![]() The theme of The Count of Monte Cristo is one of vengeance and forgiveness, power and powerlessness. In beautiful conclusion, Dantes buys the Chateau d’If with his fortune and holds a proper farewell to his wise priest mentor.The Count of Monte Cristo: Theme Analysis. After this confession, Dantes has the pleasure of killing Mondego in a sword fight. Mercedes rediscovers Dantes and confesses her son to be with Dantes instead of Mondego. Next he wins everything he once had, back from Mondego. Then he tricks Villefort into confessing to a murder conspiracy so he’s taken away to prison for the same suffering he had to endure. Once social with his enemies again, he is able to have Danglar fall off a dock and hung. He then holds a house party to reintroduce himself to the world as the Count of Monte Cristo. He unfolds the Treasure of Sparta and buys a huge mansion. After 13 years of his life taken away from him, the only thought on Edmond’s mind is revenge. They make a deal that if Edmond helps Faria to dig an escape he will in return, educate Edmond.Įventually, when Dantes makes his way back to Marseilles, he is burdened by the horrible news of his father’s suicide and his ex-fiancee’s marriage to Mondego (she had been wrongly informed that Dantes was executed) a month after his “death”. After a few years of torture, an elder man, Abbe Faria (a priest), digs his way into Edmond’s cell. He is then taken to a horrible prison called the Chateau d’If, where he is barely fed, bored to the point of wanting suicide and whipped on every anniversary of his arrival. ![]() When Dantes asks why he did it, Mondego responds, “You’re the son of a clerk I’m not supposed to want to be you,” (Mondego is the son of a Count). Villefort and Phillipe Danglar, Mondego was able to frame Dantes for treason. Along with the help of two accomplices, J. The night Dantes was speaking with Napoleon, Mondego had seen the happenings. To Dantes’ most painful surprise, Mondego was the one who had in fact reported Dantes for delivering the letter. ![]() Apparently the letter Edmond hadn’t the chance to deliver contained Napoleon’s army beach patrol times and locations. The Count of Monte Cristo Movie Summaryį. Edmond gets arrested in the middle of dinner for treason and brought to a man named J. Once Edmond arrives home he has a nice dinner with his soon-to-be wife and father celebrating the marriage and his new job as captain of the ship. Sadly their captain passes on overnight leaving Edmond, Fernand and crew to continue on their way home. However, because of Napoleon’s great admiration for Edmond’s loyalty to his captain, he entrusts Edmond not to speak of the letter to anyone. He requests he deliver a “harmless, personal letter to a friend” back in Marseilles where Edmond resides. On the first night of their stay, Napoleon asks Edmond a favor. Napoleon allows them to stay in his quarters. They meet Napoleon and ask for medical attention for their captain. In France during the eighteenth century, Edmond Dantes along with his close friend Fernand Mondego stop in a strange land in search of rescue help for their captain, who has just attained brain fever.
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