empathy for others. The way he toys with their lives like a game shows his narcissism. Edmond Dantes’

The start of the term was in the early 1800s when doctors working with mental patients that had a “mental depravity” or a lack of empathy. The term was officially coined in the early 1900s but later the term became “sociopaths”. In current day psychologists use the term “psychopaths” for the more extreme version of the two (Sellbom 1). A common misconception is that all psychopaths are uncontrollably violent but as Robert A. Hare states, “The general public hasn't been educated to see beyond the social stereotypes to understand that psychopaths can be entrepreneurs, politicians, CEOs and other successful individuals…” In the 1970s the PCL or the Hare Psychopathy Checklist was created by Robert A. Hare, and later updated in the 1990s as the PCL-R the “Psychopath Checklist- Revised”. The Checklist was created to be used on recently apprehended inmates to see if they displayed psychopathic tendencies. The test involves two separate factors to determine if the individual is considered a psychopath (Neumann 2). The first factor determines the interpersonal and affective deficits of

Throughout the book The Count is shown to act in a higher regard towards people who are less wealthy as him. A study created by the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin found that upper-class individuals are more likely to feel greater psychological entitlement and had more narcissistic personality tendencies (Piff 2). An example of The Count’s narcissism is when he first obtains his wealth. The Count sees some horses that he believes are beautiful outside and orders his servant to go and buy them. The servant returns to say that the owner of the horses will not sell them as they are too valuable, in response to show his supreme wealth, the Count then orders the servant to pay as much as the person wants, which he does. This signifies the narcissism within Dantes’ as he would rather show his wealth then be a respectful person. This is also seen when the Count creates a credit account, were rather than have a cut off, he demand unlimited credit simply because of his enormous wealth. The Count sees himself as a Judge seen when he says “God is always the last resource” referring to his as the ultimate decider of fate.The Count is seen to be manipulative which is seen in all of his revenge plots. In order to get closer to Fernand, the Count manipulatives Fernand’s son, Albert to become friends with him so he can learn more about Fernand.