The theme of The count of Montreal Cristo, is one of hope, justice, mercy, and vengeance. It's a story of Edmond Dantes, a sailor who is betrayed by his enemies & thrown into jail for a crime he didn't commit. He was accused of "committing treason and being a bonapartist". In the 14 years Edmond is in jail his personality starts to change. This story takes place during "the Napoleonic Era while the usurper, Napoleon has escaped to his place of exile, the isle of Elba, located in the Mediterranean Sea".
Seven years into prison Edmond is seeking revenge on his enemies and has lost all hope.
A priest who is in the same prison as Edmond has been digging a hole for five years, ready to escape realized he's been digging in the wrong direction and dug a hole into Edmonds cell. In exchange for Edmonds help, the priest offers to teach Edmond all kinds of knowledge. The old man helps Edmond escape from prison, and shows Edmond where he can find the hidden gold of Monte cristo.
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I can relate to this story about loosing all hope and gaining it back.
I got into a terrific car accident when I was in seventh grade. I remember everything that happened that day like if if was yesterday. I was with my family coming back from south beach. As we were in the highway I turned around because I see bright lights coming in my direction and BOOM, It all happened too fast. All I remember is waking up in a hospital not knowing what year it was, doctors asking me questions, not being able to move or anything. I was very scared because I had no idea what was happening. The doctors told me I hit my head in the window during the car accident which made me loose my memory, they also told me I fractured my neck and I was lucky to be
alive. I never thought something like this would impact my life so much. It all happened because a drunk driver hit my parents car. I was the most injured out of everyone who was in the car because I was sitting all the way in the back. For the next 5 years of my life I became very depressed. I wasn't able to go out and hangout with my friends or live a normal life. I lost all hope and was angry with god asking him "why me?". I was in and out of hospitals, therapist, and doctor offices. Slowly with therapy I was able to slowly gain my memory back and found hope again. After my accident I learned to live everyday like it's my last because anything can happen the day after tomorrow, and tomorrow's not a promised day. I now truly believe everything happens for a reason and that made me the person I am today. My story relates to the count of monte cristo because I was able to find hope again after a long period of time. I was angry with god just like Edmond. As in the story Edmond says "I don't believe in god" and later the priest says "it doesn't matter, he believes in you." Edmond later escapes prison and gets the gold. After I finished with my therapy I was able to slowly gain my memory. "All human wisdom is contained in these two words, wait and hope"
In the story “The Count of Monte Cristo”, there is also a meaning full theme to the story too. The story talks about a man named Edmond who hears noises in his jail cell, then wonders who is making the noise, why they are making
Part I of The Stranger begins with Meursault's attendance at his mother's funeral. It ends with Meursault on the beach at Algiers killing a man. Part II is concerned with Meursault's trial for that same murder, his ultimate sentencing to death and the mental anguish that he experiences as a result of this sentence. Several curious parallels emerge here, especially with regard to Meursault's perception of the world.
The main character Meursault is literally a stranger, a stranger to the reader. He is a stranger in many ways. Meursault does not act as we would say a normal person would. Being as he did not shed a tear at his own mothers funeral. Meursault also shot and killed an Arab at the beach and showed no regrets. Throughout the novel Meursault kept himself isolated himself mentally,
"The Count of Monte Cristo" is a book which contains few characters but many identities. Edmond Dantes if not the main character, than one of the main characters kind of has a reality dysfunctional problem. In the book, Edmond Dantes creates various identities to fulfill his missions(fantasies). One of the few characters that Edmond Dantes transformed into was Sinbad the Sailor.
There are many ways to express an opinion: paintings, poems, sculptures, speeches, etc. Alexandre Dumas chose to express his opinions over vengeance through his book, The Count of Monte Cristo. Dumas clearly believes that vengeance is not the answer for those who have wrong you in times past. This is shown is his book when the Count of Monte Cristo’s plot for revenge on those who sent him to jail for 14 years goes to far and kills an innocent person. Although at the beginning of the book, when the Count explains to young Albert and his friend, Franz, that he would fight a duel for something simple, but for someone that caused him horrible suffering, he would inflict suffering just as horrible. He justifies his statement with, “‘An eye
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Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” is a horror story about revenge and murder that occurred half a century ago. Through the haunting confession of the narrator, Montresor, the reader is able to feel what Fortunato had endured half a century ago. In this tale of revenge and murder the dark, damp, and bone-filled catacombs provide a contrast to life during the “madness of the carnival” (553).
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While he lies on the ground gasping for breath, Caderousse tells the Abbe Busoni that he does not believe in God. Only moments later, Edmond Dantes reveals himself to him, and he spends his dying breath asking the Lord to forgive him. Edmond Dantes, looking at his corpse, whispers “one”. This was the first evident moment in Alexandre Dumas’s The Count of Monte Cristo where Edmond Dantes achieves any justification on his enemies for the wrongs they have done to him. After twenty years of meticulous planning, Dantes carries out his plan of ultimate revenge on his enemies in order to achieve the justice he believes he deserves. In his novel, Dumas shows that to obtain true justice—whether personal or societal—one must understand the limits of
Vengeance is the act of taking revenge for a past wrong. In the Crucible, Thomas Putnam and Abigail Williams both took advantage of circumstances to carry out vengeance against different people.
Everyday people seem change themselves in one way or another, but sometimes people change their appearance and personality to the point where those who were close to them, can not even recognize them in a crowd. The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas, is a story of a sailor, Edmond Dantes, who was betrayed during his prime time of his life by the jealousy of his friends. Dantes is sent to prison where he spends countless years planning an escape with the help of a fellow prisoner. The prisoner informs Dantes that he knows where a treasure is that one man can not even dream about. Dantes friend then happens to die, leaving Dantes with the information of where the treasure is. After escaping, and cheating death, Dantes strikes it rich when he discovers the treasure of which his friend talked about. From here on, the Count of Monte Cristo is born, and he sets off to seek revenge at those who put him in prison. Many people believe that Edmond abandoned his former self and tried to became the Count of Monte Cristo however, there are still some traces of Edmond Dantes locked up inside the Count.
Revenge is best served cold or so says the well-known expression. This idea of revenge that they seek is usually to restore a balance and take an “eye for an eye” as the bible says. Revenge, if by chance everyone were in Plato’s perfect utopia, would be in a perfect form, where justice and revenge would be one, and the coined phrase an “eye for an eye” would be taken literally. By taking an eye for and eye, and punishing those who did wrong equally as they did wrong, there is justice. However, this revenge sometimes goes to far and is consequently not justice. This notion of Revenge and justice is often in literature, one of the better-known being the novel The Count of Monte Cristo, written by Alexandre Dumas. However, literature is not the only time that revenge and justice is discussed in. Works and Rules and real-life events that took place like the Bible, Hammurabi’s code, Twelve Tables, and others each have something different about the topic. More religious texts seem to forbid violence, while laws, such as the Hammurabi’s code, recommend revenge, but equal revenge. By judging from literature, it can be concluded that most authors have different opinions on the matter at hand, and revenge is sometimes justice, but usually not, and tends to lead to violence that was not intended.
The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe describes how Montresor confesses the sequence of his well-designed or nearly flawless murder or revenge against Fortunato due to he is a threat to him. In his confession of a perfect crime, Montresor, who “vowed revenge” because of Fortunato’s “thousand injuries,” first say that his “heart grew sick” and then immediately add, “ it was the dampness of the catacombs that made it so because he believes Fortunato insults him many times that his hatred against him become bigger and bigger. This makes him cannot stand for Fortunato’s behavior anymore as well as the setting completely makes everything prefect as he believes Fortunato deserves the punishment. The nature and family hold a significant role
	His dream soon becomes shattered by three of his enemies, Danglars, Fernand, and Caderousse. As these three people plot against Edmond, he is about to become married to the beautiful Mercedes. On his wedding day, his betrothal feast was interrupted when the police came barging through the door and arrested Edmond Dantes. Dantes was accused of giving a letter to the usurper while the Pharaon stopped on the Isle of Elba and returning a letter from the usurper to the Bonapartist party in Paris. After his arrest, Edmond was interrogated and questioned by the public prosecutor, Monsieur de Villefort. During the interrogation Villefort promised Edmond freedom, but that was before Monsieur de Villefort read the letter from the usurper addressed to Monsieur Noirtier, Villefort’s father. Edmond Dantes was sent to prison.
Last year I got involved in a massive car accident. It was the most terrified part of life. It was the moment. I will never forget in my whole life. Before, I never realized how people really feel when a car accident happens.But,after this car accident I know what really it felt like. It was the moment. My mind was totally feared of driving. I was crushed by the hot metal and cold dirt of car. I was not feeling my arm,my body was numbed.It was felt like my lower body pressed down with monster force. All I could feel was the noise of car accident ringing in my ear.I was barely able to move my body. I was kept thinking. What my parents going to think about this? Where is my friend John? I looked through the window and saw the cars passing by