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Edmond: “I don’t believe in God.”
Priest: “It doesn’t matter. He believes in you.”

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Jacopo becomes exasperated with Edmond and his newfound reason for living.

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Count of Monte Cristo - Edmond wants revenge

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Out of kinship, Luigi tells Edmond that he is free to leave the crew and confront his past. Edmond tells him a quote from Napoleon Bonaparte, and Luigi laughs, not knowing that Edmond literally met Napoleon.

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The Count of Monte Cristo: A Good Friend

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Edmond has the ability to make a new life starting now, but he is unable to ignore his quest for vengeance.

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The Count of Monte Cristo: Protect You From Yourself

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Fernand: What happened to your mercy?
Edmond: I’m a count… not a saint.

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Edmond isn’t necessarily going after revenge because it’ll make him happy. In more accurate words, it’s completely consumed him and it’s to the point where it’s just something he has to do. Or so he tells himself.

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Edmond is in danger of snuffing out what drew others to him: his kindness.

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Edmond eerily relates to the young Albert Mondego. A fearlessness that borderlines innocence that Edmond already lost.

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Despite having lost the light in his eyes, Edmond spares Jacopo, and is jarred that it moves Jacopo to the point of dedicating himself to him forever.

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“I’ll run up to Paris,
BAM BAM BAM BAM,
I’m back before week’s end,
We spend the treasure,
How is this a bad plan?”

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Edmond is too scarred to be vulnerable…

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The Priest said this as part of his last words. It’s a saying meant to emphasize that hate is a cycle that you have the power to break by not participating in it.

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Edmond escapes the prison. While he is physically free, now he has to deal with the prison of his own making around his heart.

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Edmond and Fernand toss the chess piece to each other whenever one of them has had a great victory. Their tradition in the future becomes warped after their friendship crumbles irreparably.

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Albert saying this to Edmond has a crude irony and reflection to it considering Fernand put Edmond in the same situation all those years ago.

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“You ask your god for help, and I’ll stop the minute he shows up.”

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“You ask your god for help, and I’ll stop the minute he shows up.”

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Dorleac mocking Edmond’s faith as he tortures him.

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After years of sleeping on a prison floor, Edmond now actively prefers sleeping on the floor.

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Edmond no longer lies to himself about revenge being a poison.

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In this padlet, I particularly resonated with the quote, “We accept the love we think we deserve.” I feel like the main character in “The Count of Monte Cristo” struggles with this concept as well. Which is similar to the main protagonist of “The Perks of Being a Wallflower.”

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All that was used for vengeance will now be used for good.

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I liked the quote from one of my peer’s padlet that said, “Without pain, how would we know joy?”
Similar to my favorite film, it drives home that sometimes bad things happen to us that we can’t control. It’s up to us to deal with it in the best way we can: by moving forward.