THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO - CHAPTERS 13-15

THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO - CHAPTERS 13-15

There is so much we can address in these 3 chapters!

We have 2 government changes in a quick time frame. Called The Hundred Days, Napoleon returns to try and gain control. However, it quickly comes to an end and Louis XVIII returns to the throne. As can be imagined this causes a lot of instability.

We must spend a few minutes on Villefort and his character. Have you ever known anyone like him who literally lives for their own personal gain? Despite his mistreatment of his father, it is because of him (his father) that he (Villefort) is able to keep his job under Napoleon. Did you note his view towards his engagement/fiancee? And his incessant lying?!

Dumas keeps us all informed of our Terrible Trio, Mercedes, and Old Dantes.

Then we have the inspector visit the prison, and we get an update on Dantes, and we meet Abbe Faria. Do you get the feeling that either one of these men is "mad?" Both appeal to the inspector. What are the outcomes?

Chapter 15 reveals to us Dantes' inner soul. What struck you the most about his journey from the depths of despair to the highest of hopes and joy? Have you ever found yourself in a situation of despair or what seemed impossibile? Do you remember when the walls of that situation began to break and the sounds of rescue or the cracks of light began to shine through?

Did you note the personification of death?