THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO - CHAPTERS 1-3 B

THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO - CHAPTERS 1-3 B

Do Not Read This Post If You Want To Answer the Questions! Read the Chpts 1-3 Part A post first.

Answers to some of my observations-

-Right from the start we have an air of foreboding. One of the first places the ship passes is Chateau d'If. Tuck that name away in your memory, because it is the prison. The ship has an air of melancholy that people notice.

-Edmond Dantes is a very honorable, trustworthy man. We see the starts of that character being rewarded. However he doesn't like our three savory characters, Danglars, Caderousse, and Fernand, but is forced to accept them in his life because of his love and respect for the owner of the ship he works on, his father, and Mercedes.

- a word describing each of our savory characters

   Hateful-Danglars

    Greedy-Caderousse

     Envious-Fernand

-Foreshadowing at the end - Mercedes corrects Caderousse when he calls her Madame Dante. She tells him it is "bad luck" to be called that before she is married. Edmond corrects Danglars in the same manner when he calls him "Captain." He also refers to bad luck.

As to the letter time will tell what Danglars has up his sleeve.

Want to dig a little deeper? Notice the juxtaposition of Danglars and Dantes.

Now on to next week's reading! Chpts. 4-6!