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    Edmond Dantes

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    Edmond Dantes’ life started to become everything that he wanted it to be. He was loved by a beautiful woman‚ named Mercedes‚ to whom he was to be married. He as well became captain of a ship named The Pharaon‚ owned by Morrel and Son. Dantes also had many people in his life that he considered his friends. Gaspard Caderousse was Dantes’ neighbor and friend. Fernand Mondego was Dantes’ close friend and friend of Mercedes. Baron Danglars was Dantes’ fellow crew member on the Pharaon and became

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    This quote really does summarize Edmond Dantes. One moment he’s walking high‚ in another moment he is in jail‚ then he is free and out plotting his revenge against his three enemies. Edmond Dantes is a man of many faces‚ and disguises. He is Edmond‚ The Count of Monte Cristo‚ the Abbe Busoni‚ and Sinbad the Sailor. Edmond Dantes was a good and honorable man‚ but the actions of Villefort‚ Danglars‚ and Morcerf made him a cold man‚ set only on revenge. Edmond Dantes was an honorable‚ good man before

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    The Insanity of Edmond Dantes In the story The Count of Monty Christo by Alexander Dumar‚ Edmond Dantes is to become the captain of the ship Pharaon. He is framed for collaborating with a traitor. Edmond is sent to prison without a proper trial. The prison‚ Château d’If‚ is a terrible place. Dantes finds the captivity more than he can bear and becomes suicidal (59) Edmond is actually insane and hallucinates most of the story. Edmond is actually in his cell for the majority of the book‚ and predicts

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    Edmond Dantes Personality

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    Edmond Dantes lives his life from one extreme to the next as he becomes Monte Cristo. While there are positives and negatives to both of his identities‚ to truly see past the illusions he must find a balance. On his journey to find a balance‚ he learns that both personalities have positives but‚ he must find a balance to achieve true happiness. Edmond Dantes is initially naive and trusting. He loves unconditionally and believes that everyone has good in them. This helps him a lot in his journey

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    Edmond Dantes Essay

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    long voyage of about three years‚ Edmond Dantes is finally able to come back home to France. Dantes returns back to France hoping to see his father and fiancée but doesn’t see what he had hoped too. Once Dantes arrived to France he was immediately jumped on by his fiancée Mercedes. The two were so excited to see each other. After a few minutes of being with Mercedes‚ Dantes asked‚ “Where is my father?” Mercedes was slow to begin‚ not knowing what to say. Edmond once again jolted out‚ “What has happened

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    Figuring out who you are is hard‚ but for Edmond Dantes‚ it’s even worse. So many things have happened to him‚ shaping his character from person to person. Being in prison for so long took all the optimism and hope he had when he first came off the ship. Being someone else after he escaped so people wouldn’t know who he was changed him. He started acting like the person he was pretending to be and less like himself and how he was before prison. His life became revolved around the aspect of revenge

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    Before his imprisonment‚ Edmond Dantes was what you’d considered as every parent’s dream child. He’s what you’d describe as hard-working‚ honest and innocent to the point that he is naive. He cared immensely for his aging father‚ always wanting the best for him and supplying him with love and money. Edmond admired his boss‚ Monsieur Morrel greatly‚ and he even thought kindly of the three men who clearly loath him. Everything was going swell for the young sailor as he was soon to marry Mercedes‚ the

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    you know‚ I am the defense attorney representing Edmond Dantés‚ who has been charged with murder. Before you deliver the final verdict‚ let me remind you why Edmond Dantés is irreproachable in this court and why the prosecution is accusing unjustly. To begin‚ the prosecution focuses on the fact that Edmond Dantés escaped from jail‚ supplied poisons‚ and somehow caused the deaths of a few people. The prosecution‚ in this case‚ is wrong. Monsieur Dantés did escape from the Chateau d’If‚ the prison he

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    without the Main character and therefore it follows that Edmond Dantes would be another character source of the portrayal of Wait and Hope. Like Mercedes‚ Dantes acts this way‚ because it is an inherent part of himself‚ demonstrated by multiple instances of him portraying wait and hope in his different personalities. For example‚ page 35‚ he declares to his fiance‚ "Good-bye my sweet Mercedes! We shall soon meet again!" In the scene‚ Dantes exclaims that quote as he is shuffled away by police from

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    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

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