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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172). 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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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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have your ears? Thank you for listening to and respecting my arguments. As 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
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Cyrano de Bergerac In the drama‚ Cyrano de Bergerac‚ Edmond Rostand incorporates three different characters who come together to create this comedic‚ romantic‚ yet tragic play. Cyrano de Bergerac takes place in the beautiful city of Paris in 1640. Cyrano‚ who is the main character in the story‚ is not the most attractive man to lay your eyes upon. In fact‚ some would say he was the ugliest man of his time. No one was fond of his looks because his nose was bigger than you could ever imagine
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The titular character of Edmond Rostand’s 1897 play Cyrano de Bergerac is a deeply complicated man‚ a hero with many insecurities and many desires he hides behind a facade of bravado. However‚ there are no soliloquies to help understand these motivations and personality. Instead‚ the audience learns this information through his interactions with several minor characters‚ with each showcasing a part of Cyrano’s personality that remains unseen when the bombastic polymath is on stage‚ challenging the
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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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QUESTION: What Is Edmond Halley’s Most Famous Invention? ANSWER: Edmond Halley is most famous for his theory that comets have elliptical orbits around the sun & over time they will return to the same point. Because his theory proved to be true Halley’s Comet was named after him. Edmond Halley‚ FRS was an English astronomer‚ geophysicist‚ mathematician‚ meteorologist‚ and physicist who is best known for computing the orbit of the eponymous Halley’s Comet. Born: November 8‚ 1656‚ Haggerston‚ London
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