So powerful in fact, that was controversial when it was

first released. The Catholic church in France condemned it

because of its powerful message it presented the reader.

This theme was one of revenge and vengeance. Monte Cristo

had two goals- to reward those who were kind to him and his

aging father, and to punish those responsible for his

imprisonment and suffering. For the latter, he plans slow

and painful punishment. To have spent fourteen years barely

subsisting in a dungeon demands cruel and prolonged

The Count of Monte Cristo is set within the

nineteenth century of France in large and populous cities.

This was a time of great disruption. There was confusion all

over the land in regards to who led France, King Louis or

Napoleon. The citizens of France became divided by the two

ruling parties. Royalists and the Bonapartist cut at each

others throats in order to declare that their ruler was

supreme. This situation has a profound effect on the events

of the story. Dantes' enemies used the rivalry between the

two parties in order to convince the Royalists tha

with his family, whom he adored. When they leave him, he was

and other subjects, they become like father and son, and

have an innocent man imprisoned for life. Thus, he becomes

Cristo. The rest of his life is spent, at first, performing

novel. He is a sailor who, at the prime of his life and

his enemies outside the prison, particularly towards

untold wealth, diamond, gold coins, and other precious

is a Bonapartist, therefore it is the basis for his arrest

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Approximate Word count = 1390
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)