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Period 2---questions 9,10   9. Dantes lost his will to live when he was in prison, but he was saved when he met Abbe Faria. Near the end of the book, he also put his life in the hands of Maximillien, promising that if Maximillien ended his life then so would Dantes because he would have nothing to live for. Dantes was also prepared to allow Albert to kill him in a duel. Villefort lost his will to live when most of his family had died and he eventually went mad both from the loss of everything he had ever loved. Morrel wanted to kill himself when he realized how far in debt he was. Dantes anonymously saved him by sending him a purse with all the money he would need to get out of debt. Maximillien wanted to end his life when he believed that his love, Valentine, was dead. Later, Dantes brought her to him alive and he instantly regretted those thoughts of suicide and was able to know true joy.

10. The biggest example of betrayal in this book was when four men sent Dantes to prison because of greed and fear of embarrassment. These men were Danglers, Villefort, Caderousse, and Fernand. Another example of betrayal is when Madame Danglers betrays her husband by having an affair with Debray and Villefort. Benedetto betrays Betruccio and Assunta when he tortures and kills Assunta while Betruccio is away. Madame Danglars is betrayed by Debray in an attempt to get her to stop gambling so much money on stocks. Fernand killing Ali Pasha and sending his family into slavery is another strong example of betrayal.  Dumas was probably influenced by the French Revolution which he used to set the plot for the __Count of Monte Cristo__. The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars gave Dumas a setting and time period and gave Dumas an easy method by which to have Dantes betrayed. Also, the prevalent betrayals during the French Revolution when people were executed just on the word of a neighbor may have influenced Dumas to have revenge and betrayal be major themes in his book.

By: Gabbie Rhodes, Mitchell Leatherman, Abe Owusu, Sasha Slobodnik, Alex Kohlroser, Austin Dickerson, Kaitlin Lynch