The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas

Introduction

Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870) prolific author, more than 255 volumes are recorded, reached the consecration in the 1840s: that the era of the Three Musketeers of Twenty years later, the Musketeers, the Queen Margot His best novels are published in the Parisian press, and The Count of Monte Cristo is one of them. It will appear in the August 28, 1844 January 15, 1846 in the Journal of Debates (Dumas 25). Several keys are behind the success of this novel. There is first of all the exotic close (Italy, the Corsican bandits) or distant (the reference to the Arabian Nights, the Greek Haydee): The East is in vogue since the Egyptian campaign (1799) and the conquest of Algeria (1820). Also, the theme of revenge is in the spotlight with a new society that turns and seeks recognition. Finally, the presence of the news item on François Picaud found in the archives of the police that Dumas enriched, can make this novel appealing. With this exotic portrait of Parisian society, revenge and shape of the soap opera twists and suspense that household, the success was immediate.

Beyond these features and flawless construction, the hero, Edmond Dantes, better known as the Count of Monte Cristo, is a fascinating character. The many facets of his personality, the psychological evolution of which he is subject, the many similarities which he echoes are all mysteries that seemed important to treat (Dumas & Sante 45).

We should not consider the meaning of hero here, as simply main character. While Monte Cristo camp star, but it is important to analyze his face as understood by the Greeks, that is to say a divine or mythical character. In the language of Homer, the hero is the son of a god or goddess and a man or a woman. But, unlike its parent, it is not immortal. In ancient Greece, the hero is the extraordinary man honored by all because he is the builder of a new city. With this in mind, we will try to analyze what the hero Monte Cristo. It differs from other heroes of the nineteenth century by his extraordinary actions, his exceptional merits and achievements worthy of the gods.

Preparation of Revenge

Dantes is conducting a covert investigation, and check all the facts had guessed the Abbe Faria in their jail. Posing, from Caderousse, one of the least involved of the plotters, an Italian priest, the Abbe Busoni, who had attended the last moments of Dantes, he found traces of his enemies and discover their weaknesses. It then helps financially Caderousse that despite this package has sunk in misery, and saved from ruin, without revealing his true identity, M. Morrel, his only friend (Dumas 5). Then he went to East. He became an ally of Italian smugglers who will help to achieve his revenge. He manages to stand up and save the young viscount Morcef, the son of Fernand and Mercedes. He found Danglars, which was enriched in the stewardship of ...