How Is Viva La Vida Powerful

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

the main character of the book. When the Main character finally sees what villefort has done, he is mad at him for lying to him about what he was going to do. 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.The Count of Monte Cristo and Viva la Vida both use imagery to show the idea that power can lead a man to their own destruction.
Imagery in the Count of Monte Cristo and Viva la vida show that deceitful, powerful men are found out and lose their power.”In the midst of the uproar at least ten persons crowded around the public prosecutor, who slumped half unconscious in his chair, to offer him sympathy” (Dumas 476).

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

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One minute I held the key
Next the walls were closed on me
And I discovered that my castles
Stand
Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand
The part of the poem of the king in Viva la Vida shows that a lie or a deceitful crime came to the townspeople ears and made them grow sour of him. When he discovered that his kingdom was founded on horrible materials which shows that the king had gotten the crown threw false acts.The writer puts in that the doors were closed on him very quickly which indicates that whatever he did had to have been a serious crime.Both of the Count of Monte cristo and Viva la Vida also uses symbolism to show deceitful rulers will inevitably bring their own downfall.
Both the book and the song show threw symbolism that power can turn a lead a ruler to doing things that brings his own demise.”A thunderous explosion burst forth from the entire courtroom, and it was five minutes before the magistrate succeeded in restoring order”(Dumas 476). When Dumas writes there was a thunderous explosion it shows that this was a very frightening and horrible crime that had just been shown to the people and symbolizes their discomfort. Also when the whole courtroom is angry that this has happened it shows just how wrong Villefort was when he had tried to kill his son. The writer then tells the readers that it took a massive amount of power and time to finally stop the uproar that this unspeakable act had triggered. In the Viva la the writer also uses symbolism just like in the Count of Monte Cristo to show how the power corrupted him into doing things he should not have done and how they affected him.
Supporting evidence (Viva la Vida)-
For some reason I can’t explain
I Know saint peter won’t call my
Name
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world
When the king says he “knows saint peter won’t call my name” it shows that he knows that he has done horrible acts.

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

empire?