Monsieur Villefort Sparknotes

Monsieur Villefort works as a public prosecutor in Paris in 1815. At this time period, Bonapart is on the rise, Monsieur Villefort’s job consists mostly of incarcerating those with Bonapartist political views. As he is at a dinner party with his soon to be wife and family in law, he recieves news that he has to see a young sailor who is going to be tried for delievering a package to the Isle that Bonapart is located on. The young man comes in and pleads his innocence, explaining that he only visited the island due to the fact that it was the dying wish of his late captain. The young sailor, Edmond Dantes, gives Villefort a letter which states information on Bonapart which mentions Villefort’s father, Noirtier. The letter is burned and Dantes is imprisoned, although he is innocent and has no clue of what the letter is containing. Fourteen years after his imprisonment
“Monsieur de Villefort was not only a magistrate, he was almost a diplomat, and he paid very few visits. He gave a ball once a year and only appeared at it for only fifteen minutes. He never went to the theater, the concert hall or any other public place. Somtimes, but rarely, he would play a game of wilst, being careful to choose partners worthy of him; an ambassador, perhaps, a prince or an archbishop” (Dumas 210). This passage shows that Villefort does not enjoy being around others unless it is for business reasons, which one could infer that Villefort believes he is above all of those who are not on the same financial and political level as him. One also knows that Villefort is a God fearing man, who believes himself to be the deliverer of human justice, but final judgement is left to God. “‘I conclude that my father, led astray by his passions, has committed one or more of those wrongs which escape human justice but not divine justice, and that God has struck him down because of this’”(Dumas