Examples Of Revenge In The Count Of Monte Cristo

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“I wish to be Province myself, for I feel that the most beautiful, noblest, sublime thing in the world is to recompense and punish” (Dumas 213). In the novel The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, there are many examples of vengeance exacted by the main character, Edmond Dantes, who later became known as the Count of Monte Cristo. Dantes started out as a young sailor with an encouraging career, a beautiful fiancee, and a loving father. However, those who were envious of his promising young life came together to take Dantes apart and Dantes was wrongfully convicted and thrown in prison. What he learned about the men who wronged him ignited a fire in his heart to get his revenge on those three people, known as Villefort, Fernand, and Danglars. Edmond Dantes started out as a young man with great ambitions in life, but the three men who wronged him turned Dantes into a vengeful man who manipulated every person he knew.
Monsieur de Villefort wronged Dantes by unjustly throwing him in prison because of Villefort’s political ambitions, but Dantes later took great vengeance on Villefort by crushing his life to pieces. Dantes was facing
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Dantes transformed from a happy, forgiving, young gentleman to a vengeful, unforgiving man focused on ruining the lives of the men who tried to ruin his. While the Count did show some forgiveness towards Danglars by letting him free at the end of the novel, he remained a brutal, manipulative, and bitter man towards all of his victims during his period of vengeance. Vengeance is a feeling that is commonly experienced by every human being, but the desire for vengeance varies greatly from person to person. In conclusion, The motivations of the Count were precisely supported by his actions, as his desire for revenge was carried out by his vengeful