FREE ESSAY ON COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO

COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO

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.