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Why does Edmond Dantès want revenge?
Dantes took revenge on caderousse because caderousse let his dad die while he was in jail an because he took all of the money that dantes had let for his dad, therefore causing him to starve.
How Does Count of Monte Cristo get revenge?
The Count of Monte Cristo wreaks revenge upon de Villefort by giving poison to Mme. de Villefort. She poisons the maternal grandparents, but de Villefort does not want the police involved as this attention will be damaging to his reputation.
What did The Count of Monte Cristo want?
Monte Cristo has two goals — to reward those who were kind to him and his aging father, and to punish those responsible for his imprisonment. For the latter, he plans slow and painful punishment.
Why and from whom did Monte Cristo want to take revenge?
The Count chose this form of revenge because he knew that Caderousse could not resist the temptation of extra money. The Count punished him in this fashion because Caderousse took away all the money that Dantès left for his father. This loss of money caused Dantès’ father to starve to death.
Why did Albert not fight a duel with the Count of Monte Cristo?
It was impossible to shield them from the revenge he visited on Fernand Mondego, but he spared Albert when he might have killed him in a duel, and he gave to Mercédès the small amount of money he had saved years before in preparation for their planned marriage.
What is the significance of the chess piece between Edmond and Mondego?
When Napoleon asked Edmond why he and Fernand exchanged the king chess piece, Edmond told him it signifies being the king of the moment. To which Napoleon responds that the world is made up of either kings or pawns.
Why does caderousse hate Dantes?
Though Dantès left his father with 200 francs, the tailor Caderousse demanded that the elder Dantès pay him a debt that his son owed, which left the old man with only sixty francs on which to live. The two men discuss their dislike for Dantès and accuse him of being arrogant.