The Count of Monte Cristo
Study Questions & Essay Topics
Study Questions
1. Dumas often writes of Edmond Dantès’s time in prison as if it were a death. What do you think is the significance of this choice of language?
2. Describe how The Count of Monte Cristo reflects the nineteenth-century Romantics’ obsession with the exotic.
3. Monte Cristo’s last words to Maximilian are “Wait and hope.” What is the significance of this statement? How does it connect to the larger narrative of the novel?
Suggested Essay Topics
1. In what sense is Abbé Faria Dantès’s second father? Do you think that by calling him a “second father” Dumas is referring to the poisonous knowledge that Faria gives Dantès in deducing the events behind his imprisonment?
2. How do Julie Morrel and Emmanuel Herbaut redeem humanity in Monte Cristo’s eyes?
3. Compare Valentine de Villefort and Eugénie Danglars. In what ways do these characters act as foils for one another?
4. Edmond Dantès assumes a number of aliases during the course of the novel, and many other characters have a variety of different names as well. What do you consider to be the significance of names in The Count of Monte Cristo? What do you think is the significance of each of Edmond Dantès’s assumed names?
5. Compare Madame Danglars and Mercédès. In what ways do these characters act as foils for each other?
6. What is the effect of Haydée’s love for Monte Cristo?
Sultan of Monte Cristo-The Sequel
by keitht7, July 15, 2012
The Sultan of Monte Cristo is a return to the great classic writing of
the late 19th century.Written as a sequel to the long time loved and
treasured adventure novel The Count of Monte Cristo,Sultan of
Monte Cristo pays great tribute to the original by remaining full of
intrigue and adding more seductive romance with the harem of the
Sultan.
The many exploites of the Sultan leaves you wondering how could
this astonishing work of literary art be so captivating while keeping
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by KingSize4, May 02, 2013
This for the full version if your not reading the full version this will get you even more confused than the book does. The Count of Monte Christo is a good book but not when your confused about the Plot i'm in the middle of reading it and think the spark notes really help.








