The Count Of Monte Cristo Literary Analysis

Revenge is like an eye for an eye or a tooth for a tooth. Most people have someone at a point in their life where they feel like they need to get revenge on someone for doing them wrong. The Count of Monte Cristo has a very strong revenge plot that everyone notices in the beginning of the novel. In The Count of Monte Cristo Caderousse, Danglars, and Fernand are trying to get revenge on Dantes and Dantes doesn't really like what they are doing because he did nothing wrong. People who want revenge will go to any extreme length to get revenge on the people they feel need to be put into place. Sometimes people turn around and decide to get back at the people who wronged them.
Danglars comes up with writing a letter to falsely accuse Dantes. Danglars is trying to get revenge on Dantes. Danglars wants to get revenge on Dante's because he's jealous. Danglars is jealous of Dante's because Dantes is First mate and is about to be captain and Danglars is just the Pursuer. “I'm afraid Dantes good luck is going to hold out. Hell marry the girl, become captain of the pharaon and have the laugh on all of us…” (Dumas 16). Danglars wrote the letter falsely

accusing Dantes because he thought Dantes would get everything that he had ever dreamt of. Danglars does not know what he is getting himself into when he writes the letter and sends Dantes to prison. When dantes gets out of prison he disguises himself as the Count of Monte Cristo. The Count decides to have revenge on all of the people who sent him to prison. The count puts danglars in prison, he stays there for a while. “Oh, Yes, I repent! I repent!” cried Danglars (522). The count let's Danglars go with the little money that he had left. Danglars fate in the end is poverty because the Count took most of his money. Danglars’ fate may have been poverty, but let's see what the Count has in store for Fernand.
Fernand helps Danglars with his plan by sending the letter that Danglars wrote. Fernand wants to get revenge on Dantes because he is jealous. Fernand is jealous of Dantes and wants to get revenge. Fernand wants to get revenge on Dantes because Fernand loves Mercedes and Dantes and Mercedes are engaged. “Listen Mercedes, said the young man, It's almost Easter again - a good time for a wedding. Give me an answer.” said Fernand (11). Fernand does not know what he's getting himself into when he helps Danglars put Dantes in prison. The count decides to take revenge on all of the people who have done him wrong in the past and Fernand is one of them. Fernands fate in the end is death by suicide. Fernand committed suicide because Mercedes and Albert left him and the count told him his true identity. “A shot rang out and dark smoke floated out through one of the bedroom windows, which had been shattered by the force of the explosion” (395). Fernands fate may have been death by suicide, but let's see what the Count's plan is for Caderousse.
Caderousse questions Dantes about being captain and also asks about Mercedes. Caderousse got drunk because he was with Fernand and Danglars and they wanted him in on the letter that they planned to write. Once Dantes leaves Caderousse goes to find Danglars. Caderousse states to Danglars that he doesn't really like Dantes. Caderousse reports that Dantès is insolent about his new post as captain. He comments it would better for Dantès not to become a captain, for if he does, then he will he will not be approachable. He also says he has seen Mercédès with another admirer. Danglars and Caderousse decide to go the same way as Dantès. “Then let’s go in the same direction. Well stop at La Reserve and wait for the news over a bottle of wine” (10). Caderousse doesn't do much to Dantes therefore Dantes does not plan to punish him. The Count starts off by asking Caderousse what he has seen happen over the years, he doesn't want to tell him at first but then he sees the diamond and he tells the Count. Caderousse takes the diamond that The Count offers him and he kills his wife and the jeweler and goes to jail. Caderousse gets an outline of the count's house from Benedetto and he plans to rob the course but once he finds Abbe Busoni inside he flees as fast as he can. When he flees he goes outside and he gets stabbed by Benedetto. He's on his death bed ready to die and Abbe Busoni tells Caderousse his true identity and once Caderousse dies Edmond says “One!” (344). These three people have one thing in common, they all wanted revenge on Edmond Dantes. Nothing turned out good for any of them in the end.
Sometimes the unexpected happens and revenge doesn't happen the way you intended.

Caderousse, Farnand, and Dantes all got what they deserved, one by poverty and the other two by death. The count got revenge on them for putting him into prison just because they were jealous. Everyone notices at the beginning of The Count of Monte Cristo the triangle of revenge. Most people usually have someone at some point in their life where they feel like they need to get revenge on someone for doing them wrong. Some people can overcome their urge for revenge and others have been through worse and have to get revenge. In the end, Revenge is a very serious matter. Some people end up getting hurt far beyond what the person intended. Then the person who got revenge on someone feels guilt and wonders if they really did do the right thing or

not.