The Count of Monte Cristo The Count of Monte Cristo‚ written by Alexander Dumas‚ is a classic novel about a young sailor named Edmond Dantes who is imprisoned for alleged conspiracy with Napoleon. Doomed to a life in jail‚ Dantes discovers that the series of disastrous events that led to his imprisonment were caused by his very own “friends”. Vowing to get his revenge‚ Dantes manages to escape captivity‚ and find those who made his life miserable. Dantes then identifies himself as the Count of Monte
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Albert‚ Franz and the Count of Monte Cristo John D. Rockefeller once said‚ “A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship” (http://www.brainyquote.com/). In the book The Count of Monte Cristo‚ a novel written by Alexandre Dumas‚ a man by the name of Edmond Dantes is wrongfully accused by his so called “friends” and is put in the dreadful prison‚ Chateau d’If. After his good pal Abbe Faria dies‚ he escapes and finds a treasure‚ with the money he swears to get revenge
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“The Burial of Count Orgaz” analysis The Burial of Count Orgaz is a painting by famous renaissance artist El Greco. The painting is sixteen by eleven feet and was drawn with oil on canvas. The painting depicts a burial scene of Count Orgaz and a heaven scene with Christ above them. This painting is the most intriguing for El Greco’s use of two focal points. In El Greco’s career The Burial of Count Orgaz is widely accepted as his greatest work. In describing the painting itself it is divided into
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Elena Flores Period 1 August 16‚ 2013 The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Duma When my cousin initially showed me this novel‚ I looked upon it as something around the lines of a history read. At a first look‚ with more than a thousand pages‚ The Count of Monte Cristo looked like a waste of time. Not only that‚ but it wasn’t even in modern English. I had never enjoyed Shakespeare. Why would this be any different? This novel would probably consist of long paragraphs that just dragged
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Critical Analysis #2 The Count of Monte Cristo‚ by Alexander Dumas‚ is an adventure novel about a young man who is betrayed for reasons of jealousy and in the end gets his revenge. The novel addresses relatively evident themes. There are three main themes in The Count of Monte Cristo; they are revenge/vengeance‚ ideas of man as “his own authority”‚ and the importance of hope. The story begins in 1815; Edmond Dantes is promoted to captain of a ship and is engaged to is fiancé Mercedes. But one
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The Count of Monte Cristo Summary Short Summary The novel begins with the handsome young sailor Edmond Dantes. He has just returned from a journey aboard the Pharaon. The Pharaon’s shipowner‚ M. Morrel‚ rushes out to meet the ship. He finds that the captain has died en route‚ and Dantes has assumed the post with admirable skill. He thus plans to make Dantes officially the next captain of the ship. Dantes future is thus promising. His father’s financial situation as well as his own will be greatly
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The Count of Monte Cristo By: Alexandre Dumas Type of Literary Work: Historical Novel This book is an example of a historical Novel. It is historically accurate‚ and consists of characters that could have existed in the nineteenth century. Theme:Judgment Day comes to us all inevitably. We all pay for all evil and injustices of our life‚ yet sometimes there will be someone so viciously wronged‚ that he will return like a wrath of nature‚ with and unquenchable thirst for vengeance. Such a vendetta
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The movie The Count of Monte Cristo took place in France in the nineteenth century around 1814 on the islands of Elba‚ Chateau d’If and Monte Cristo. This was during the time after the fall of Napoleon’s empire. The Count of Monte Cristo tells a story of betrayal‚ ultimate revenge‚ and undying love. Edmond Dantes‚ a sailor who was falsely accused of treason by his best friend was sentenced to prison where he plots his revenge against those who betrayed him. Armond Mondego the friend who out of jealousy
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THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO The Count Of Monte Cristo is a novel by Alexandre Dumas. The story begins with a handsome sailor‚ Edmond Dantes who is very successful in his life and career and even his love story. The novel also deals about revenge to those people who misjudged and envied Edmond Dantes. The plot was great since the main character was at his good fortune being the next captain of a ship‚ who has a great love story together with his fiancée. But some people are envious of Edmond Dantes’
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Viviana Rubalcava 10/16/13 English 1b/Hotchkiss The Count of Monte Cristo: Alexandre Dumas The classic literary novel‚ The Count of Monte Cristo‚ by Alexandre Dumas‚ is a dramatic adventurous story of hope‚ envy‚ justice‚ and vengeance. Alexandre Dumas creates a clear distinction between characters that are forces of good as well as negative forces. In this narrative novel the reader deeply sympathizes for characters who directly suffer from the evil actions of others. This novel illustrates
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