Count Of Monte Cristo Essay, Research Paper

There are many subplots involving The Count of Monte

Cristo’s adversaries. The first one started out in Rome where the

count met two young men, Albert de Morcerf and Franz d’Epinay.

The Count became a great friend to the two young men and even

saved Albert’s life when the “Italian bandit,” Luigi Vampa,

captured him. Luckily Vampa was a loyal friend to the count and

obeyed his command to release Albert. Albert eventually

introduced the count to Paris society and to his many friends.

The next subplot was when The Count of Monte Cristo

bought the house in Auteuil. His servant Bertuccio had a history

with that house that involved Monsieur de Villefort. He later told

that story to the count and introduced Benedetto, which later

became Andrea Cavalcanti. Benedetto was the son of Villefort

and Madame Danglars, which was presumed dead and was burried

and left to die if Bertuccio did not dig the baby up. Benedetto

later led a life of crime and left Bertuccio, who raised him.

The next subplot was when Benedetto was introduced to the

Count of Monte Cristo as Andrea Cavalcanti. He took on this role

and was given a fake father. Andrea then became the good friend

of the count’s, mainly because the count was to supply him with a

great amount of wealth.

The next subplot was when the count created the false

telegram that “King Don Carlos escaped the vigilance excercised

over him in Bourges and has returned to Spain across the

Catalonian frontier.” This caused many people to sell their

Spanish bonds, including Baron Danglars, and to lose a lot of

money.

The next subplot is when The Count of Monte Cristo invited

all of his “friends” to the country house he bought in Auteuil. This

house haunted two guests, Monsieur de Villefort and Madame

Danglars because this was the house which Madame Danglars

gave birth to Benedetto and where Villefort barried him. The

count showed the guests the garden which the baby was buried.

Then he told everyone a false story that he discovered a box which

contained a skeleton of a baby, but Villefort knew that was a lie

because he later went back to check on the box after he was

stabbed by Bertuccio, which was mentioned in Bertuccio’s story.

He later told Madame Danglars what he knew and that arroused

suspicion towards The Count of Monte Cristo.

The next subplot was when members of the Villefort family

started dying. The first one to die was Monsieur de Saint-Meran,

Villefort’s father-in-law. The next was Madame de Saint-Meran,

Villefort’s mother-in-law. A doctor later discovered that they were

poisoned and later Barrois, Monsieur Noirtier’s servant, was

poisoned.

The next subplot was when Andrea was later suprised when

Caderousse went up to Andrea just as he was going home after the

dinner at the count’s country house. Caderousse later agreed that

he would never reveal Andrea’s true identity to the Paris society for

a moderate sum each month which Andrea was forced to pay him.

Both of them later met up with each other where Caderousse

requested more money each month when Andrea gave him the

idea to rob The Count of Monte Cristo. Caderousse decided to

break into the count’s house when he would be out of town but

Andrea sent a letter to the count telling him of Caderousse’s plan.

The count eventually catches him in the act and reveals his identy

as Edmond Dantes and lets Caderousse go. As he was leaving,

Andrea saw that the count just let him go and he killed Caderousse

himself.

The next subplot was when the count published in the

newspaper that The Count of Morcerf (Fernand Mondego)

betrayed Ali Pasha in Yanina. Albert read this article when he was

away with the count and he hurried back to Paris. Fernand was

later tried and found guilty due to Haydee and the evidence she

brought forth. Fernand’s name was scarred and he was destroyed.

Albert later challenged Monte Cristo to a duel after he found out

who was behind the downfall of his father. They both later

forgave each other due to Mercedes’s convincing and she and

Albert left Paris together.

The next subplot was when Valentine was poisoned, but not

before Monsieur Noirtier made her immune to the poison because

he suspected that she would be next. Maximilien found this out

and asked the count for help. He later found out that Maximilien

loved Valentine and told him that she wouldn’t die. The count

then bought a house next to the Villefort residence under the name

Abbe Busoni, and stayed in Valentine’s room to discover the

murder who has been poisoning. It was later discovered that

Madame de Villefort was the one poisoning and the count gave

Valentine a green pill which would make her appear as if she was

dead, long enough for him to finish his plan.

The next subplot was when Andrea tried to flea the police

which tried to arrest him for the murder of Gaspard Caderousse.

He was later captured although the count sent a letter to him and

convinced him to testify that he was really Benedetto and he was

the abandoned son of Monsieur de Villefort. He did so and

Villeforts name was scarred.

The last subplot was when The Count of Monte Cristo

withdrew a large sum of money from Baron Danglars. This left

Danglars short of the money which another client of his wanted to

withdraw. Danglars eventually left Paris to escape the shame

casted upon him.

All of these subplots are woven into the main plot of the

story, which was for Edmond Dantes to get revenge on all the

people who imprisoned him in the Chateau d’If and left him there

to die. The first plot was made so that the count could get close to

Albert and his family so he could get his revenge on Fernand

Mondego which he later killed. The second plot was made to help

him know of a wrong-doing which Monsieur Villefort did and to

use it against him. The third and fifth plot also was made so that

the count could use Andrea against Villefort, exposing the

attemptive murder of his baby. The forth and last plot was to

bring down Danglars and his fortune. The plots all made Danglars

lose a large sum of money and later made him leave Paris. The

sixth plot was to destroy Villefort’s family by eliminating the ones

who he loved. The seventh plot was created to get revenge on

Caderousse and to also contribute to the futher manipulation of

Benedetto. The eight plot was made to finally bring down Fernand

Mondego and expose the crime he made in Yanina. This also led

to the death of Fernand by the count’s hand. The ninth plot was

made to discover the murderer who poisoned the people in the

Villefort family and it also led the death of Madame Villefort and

her son. This contributed to the revenge which the count casted on

Monsieur Villefort. The tenth plot was what really destroyed

Villefort. Benedetto testified that he was really the son of

Monsieur de Villefort and told the court how he tried to kill him

when he was a baby. All of Paris later found out of Villefort’s

crime and he was destroyed. The Count of Monte Cristo

successfully got revenge on all who destroyed his previous life as

Edmond Dantes although he did hurt some of the people he loved

along the way of his revenge.