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. ... That both plots are tied to religion shows how people may u...

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In the books "Wuthering Heights", "The Scarlet Letter", and "The Count of Monte Cristo" characters are all enraged and begin to dig their enemy's grave. ... In "The Count of Monte Cristo", Edmund Dantes provided an example of how getting even does not solve all problems. ... " (Alexandre Dumas) Once he escaped, he took the opportunity to find the treasure on Monte Cristo. ...

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In Romeo and Juliet, Wuthering Heights, The Count of Monte Cristo, and Tale of Two Cities, a recurring theme is how children act as "agents of redemption" for their parents. ... In Alexandre Dumas's suspenseful book The Count of Monte Cristo, the children of Edmond Dantès's enemies manage to redeem the terrible actions of their fathers. While the story does revolve around Edmond Dantès's quest for revenge under the alias "The Count of Monte Cristo," the real stars of this book are the children of the three "enemies.... Eventually, the stren...

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