Count Of Monte Cristo example essay topic

The Count of Monte Christo By Alexandre Dumas I want to introduce you to, "The Count of Monte Christo", by Alexandre Dumas. It is a story that starts as a love story that turns to betrayal and revenge. The Count of Monte Christo is set in France about 1804 in a large city. There was confusion to who led France, King Louis or Napoleon. France was divided by the two ruling parties.

The main character is Edmond Dantes. He did many things in this story. He was a sailor, a lover, a friend, a captain, and a prisoner. Edmond was a tall, skinny black haired man in his twenties.

When he was on the boat Phar on, the captain died and he was promoted to captain. When they return, he was convicted of treason and put into prison. Edmond was betrayed by the jealousy of his friends. His shipmate, Danglars, really wanted to be captain. Ferdinand wanted to marry Edmonds' girl friend, Mercedes. Danglars and Ferdinand wrote a letter accusing Edmond of carrying a letter from Elba to the Bonapartist committee in Paris.

On his wedding day, Edmond was arrested and taken before a deputy named Villefort. Edmond was secretly imprisoned in the deepest dungeons of the Chateau D'If. There Dantes' imprisonment was secured by the plotting of his enemies outside the prison, particularly towards Villefort, who wanted to cover up his own father's connections with the Bonap artists. Dantes spent 14 years in prison. While in prison, he was determined to escape and began digging a tunnel to hoping that he would escape.

While digging his tunnel, he met an old inmate named Abbe Faria. The old man taught Edmond history, mathematics, and languages. In Edmond's fourteenth year, Faria became very ill. The old man told Edmond where to find a massive buried fortune. When Faria finally did die, his body was placed in a burial sac. Edmond hid in Faria's body sac.

The jailers threw the sack into the sea which allowed Dantes to escape. Dantes recovered the buried treasure and became extremely wealthy. He returned as the mysterious Count of Monte Cristo. He was slowly plotting to get even with the four men who had caused him to be sent to the Chateau D'If. Ferdinand had married Mercedes and was now the Count de Morcef.

Monte Cristo released information to the press that proved that Morcef is a traitor, and Morcef is ruined socially. Then Monte Cristo destroyed Morcef's relationship with his family. For revenge on Caderousse, Monte Cristo trapped Caderousse because of his greed. Monte Cristo gave him a diamond. Later, Caderousse committed robbery and murder.

Now escaped from prison, Caderousse unsuccessfully attempted to rob Monte Cristo. The Count watched as one of Caderousse's companions killing him. As he was dying, Monte Cristo exposed his true name. To revenge himself on Danglars, who loves money more than life it self, Monte Cristo ruins him financially. To revenge himself on Villefront, Monte Cristo reveals to Villefront that he knows about a love affair that Villefront had long ago with Madam Danglars. Villefront's wife is greedier than Villefront.

She poisons her parents and her daughter so that her real son can have the full inheritance. Villefront, however, discovers the plot and threatens to kill her if she doesn't do it first, and so she kills herself and her son. The Count had rescued Valentine from a drug induced coma and reunited her with her love, Maximilian, on the island of Monte Cristo leaving the two young loves his entire fortune. The Count sailed off into the sunset never to be seen again.

The Count of Monte Cristo was a good story. It showed how the freedom of a man can be taken away in a matter of seconds, all because of a greedy friends. I enjoyed the story and its tale of mistrust, love and vengeance. It also explained that no matter how hard it got, there is always faith for a better day and with that faith and strong will is how Edmond Dantes survived his struggle. Determination is how Edmond became the Count of Monte Cristo.

It related to life because without faith and determination, you won't achieve in life.