Quotes In The Count Of Monte Cristo

In the novel The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Edmond Dantes is wrongly accused of traitorous actions and gets thrown in jail. While planning his escape, Dantes is transformed into a bitter person consumed with revenge. Edmond befriends an older prisoner Abbe Faria who relays information of a hidden treasure and molds Edmond into Monte Cristo. With the death of his beloved friend Abbe Faria, Dantes is able to escape the Chateau d’If and have enough wealth to enact revenge on his conspirators. Although Monte Cristo is a large part of the deaths, kidnapping and loss of wealth he is not wholly responsible for the misfortunes of envious backstabbers. The Count of Monte Cristo acts as a catalyst to expedite the inevitable. Edmond is innocent of all crimes because of Albert’s cockiness, Ferdinand’s cowardice and Madame de Villefort's motherly love.

When visiting Rome with Franz, Albert doesn’t believe the stories about the bandits and acts overly arrogant.

“Instead of holding Luigi Vampa holding us up, we will hold him up. We will take him to Rome and present him to His Holiness the Pope, who will ask us what recompense we want for the great service.”(Dumas 178). This shows that even without the Count’s intervening, the bandits would still kidnap Albert. If Franz didn’t tell the coachmen to stay on the streets and wasn’t cautious from the innkeepers warnings, Vampa would get Albert before the Count wants him to. Therefore Albert would have found himself in trouble with Luigi Vampa at some point without the Count to get him out of

trouble.
Ferdinand’s cowardly nature is shown through Haydee’s story of the killing of her father Ali Pasha. Haydee would not give the name of the traitor to Albert because the Count knew everything would unfold eventually. Also Ferdinand expected Janina to be found out that he had a story already planned if Haydee wasn’t there to be a witness. If the Count of Monte Cristo didn’t purchase Haydee as his slave, she would become bitter and enact a revenge just as Edmond did. “Nevertheless, this is a glorious day for me…the day when I at last have the opportunity of avenging my father.” (Dumas 443). Haydee has been waiting for this day since her father met his demise. Therefore Haydee would have brought down the destruction to everything Ferdinand has made for himself.
Madame Villefort shows unconditional love for her son Edward and shows contemptment for her step daughter Valentine. She also talks with Monte Cristo about certain poison. Her main interests were how to become immune and if there were any known antidotes. “And then no matter how scientifically planned a crime may be it is still a crime, and though it may escape human investigation, it cannot escape the eye of God. Yes, there is conscience to grapple with,” (Dumas 273). Without the Counts intervention Madame Villefort was already planning on killing Valentine so Edward could end up with some inheritance. Monte Cristo didn’t mean for Edward to die in the process, but he did save Valentine from her wicked stepmother. In a way Monte Cristo is a hero, since he reunites Maximilian and Valentine.
When Edmond Dantes got engaged and promoted, he wasn’t expecting to get imprisoned. He turns rancorous and feels he deserves revenge. After escaping Dantes acts like a spark that speeds up the process of his conspirators demises. Edmond or Monte Cristo didn’t make his conspirators immoral, he just punished them for their actions. Therefore Edmond Dantes is innocent of the end results because of Albert’s cockiness, Ferdinand’s cowardice and Madame de Villefort’s motherly love.