This is a story of calculated planning and patience, and only time will tell if Dante has the ability to succeed. Will Dante successfully inflict pain and suffering on those that imprisoned him? Will he win the love of his life back? “You look to me like a man who has been persecuted by societyĪnd has a terrible account to settle with it.” () He is no longer naïve to the world around him and is destined to achieve retribution on a grand scale. Thanks to Abbe Faria, Dantes time inside Chateau d’if were not spent in vain and he emerges a completely different person. Sadly, after years together trying to break free, only one will succeed. Most importantly though, he shared with Dantes the information of his unclaimed wealth a wealth that many believed did not exist. He also taught him how to remain mentally and physically prepared for anything. That madman however, went on to teach Dantes all he knew: languages, mathematics, and history. Unfortunately, this solution appeared in the form of the madman, Abbe Faria, a man the prison long ago deemed beyond help and completely insane. For so long, he had been alone with only his personal, dark thoughts for company but now, there was someone else he could talk to. Finally, God had listened to his pleading and was providing a solution. He took this noise to be a sign from God. An act he would have succeeded in achieving had he not heard the scratching coming from next door. Hanging isn’t an option, so he makes the drastic decision to starve himself. It is a decision that will ultimately destroy him later.Īfter years of being subjected to the confines of his cell, Dantes believes that the only way out is to slowly kill himself. If Villefort declared that Dantes was not guilty of treason he would have been jeopardising those closest to him. While he believed that Villefort was going to help prove his innocence he was, in actual fact, doing the exact opposite. Unbeknown to Dantes at the time, he was betrayed for a second time by the local magistrate, Villefort. I haven’t committed any crime.” ()Īs if going to prison for a crime he has not committed was not unjust enough, shortly after arriving Dantes is sent to the dungeons where he remains without exercise, reading materials or any social interaction, simply because he asked to speak to the Governor in order to try and clear up what he quite rightly thought, was a grave mistake. “The Château d’If is a state prison, meant only for major politicalĬriminals. Dantes has no idea what is going on, although he does know that he is not guilty and therefore convinces himself that everything will resolve itself and he will soon be back with his loved ones. Jealousy does silly things to people and before we know it Dantes is being arrested at his engagement dinner and imprisoned for the crime of being a Bonapartist and for treason. Within moments together, Danglers has supposedly come up with a suggested plan knowing that Fernand would do absolutely anything to win Mercedes, even if she doesn’t really love him. Prison between Edmond and Mercedes: that would separate them no “Absence separates as effectively as death so just suppose there were the walls of a Within hours of Edmond’s return to shore, the three men are seen sipping wine together, conspiring against Edmond.īut what are they planning? Death, it seems would be too drastic, but I get the sense that something just as tragic is about to happen. Thirdly and finally, the reader is introduced to a young Catalan man, Fernand, whose heart is being ripped apart because of Edmond’s return, for he himself had hoped to win the love and hand of Edmond’s girl, Mercedes. There is then a second man, his father’s neighbour Caderousse, who appears to openly covet Edmond’s current fortunes, which in the grand scheme of things, is hardly nothing at all. He believed that Dantes was too young and far too stupid to lead the men and therefore would consider doing anything to thwart that plan. However, he is not so well-liked by others.įirstly, it is believed that he will be named the next captain of the Pharaon, causing the jealousy of one man, Danglars, to be forced to the surface. It becomes obviously from the start that Edmond is a popular young man with the majority of the crew. Set in Marseille, the story begins in February of 1815, when a ship, the Pharaon, comes into dock, lead by Edmond Dantes, first mate after they lost their captain at sea. Said to be inspired by the true-life story of Francois Picaud, who was a 19 th century shoemaker from Nimes accused of becoming a spy for the English and imprisoned in Fenestrelle fortress, The Count of Monte Cristo is a classic novel that is still well-loved today.
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