Coralie Casimir
A.P English
Mr. George
09-09-09
Outline
Edmond's God like abilities

1. Dantes felt like he had to play the role of God because he taught it was is duty to punish the bad, reward the good, and show merci to whom deserve it.

“A man [Edmond Dantes] who, like Satan, believed for one moment he was equal to God” (590).

Rewarding the Good
• The Count of Monte Cristo helped the Morrel family who was good to him and his father. Especially when Edmond was in jail
“Morrel often came to see him [Dantes’ father]” (154).
• He gave them money to defend their honor.
He gave them “287,500 francs… a diamond as big as a nut” (186).
• The Count gave their older son and horse and the woman he loved dearly.

Punishing the Bad

The Morcerf family

• The Count of Monte Cristo conspired for them to be stripped of their honor.
• Fernand lost his wife and son.
He “sob escaped him that eve came from the bosom of a father abandoned at the same time by his wife and his son” (487).
• This led to him taking his own life.
Danglar

• Went bankrupt.
• His daughter was humiliated.
The Count created a fictions character, Prince Cavalcanti who was to marry Danglar’s daughter. He did nothing but to trick the Danglar family: "He played his part well! To think that we had been entertaining a murderer, a thief, and an impostor" (523).
• He fled the country.

Monsieur Villefort’ family

• Lost almost every single member of his immediate because Madame de Villefort was poisoning Villefort’s family so her son could get an inheritance for her son.
• When her plot was uncovered she committed suicide and took her son with her.
“Since it was for my son’s sake that I became a criminal. A good mother never leaves her son!” (565).


Showing Merci on the others

The Count of Monte Cristo acted like a savior or the person people went to in their time of need.
• He saved Valentine from her step-mother. He knew that she was a good person and was determined to save her. Also he Maximilian kind of asked him to. The could would of done anything for him.
• He also showed merci on Albert when Mercedes came to him so he could spare his life.
“‘What do you ask of me?’ he said. ‘You son’s life? Well then, he shall live!’”