Before prison, Edmond Dantes was kind, he avoided speaking poorly of others, and he was very innocent. However, prison made him bitter, and he spent years after his escape evening the score with the four people responsible for his jail time (Alexandre Dumas). Dantes felt no remorse for his actions until the very end of The Count of Monte Cristo, after he had served justice to his enemies. However, he then found comfort in the scriptures. God advocates exacting revenge upon those who have wronged you. When Dantes was thrown in jail, he spent a several years feeling as if life was pointless. He became so convinced he did not have a purpose that he began to starve himself in hopes of dying (Dumas). It took a while for him to realize that he