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THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO

Anthony Roldan 9/8/00 P3
Title: The Count of Monte Cristo 
Author: Alexander Dumas 
Type of literary work: Adventure / Drama 
Theme: 
The main point that Alexandre Dumas is presenting in this novel deals with judgement.
Those 
who are good to others will be rewarded in the furture. Those who are sinfull will be
punished.
SETTING:
The action in this novel takes place in Marseilles, Paris, France in the 1800's. The era
of the 
novel is set during the Napoleonic era. The ciites in which this novel takes place in
are, Marseilles, 
Paris, and Rome. Most of the scenes are in the cities but others take place on the
countryside, and 
in the Mediterranean Ocean.
BASIC PLOT: 
Edmond Dantes was a young and handsome sailor. He had a lot of things that people would 
dream of. The two main people that were jealous of him were a man named Fernand Mondego
and a 
man named Monsieur Danglars. Fernand was in love with Dantes' fiance Mercedes, while
Danglars 
was jealous that Dantes was to receive the rank of Captain that he didn't have. 
These men (as well as two others named Gaspard Caderousse and Monsieur de Villefort) 
form a conspiracy and arrange for Dantes to be arrested and sent to a dreadfull prison
named the 
Chateau d'If. After a couple years in the Chateau d'If he met Abbe Faria who became
Dantes' intern 
father . Dantes met Abbe Faria through a secret passage way they both had builtt. Faria
taught 
Dantes many things in there years together in prison. One of which was the secretly kept
treasure of
the Spada family. The two friends had planned an escape, but Faria dies before they can
carry out 
there escape. Dantes once again becomes filled with grief and sadness, but he thinks up a
plan. 
He thought only the dead leave the Chateau d'If, decides to replace Faria's corpse with
himself.
He places Faria in his own cell in bed facing the wall. He sews the shroud back once he
is inside it.
He is then thrown into the sea as all the corpses were of the Chateau d'If are. That is
how Dantes 
made his great escape. Dantes is picked up by a ship of smugglers. He joins them untill
he reaches 
the Isle of Monte Cristo where the great Spada family treasure was kept. With his new
found wealth 
he returns to society as the Count of Monte Cristo. 
During Dantes' imprisonment, Mercedes ends up marrying Fernand and Dantes' father had 
died starving himself. The Morrel firm (Which Dantes had worked for) almost had gone out
of 
business. All of Dantes' enemies: Danglars, Fernand, and Villefort have now become
wealthy and 
respectalbe men. 
Monte Cristo had two goals at this point. First was to reward all the people who had not

turned against him. Second was to punish all the people who ruined his great life and who
cost him 
his fiance, his father, and best years of his life. Monte Cristo rewards Monsieur Morrel
by saving his 
honor and his company from bankruptcy. He saves him by sending a letter adressed from
Sinbad the
Sailor (Monte Cristo) to his daughter Julie to go to a room and get a red purse there. In
the purse 
they discover a large amount of money and a walnut sized daimond that ends up saving the

company. As for Monte Cristo's enemies, he punishes them extremly bad.
Monte Cristo punishes Caderousse in a very clever way. Caderousse's eyes were covered 
with greed for him to see clearly. One night he try's to rob Monte Cristo's house when
the Abbe 
Busoni stopped him. Caderousse left after begging for his life, but only to killed by his
own partner in 
crime Benedetto.
Fernand married Mercedes in the long run and was punished by Monte Cristo. Monte Cristo 
releases news in the newspaper about how Fernand (Count de Morcerf) betrayed the Ali
Pasha and 
sold him into slavery. At his trail Haydee is able to testify against him and convict
him. Monte Cristo
then destorys Fernand's relationship with his family. When Mercedes and Albert flee, he
takes his 
own life. 
Danglars was punished by losing all his personal finance. Monte Cristo gets involved in 
Danglars' finances until Danglars becomes bankrupt. Danglars was still able to get away
with 
five million francs in bank notes. However, Monte Cristo is able to have an old friend,
Luigi Vampa 
and the rest of his bandits capture him and slowly diminish him of all his five million
frances. He is 
release as a broken old poor man. 
Villefort ended up becoming a madman.His wife was a murderer,she began poisoning her 
own family. She had adtempted to kill Valentine, Maximillien Morrel's love, but Monte
Cristo saved 
her and fooled everyone into thinking she passed away by giving her a powerful drug. When
had 
noticed his wife's evil ways, he told her to poison herself by the time he return back
from court. She 
then dies at his feet, and find his son dead in the next room. Villefort went mad, and
thus Monte 
Cristo had completed his vengeance.
Maximillien Morrel was in a depressed state due to the death of his love, Valentine. At
the end 
of the novel Maximillien wants to take his own life with the help of Monte Cristo. Monte
Cristo help 
and gives him something, but it doesn't kill him it knocks him out for some time. During
his wake 
Maximillien awakes to see his love, Valentine. The same day Haydee confessed her love to
Monte 
Cristo and he to felt the same inside. The next day Maximillien with Valentine hand in
hand were 
walking the shore to see Jacopo. Jacopo hands them a letter form Monte Cristo reading
that a boat 
would take them to Leghorn were Valentine grandfather Noirtier will be waiting for them.
As for 
Monte Cristo and Haydee, they were seen at the horizon sailing away. 
MAIN CHARACTERS: 
The main characters in the novel were Edmond Dantes (Count of Monte, Lord Willmore, 
Sinbad the Sailor, Abbe Busoni), Monsieur Morrel, Maximillien Morrel, Valentine,Abbe
Faria 
Monsieur(Baron)Danglars, Monsieur de Villefort, Gaspard Caderousse, Monsier Dantes,
Haydee
,Bertuccio, Luigi Vampa, Madeame de Villefort, Mercedes Herrera(Countless de Morcerf),
Albert de
Morcerf, Julie Morrel, Jacopo, Peppino, Fernand Mondego(Count de Morcerf), Monsieur
Noirtier,
Cesare Spada, Edourd de Villefort, Bendetto(Andrea Cavalcanti), and Ali. 
The character I liked the most was Edmond Dantes. I liked his strenght and his heart that

were so strong to get him through his struggles. He was able to escape from the
unescapable 
Chateau dI'f. He punished the wrong and rewarded the good, and I like how he attacked his
enemies 
from afar and revealed himself to them at the end. He was a man of courage, mercy, and
justice. 
The character I disliked the most was Monsier de Villefort, because he was really the
main 
enemy of Dantes in the long run, and the one to suffer the most. I really disliked him
for what he did 
to Benedetto, Dantes, and Bertuccio. He was the most vile character of them all. 
PERSONAL EVALUATION: 
Over all, I really enjoyed this book. The one problem I had were the long names and the
there there dificulty to pronounce, which seemed like a challenge within the book. I
would recomend 
this to a friend, and he would call me crazy but he would be missing out on a great book.
As for 
reading it again, maybe when I'am older.Maybe.
Anthony Roldan 9/8/00 P3
Title: The Count of Monte Cristo 
Author: Alexander Dumas 
Type of literary work: Adventure / Drama 
Theme: 
The main point that Alexandre Dumas is presenting in this novel deals with judgement.
Those 
who are good to others will be rewarded in the furture. Those who are sinfull will be
punished.
SETTING:
The action in this novel takes place in Marseilles, Paris, France in the 1800's. The era
of the 
novel is set during the Napoleonic era. The ciites in which this novel takes place in
are, Marseilles, 
Paris, and Rome. Most of the scenes are in the cities but others take place on the
countryside, and 
in the Mediterranean Ocean.
BASIC PLOT: 
Edmond Dantes was a young and handsome sailor. He had a lot of things that people would 
dream of. The two main people that were jealous of him were a man named Fernand Mondego
and a 
man named Monsieur Danglars. Fernand was in love with Dantes' fiance Mercedes, while
Danglars 
was jealous that Dantes was to receive the rank of Captain that he didn't have. 
These men (as well as two others named Gaspard Caderousse and Monsieur de Villefort) 
form a conspiracy and arrange for Dantes to be arrested and sent to a dreadfull prison
named the 
Chateau d'If. After a couple years in the Chateau d'If he met Abbe Faria who became
Dantes' intern 
father . Dantes met Abbe Faria through a secret passage way they both had builtt. Faria
taught 
Dantes many things in there years together in prison. One of which was the secretly kept
treasure of
the Spada family. The two friends had planned an escape, but Faria dies before they can
carry out 
there escape. Dantes once again becomes filled with grief and sadness, but he thinks up a
plan. 
He thought only the dead leave the Chateau d'If, decides to replace Faria's corpse with
himself.
He places Faria in his own cell in bed facing the wall. He sews the shroud back once he
is inside it.
He is then thrown into the sea as all the corpses were of the Chateau d'If are. That is
how Dantes 
made his great escape. Dantes is picked up by a ship of smugglers. He joins them untill
he reaches 
the Isle of Monte Cristo where the great Spada family treasure was kept. With his new
found wealth 
he returns to society as the Count of Monte Cristo. 
During Dantes' imprisonment, Mercedes ends up marrying Fernand and Dantes' father had 
died starving himself. The Morrel firm (Which Dantes had worked for) almost had gone out
of 
business. All of Dantes' enemies: Danglars, Fernand, and Villefort have now become
wealthy and 
respectalbe men. 
Monte Cristo had two goals at this point. First was to reward all the people who had not

turned against him. Second was to punish all the people who ruined his great life and who
cost him 
his fiance, his father, and best years of his life. Monte Cristo rewards Monsieur Morrel
by saving his 
honor and his company from bankruptcy. He saves him by sending a letter adressed from
Sinbad the
Sailor (Monte Cristo) to his daughter Julie to go to a room and get a red purse there. In
the purse 
they discover a large amount of money and a walnut sized daimond that ends up saving the

company. As for Monte Cristo's enemies, he punishes them extremly bad.
Monte Cristo punishes Caderousse in a very clever way. Caderousse's eyes were covered 
with greed for him to see clearly. One night he try's to rob Monte Cristo's house when
the Abbe 
Busoni stopped him. Caderousse left after begging for his life, but only to killed by his
own partner in 
crime Benedetto.
Fernand married Mercedes in the long run and was punished by Monte Cristo. Monte Cristo 
releases news in the newspaper about how Fernand (Count de Morcerf) betrayed the Ali
Pasha and 
sold him into slavery. At his trail Haydee is able to testify against him and convict
him. Monte Cristo
then destorys Fernand's relationship with his family. When Mercedes and Albert flee, he
takes his 
own life. 
Danglars was punished by losing all his personal finance. Monte Cristo gets involved in 
Danglars' finances until Danglars becomes bankrupt. Danglars was still able to get away
with 
five million francs in bank notes. However, Monte Cristo is able to have an old friend,
Luigi Vampa 
and the rest of his bandits capture him and slowly diminish him of all his five million
frances. He is 
release as a broken old poor man. 
Villefort ended up becoming a madman.His wife was a murderer,she began poisoning her 
own family. She had adtempted to kill Valentine, Maximillien Morrel's love, but Monte
Cristo saved 
her and fooled everyone into thinking she passed away by giving her a powerful drug. When
had 
noticed his wife's evil ways, he told her to poison herself by the time he return back
from court. She 
then dies at his feet, and find his son dead in the next room. Villefort went mad, and
thus Monte 
Cristo had completed his vengeance.
Maximillien Morrel was in a depressed state due to the death of his love, Valentine. At
the end 
of the novel Maximillien wants to take his own life with the help of Monte Cristo. Monte
Cristo help 
and gives him something, but it doesn't kill him it knocks him out for some time. During
his wake 
Maximillien awakes to see his love, Valentine. The same day Haydee confessed her love to
Monte 
Cristo and he to felt the same inside. The next day Maximillien with Valentine hand in
hand were 
walking the shore to see Jacopo. Jacopo hands them a letter form Monte Cristo reading
that a boat 
would take them to Leghorn were Valentine grandfather Noirtier will be waiting for them.
As for 
Monte Cristo and Haydee, they were seen at the horizon sailing away. 
MAIN CHARACTERS: 
The main characters in the novel were Edmond Dantes (Count of Monte, Lord Willmore, 
Sinbad the Sailor, Abbe Busoni), Monsieur Morrel, Maximillien Morrel, Valentine,Abbe
Faria 
Monsieur(Baron)Danglars, Monsieur de Villefort, Gaspard Caderousse, Monsier Dantes,
Haydee
,Bertuccio, Luigi Vampa, Madeame de Villefort, Mercedes Herrera(Countless de Morcerf),
Albert de
Morcerf, Julie Morrel, Jacopo, Peppino, Fernand Mondego(Count de Morcerf), Monsieur
Noirtier,
Cesare Spada, Edourd de Villefort, Bendetto(Andrea Cavalcanti), and Ali. 
The character I liked the most was Edmond Dantes. I liked his strenght and his heart that

were so strong to get him through his struggles. He was able to escape from the
unescapable 
Chateau dI'f. He punished the wrong and rewarded the good, and I like how he attacked his
enemies 
from afar and revealed himself to them at the end. He was a man of courage, mercy, and
justice. 
The character I disliked the most was Monsier de Villefort, because he was really the
main 
enemy of Dantes in the long run, and the one to suffer the most. I really disliked him
for what he did 
to Benedetto, Dantes, and Bertuccio. He was the most vile character of them all. 
PERSONAL EVALUATION: 
Over all, I really enjoyed this book. The one problem I had were the long names and the
there there dificulty to pronounce, which seemed like a challenge within the book. I
would recomend 
this to a friend, and he would call me crazy but he would be missing out on a great book.
As for 
reading it again, maybe when I'am older.Maybe.