Maximilien Morrel The son of Monsieur Morrel who will later become not merely a close young friend of the Count of Monte Cristo, but because of his nobility of soul and his devotion and loyalty, he will become the Count of Monte Cristo’s spiritual “son” and the recipient of a great deal of the Count’s fortune. Julie Morrel Herbault Monsieur Morrel’s daughter, who first meets the Count of Monte Cristo as “Sinbad the Sailor” he sends her on an errand to obtain monies which will save her father’s business. Later, upon learning about these facts, the Count of Monte Cristo is able to return the favors triple-fold, for not only does he save Monsieur Morrel’s life, but he is able to recover Monsieur Morrel’s fortune. When he learns of the death of Edmond Dantes’ father, Morrel arranges the proper ceremonies. Likewise, when Dantes is imprisoned, Monsieur Morrel risks his reputation by continually applying for Dantes’ release, even though politically it is an extremely dangerous thing to do. This act causes the antagonism of others. At the beginning of the novel, when the captain of one of his ships dies en route home, Monsieur Morrel is so impressed with the way that the young, nineteen-year-old Edmond Dantes takes over the captainship of the Pharaon that he makes him captain of the ship. Monsieur Morrel, a shipbuilder and shipowner This is a kindly man interested only in doing good for others and for his family. Likewise, those people, like Monsieur Morrel, who treated Dantes’ father kindly when he was in despair, come into the good graces of Monte Cristo and are rewarded by him. Monsieur Dantes, Pere Edmond Dantes’ old father, for whom he has a deep devotion - so deep, in fact, that part of the revenge which he takes against his enemies is due to the fact that their treatment of his father caused him to die of starvation. The largest portion of the novel deals with his unique methods of effecting this revenge against his enemies, who became, during Dantes’ fourteen years of imprisonment, very powerful and very wealthy people. Then he devotes his life to bringing about God’s retribution against the evil people who were responsible for his imprisonment. The rest of his life is spent, at first, performing acts of goodness and charity for the good people whom he has known. He becomes the Count of Monte Cristo and dedicates himself to becoming God’s avenging angel. They become as father and son, and when the Abbe is about to die, he reveals to Dantes the hiding place of a long-secret buried treasure, consisting of untold wealth in gold coins, diamonds, and other precious jewels.Īfter fourteen years of bitter imprisonment and hardships, and after a very daring and miraculous escape, Dantes is able to discover the buried treasure on the island of Monte Cristo, and so he buys the island.
When the two men finally meet, the other prisoner turns out to be a learned Abbe, who teaches Dantes many languages, sciences, history, and other subjects. While imprisoned, Dantes hears a fellow prisoner digging a tunnel, and so he too begins digging.
Edmond Dantes (alias the Count of Monte Cristo his other aliases are Sinbad the Sailor, Abbe Busoni, and Lord Wilmore) Dantes is the dashing and romantic hero of the novel at the age of nineteen, he is falsely imprisoned for a crime which he did not commit and is kept in the horrible dungeon of the Chateau d’If, where he undergoes unbelievable hardships and sufferings that would destroy an ordinary man.
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