The Count Of Monte Cristo
...it was first
released. The Catholic church in France condemned it
because of its powerful message it presented the reader.
This theme was one of revenge and vengeance. Monte
Cristo had two goals- to reward those who were kind to
him and his aging father, and to punish those responsible for
his imprisonment and suffering. For the latter, he plans slow
and painful punishment. To have spent fourteen years barely
subsisting in a dungeon demands cruel and prolonged
castigation. Setting: The Count of Monte Cristo is set within
the nineteenth century of France in large and populous cities.
This was a time of great disruption. There was confusion all
over the land in regards to who led France, King Louis or
Napoleon. The citizens of France became divided by the
two ruling parties. Royalists and the Bonapartist cut at each
others throats in order to declare that their ruler was
supreme. This situation has a profound effect on the events
of the story. Dantes' enemies used the rivalry between the
two parties in order to convince the Royalists that Edmond
is a Bonapartist, therefore it is the basis for his arrest and
inevitable captivity in the Chateau D'If.. Basic Plot: The
Count of Monte Cristo is a story about a sailor, Edmond
Dantes, who was betrayed during the prime of his life and
career by the jealousy of his friends. His shipmate, Danglars,
coveted his designation as the captain of the mighty Pharon.
Ferdinand Mondego wished to wed Mercedes, who was
affianced to Edmond. Danglars and Ferdinand wrote a letter
accusing Edmond of carrying a letter from Elba to the
Bonapartist committee in Paris. Caderousse, a neighbor,
learned of the plot but kept silent. On his wedding day
Edmond was arrested and taken before a deputy named
Villefort, a political apostate, who, to protect himself, had
Edmond secretly imprisoned in the deepest dungeons of...
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