Dumas' character Edmond Dantes also seeks revenge throughout 'The Count of Monte Cristo' generating a similarly destructive chain of vengeance and showing, in a similar manner, how society's injustices lead to resentment. ... There is a similar abundance of aggressive language used to express Danglars' jealousy of Edmond Dantes's promotion in 'The Count of Monte Cristo'. ... Contrastingly Dantes's revenge in 'The Count of Monte Cristo' was targeted directly onto his enemies. ... The provincially pious rants of Joseph serve little use to ...

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