Monte Cristo Figurative Language

In “The Count of Monte Cristo, Edmond Dantès is a vindictive man who has devoted his life to avenging what he lost and what was taken away from him. Dumas’ novel does an excellent job of telling this story, bt it is not the only genre which can convey the same emotions. Such as in music, and more specifically, “Eye of the Tiger” it can represent Dantès’ rise to power. On the contrary, a non-fiction article can portray a serious emotion, and in the case of The Count of Monte Cristo, this would be grief. This is in “Find the Silver Lining.” In The Count of Monte Cristo, Find the Silver Lining, and Eye of the Tiger, each author uses Imagery and figurative language to convey the ideas that Dantès has grieved over what was stolen from him, and is vengeful as a result.

Grief has (since being imprisoned) been a large, large part of Dantès’

‘Why, even the lowest animals don’t die of hunger! A dog wandering the streets will always find someone to throw him a crust of bread! And you tell me a man died of hunger in the midst of other men who call themselves Christians? Impossible! Oh, it’s impossible!” (Dumas 99). Dantès is so shocked, so astonished to hear his father had died in such a fashion, and is visibly being worn down. He is distraught, and now, he is all alone. He grieves alone. Edmond is solitary, and as shown in the article, “Find the Silver Lining”, “The problem with emotional pain is it seeks and survives in solitude. It hugs you in its cocoon and shackles you with every memory, every broken promise, and every insecurity until you are drained of every desire to break free” (Laghaiefar 1). The excerpt conveys grief and solitude, some of the many harsh feelings Dantès has felt in his quest for revenge. Dantès has suffered so much, resulting in a state of immense