Tim Rezendes
English Notes


EDMOND DANTES AS GOD

· Edmond does not blame God for his imprisonment, he blames free will, Edmond then decides to take matters into his own hands and become a god-like figure

· Edmond controls the lives of the people who wronged him, seems like karma, he does all this behind the scene and nobody expects him of anything


[H]e felt he had passed beyond the bounds of vengeance, and that he could no longer say, “God is for and with me.”

Edmond can no longer say that God is with him because he is assuming the role of God, in his vengeance he becomes an all powerful being

· Edmond assumes different names and it seems as though he changes his form, a common religious saying says that we may find God in various forms, Edmond Dantes appears to people in different forms


· Edmond may be seen as a God when he becomes Sindbad the Sailor in order to help a friend in need, Monsieur Morrel, in Morrel’s eyes the money is like a gift from God



· In the eyes of Villefort Edmond may look like the devil instead of God but in our eyes we can see Edmond as a God and what is happening to Villefort is happening because of karma


· A famous bible quote says that our God is a God that suffers with us, Edmond is a being that suffers with those he eventually torments or helps, he suffers with Villefort due to his imprisonment and he also suffered when his friends had nothing while he was in jail.