![]() ‘Last time the fit lasted half an hour, and after it I felt hungry and got up myself. ![]() This is Faria's second attack, the first having been more than ten years previously: 148)įaria regains consciousness but has a right hemiplegia, describing himself as being ‘half a corpse’. When you see me motionless, cold and as it were, dead-and only at that moment you understand-force my teeth apart with the knife and poor eight to ten drops of the liquid into my mouth. But I might also froth at the mouth, stiffen and cry out. I may perhaps remain motionless and not make a sound. ![]() Dantès is warned by Faria what to expect and what he must do with some medicine that Faria has kept for the purpose: (From an early edition of The Count of Monte Cristo)įifteen months after their first acquaintance, Faria suddenly becomes unwell. Grandmother to Valentine.Abbé Faria teaching Edmond Dantès. Marquise of Saint-Méran - The wife of the Marquis of Saint-Méran. Marquis of Saint-Méran - The father of Villefort’s first wife, who dies shortly after her wedding day. Louise d’Armilly - Eugénie Danglars’s music teacherīeauchamp - A well-known journalist and good friend to Albert de Morcerf.įranz d’Epinay - Another good friend to Albert de Morcerf Jacopo - A smuggler who helps Dantès win his freedom Signor Bertuccio - Dantès’s steward (servant) Julie Herbaut - The daughter of Monsieur Morrel and sister of Maximilian. Brave and honorable like his father, Maximilian becomes Dantès’s primary beneficiary. Maximilian Morrel - The son of Monsieur Morrel. Monsieur Morrel - The kind, honest ship-owner who was once Dantès’s boss and friend. Caderousse is present when the plot to frame Dantès is hatched, but he does not take an active part in the crime. Noirtier - Villefort’s father and grandfather to Valentine.Ĭaderousse - A lazy, drunk, and greedy man. Valentine d’Villefort - Villefort’s saintly and beautiful daughter.Įdward d’Villefort - The Villeforts’ spoiled son. Madame d’Villefort - Villefort’s awful wife. Gérard de Villefort - The blindly ambitious public prosecutor responsible for sentencing Dantès to life in prison. Greedy, conniving, and disloyal.Įugénie Danglars - The Danglars’ daughter. Danglars hatches the plot to frame Dantès for treason. He then bequeaths to Dantès his vast hidden fortune.īaron Danglars - A greedy, envious ally of Mondego. Abbé Faria becomes Dantès’s intellectual father: during their many years as prisoners, he teaches Dantès history, science, art, and many languages. Unlike his father, Albert is brave, honest, and kind.Ībbé Faria - A priest and brilliant thinker whom Dantès meets in prison. ![]() Takes on the name the Count de Morcerf.Īlbert de Morcerf - The son of Fernand Mondego and Mercédès. Mondego helps in framing Dantès for treason and then marries Mercédès himself when Dantès is imprisoned. Mercédès - Dantès’s beautiful and good fiancée.įernand Mondego - Dantès’s rival for Mercedes’s affections. Sinbad the Sailor is also the persona Dantès adopts during his time in Italy. Sinbad the Sailor - The name Dantès uses as the signature for his anonymous gift to Morrel. The disguise of Abbé Busoni, an Italian priest, helps Dantès gain the trust of the people whom the count wants to manipulate because the name connotes religious authority. Appropriately, Monte Cristo cites Lord Wilmore as one of his enemies.Ībbé Busoni - Another of Dantès’s false personas. Lord Wilmore contrasts sharply with Monte Cristo, who is associated with Dantès’s acts of bitterness and cruelty. Lord Wilmore - The identity of an eccentric English nobleman that Dantès assumes when committing acts of random generosity. As a result, the Count of Monte Cristo is usually associated with a coldness and bitterness that comes from an existence based solely on vengeance. The Count of Monte Cristo - The identity Dantès assumes when he emerges from prison and inherits his vast fortune. When Dantès finds himself free and enormously wealthy, he takes it upon himself to act as the agent of Providence, rewarding those who have helped him in his plight and punishing those responsible for his years of agony. Dantès is an intelligent, honest, and loving man who turns bitter and vengeful after he is framed for a crime he does not commit. LIST OF CHARACTERS FOR THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTOĮdmond Dantès - The protagonist of the novel.
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