![]() ![]() Morrel does everything in his power to free Dantès from prison and tries to save Dantès’s father from death. Monsieur Morrel - The kind, honest shipowner who was once Dantès’s boss. Villefort stands out as Monte Cristo’s biggest opposition, as he employs his own power to judge people and mete out punishments. Like the others, Villefort eventually receives punishment from Dantès. Gérard de Villefort - The blindly ambitious public prosecutor responsible for sentencing Dantès to life in prison. Unlike Danglars and Mondego, Caderousse never finds his fortune, instead making his living through petty crime and the occasional murder. Caderousse is present when the plot to frame Dantès is hatched, but he does not take an active part in the crime. Danglars’s obsession with the accumulation of wealth makes him an easy target for Monte Cristo, who has seemingly limitless wealth on hand to exact his revenge.Ĭaderousse - A lazy, drunk, and greedy man. Like Mondego, he becomes wealthy and powerful, but loses everything when Monte Cristo takes his revenge. Danglars hatches the plot to frame Dantès for treason. He is the first victim of Dantès’s vengeance.īaron Danglars - A greedy, envious cohort of Mondego. ![]() Through acts of treachery Mondego becomes a wealthy and powerful man and takes on the name of the Count de Morcerf. Mondego helps in framing Dantès for treason and then marries Mercédès himself when Dantès is imprisoned. Abbé Faria is the most important catalyst in Dantès’s transformation into the vengeful Count of Monte Cristo.įernand Mondego - Dantès’s rival for Mercédès’s affections. He then bequeaths to Dantès his vast hidden fortune. ![]() Abbé Faria becomes Dantès’s intellectual father: during their many years as prisoners, he teaches Dantès history, science, art, and many languages. Mercédès is one of the few whom Dantès both punishes (for her disloyalty) and rewards (for her enduring love and underlying goodness).Ībbé Faria - A priest and brilliant thinker whom Dantès meets in prison. Though Mercédès marries another man, Fernand Mondego, while Dantès is in prison, she never stops loving Dantès. Other Characters Mercédès - Dantès’s beautiful and good fiancée. Sinbad the Sailor is also the persona Dantès adopts during his time in Italy. Sinbad the Sailor - The name Dantès uses as the signature for his anonymous gift to Morrel. ![]() The disguise of Abbé Busoni, an Italian priest, helps Dantès gain the trust of the people whom the count wants to manipulate because the name connotes religious authority. Appropriately, Monte Cristo cites Lord Wilmore as one of his enemies.Ībbé Busoni - Another of Dantès’s false personas. Lord Wilmore contrasts sharply with Monte Cristo, who is associated with Dantès’s acts of bitterness and cruelty. Lord Wilmore - The identity of an eccentric English nobleman that Dantès assumes when committing acts of random generosity. As a result, the Count of Monte Cristo is usually associated with a coldness and bitterness that comes from an existence based solely on vengeance. The Count of Monte Cristo - The identity Dantès assumes when he emerges from prison and inherits his vast fortune. When Dantès finds himself free and enormously wealthy, he takes it upon himself to act as the agent of Providence, rewarding those who have helped him in his plight and punishing those responsible for his years of agony. Dantès is an intelligent, honest, and loving man who turns bitter and vengeful after he is framed for a crime he does not commit. Edmond Dantès - The protagonist of the novel. ![]()
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