Alexandre Dumas’, The Count of Monte Cristo, is a fictional story of conquest from betrayal to revenge based on a true story. Set in the terrifying Napoleonic era, a bright young sailor named Edmond Dantès is on track for a successful and happy life. This is until four young men devise a plan to place him in the awful dungeons of the Chateau d’If. After fourteen long years, Dantes makes miraculous escape and starts a journey seeking revenge on the ones who brought his misery, and to reward those who supported him and his father. Throughout his life experiences, he has changed physically, intellectually, and spiritually. These changes transform him from Edmond Dantès to the Count of Monte Cristo.
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All that was now changed. His oval face had lengthened; his smiling lips had taken on the firm lines of resolution; his eyebrows had become arched beneath a single thoughtful wrinkle; his eyes wore a look of deep sadness, with the occasional flashes of dark hatred; his skin, which had been away from the sunlight for so long, had grown pale; the deep learning he had acquired was reflected in his face by an expression of intelligent self-confidence.”(Dumas 85) Upon entering Leghorn after his escape, Dantès enters a barber and takes a look at himself in the mirror. His appearance had altered so greatly in the Chateau d’If that he didn’t recognize himself. From here, Dantès can go out into the world staying unrecognized by his enemies. This allows him to more easily gain vengeance on his …show more content…
Once in the dungeons of the Chateau d’If, Dantès went through a series of miseries. “He began with pride, which is the result of hope and a consciousness of innocence…finally his pride collapsed and he began to pray, not yet to God, but to man… Finally, having exhausted all human resources, Dantès turned to God… Despite his fervent prayers, however, he remained a prisoner... Then his despondency gave way to wrath. ”(Dumas 41) Dantès grew up learning Christian prayer from his mother without ever truly understanding it’s meaning. Not until he suffered unimaginable pain in the dungeons could he truly understand it’s meaning and develop a true relationship with God. “He remembered the prayers his mother had taught him and found meaning in them of which he had formerly been unaware”(Dumas 41). After his prayers go unanswered, he finds himself in a pit of despair and misery From here, Dantès focused on the fact that death brings release from suffering and he decided that suicide could cure him. He then chose to starve himself. He throws his food out of the window of his cell for three days, not eating anything. As Dantès had lost almost all hope and was in the act of suicide, he hears the scratching of digging and this restored a great amount of his hope. He then starts to in the wall from the same spot from where he heard the sound. Soon
The first transformation Dumas uses to move …show more content…
All that was now changed. His oval face had lengthened; his smiling lips had taken on the firm lines of resolution; his eyebrows had become arched beneath a single thoughtful wrinkle; his eyes wore a look of deep sadness, with the occasional flashes of dark hatred; his skin, which had been away from the sunlight for so long, had grown pale; the deep learning he had acquired was reflected in his face by an expression of intelligent self-confidence.”(Dumas 85) Upon entering Leghorn after his escape, Dantès enters a barber and takes a look at himself in the mirror. His appearance had altered so greatly in the Chateau d’If that he didn’t recognize himself. From here, Dantès can go out into the world staying unrecognized by his enemies. This allows him to more easily gain vengeance on his …show more content…
Once in the dungeons of the Chateau d’If, Dantès went through a series of miseries. “He began with pride, which is the result of hope and a consciousness of innocence…finally his pride collapsed and he began to pray, not yet to God, but to man… Finally, having exhausted all human resources, Dantès turned to God… Despite his fervent prayers, however, he remained a prisoner... Then his despondency gave way to wrath. ”(Dumas 41) Dantès grew up learning Christian prayer from his mother without ever truly understanding it’s meaning. Not until he suffered unimaginable pain in the dungeons could he truly understand it’s meaning and develop a true relationship with God. “He remembered the prayers his mother had taught him and found meaning in them of which he had formerly been unaware”(Dumas 41). After his prayers go unanswered, he finds himself in a pit of despair and misery From here, Dantès focused on the fact that death brings release from suffering and he decided that suicide could cure him. He then chose to starve himself. He throws his food out of the window of his cell for three days, not eating anything. As Dantès had lost almost all hope and was in the act of suicide, he hears the scratching of digging and this restored a great amount of his hope. He then starts to in the wall from the same spot from where he heard the sound. Soon