Edmond Dantes: Do Not Fight Fire With Fire?

Do not fight fire with fire. Edmond Dantes had a twisty kind of life. He went from a young captain, in love, too scraggly man in prison, to a millionaire, to a revenge seeking count. Dante's was wrongfully imprisoned for treason; throughout his time in prison, Dantes learned the whereabouts of some long lost treasure, as well as received an education. Dante's was able to escape from prison, obtain the treasure Abbe Faria told him about, and return to Marseilles, France as a ‘new and changed’ person. Dantes is fresh out of prison and is already making his rounds of connecting the dots of what he thinks happened to him, regarding his ‘so called friend’ sending him to jail. Dante's disguised himself as a scholar to be granted access to the files containing the reasons why
As Dantes is talking to Mercedes after she revealed that she knew who the Count of Monte Cristo is; Dantes tried justifying his actions and thoughts telling her that, “for each day of those fourteen years I renewed the vow of vengeance I had taken the first day” (Dumas 492). Even Dantes knew that he was put in prison for life, he stayed hopeful and lived everyday on the fact that he would get out and get his revenge. Dantes was not going to stop at any limit to get revenge on Fernand, who sent him to prison as well as ‘stole’ his love away from him. Mercedes does not see this situation the way that Dantes does. Dantes is trying to explain to her that he loves her still and says, “I have sworn to revenge myself on Fernand because of the living Mercedes, and deceased father, and revenge myself I will!” (Dumas 492). Dantes lost two of the only people that he loved during the time he was stuck in prison. During his time locked away, Dantes learned and grew. He learned that he can not blindly trust others and also that people may not have the same heart as they lead you to