Count Of Monte CristoThere are many subplots involving The Count of Monte Cristo’s adversaries. The first one started out in Rome where the count met two young men, Albert de Morcerf and Franz d’Epinay. The Count became a great friend to the two young men and even saved Albert’s life when the Italian bandit, Luigi Vampa, captured him. Luckily Vampa was a loyal friend to the count and obeyed his command to release Albert. Albert eventually introduced the count to Paris society and to his many friends.
The next subplot was when The Count of Monte Cristo bought the house in Auteuil. His servant Bertuccio had a history with that house that involved Monsieur de Villefort. He later told that story to the count and introduced Benedetto, which later became Andrea Cavalcanti. Benedetto was the son of Villefort and Madame Danglars, which was presumed dead and was burried and left to die if Bertuccio did not dig the baby up. Benedetto later led a life of crime and left Bertuccio, who raised him. The next subplot was when Benedetto was introduced to the Count of Monte Cristo as Andrea Cavalcanti.
He took on this role and was given a fake father. Andrea then became the good friend of the count’s, mainly because the count was to supply him with a great amount of wealth. The next subplot was when the count created the false telegram that King Don Carlos escaped the vigilance excercised over him in Bourges and has returned to Spain across the Catalonian frontier. This caused many people to sell their Spanish bonds, including Baron Danglars, and to lose a lot of money. The next subplot is when The Count of Monte Cristo invited all of his friends to the country house he bought in Auteuil.
This house haunted two guests, Monsieur de Villefort and Madame Danglars because this was the house which Madame Danglars gave birth to Benedetto and where Villefort barried him. The count showed the guests the garden which the baby was buried. Then he told everyone a false story that he discovered a box which contained a skeleton of a baby, but Villefort knew that was a lie because he later went back to check on the box after he was stabbed by Bertuccio, which was mentioned in Bertuccio’s story. He later told Madame Danglars what he knew and that arroused suspicion towards The Count of Monte Cristo. The next subplot was when members of the Villefort family started dying. The first one to die was Monsieur de Saint-Meran, Villefort’s father-in-law.
The next was Madame de Saint-Meran, Villefort’s mother-in-law. A doctor later discovered that they were poisoned and later Barrois, Monsieur Noirtier’s servant, was poisoned. The next subplot was when Andrea was later suprised when Caderousse went up to Andrea just as he was going home after the dinner at the count’s country house. Caderousse later agreed that he would never reveal Andrea’s true identity to the Paris society for a moderate sum each month which Andrea was forced to pay him. Both of them later met up with each other where Caderousse requested more money each month when Andrea gave him the idea to rob The Count of Monte Cristo.
Caderousse decided to break into the count’s house when he would be out of town but Andrea sent a letter to the count telling him of Caderousse’s plan. The count eventually catches him in the act and reveals his identy as Edmond Dantes and lets Caderousse go. As he was leaving, Andrea saw that the count just let him go and he killed Caderousse himself. The next subplot was when the count published in the newspaper that The Count of Morcerf (Fernand Mondego) betrayed Ali Pasha in Yanina.
Albert read this article when he was away with the count and he hurried back to Paris. Fernand was later tried and found guilty due to Haydee and the evidence she brought forth. Fernand’s name was scarred and he was destroyed. Albert later challenged Monte Cristo to a duel after he found out who was behind the downfall of his father.
They both later forgave each other due to Mercedes’s convincing and she and Albert left Paris together. The next subplot was when Valentine was poisoned, but not before Monsieur Noirtier made her immune to the poison because he suspected that she would be next. Maximilien found this out and asked the count for help. He later found out that Maximilien loved Valentine and told him that she wouldn’t die.
The count then bought a house next to the Villefort residence under the name Abbe Busoni, and stayed in Valentine’s room to discover the murder who has been poisoning. It was later discovered that Madame de Villefort was the one poisoning and the count gave Valentine a green pill which would make her appear as if she was dead, long enough for him to finish his plan. The next subplot was when Andrea tried to flea the police which tried to arrest him for the murder of Gaspard Caderousse. He was later captured although the count sent a letter to him and convinced him to testify that he was really Benedetto and he was the abandoned son of Monsieur de Villefort. He did so and Villeforts name was scarred. The last subplot was when The Count of Monte Cristo withdrew a large sum of money from Baron Danglars.
This left Danglars short of the money which another client of his wanted to withdraw. Danglars eventually left Paris to escape the shame casted upon him. All of these subplots are woven into the main plot of the story, which was for Edmond Dantes to get revenge on all the people who imprisoned him in the Chateau d’If and left him there to die. The first plot was made so that the count could get close to Albert and his family so he could get his revenge on Fernand Mondego which he later killed. The second plot was made to help him know of a wrong-doing which Monsieur Villefort did and to use it against him.
The third and fifth plot also was made so that the count could use Andrea against Villefort, exposing the attemptive murder of his baby. The forth and last plot was to bring down Danglars and his fortune. The plots all made Danglars lose a large sum of money and later made him leave Paris. The sixth plot was to destroy Villefort’s family by eliminating the ones who he loved. The seventh plot was created to get revenge on Caderousse and to also contribute to the futher manipulation of Benedetto. The eight plot was made to finally bring down Fernand Mondego and expose the crime he made in Yanina.
This also led to the death of Fernand by the count’s hand. The ninth plot was made to discover the murderer who poisoned the people in the Villefort family and it also led the death of Madame Villefort and her son. This contributed to the revenge which the count casted on Monsieur Villefort. The tenth plot was what really destroyed Villefort. Benedetto testified that he was really the son of Monsieur de Villefort and told the court how he tried to kill him when he was a baby.
All of Paris later found out of Villefort’s crime and he was destroyed. The Count of Monte Cristo successfully got revenge on all who destroyed his previous life as Edmond Dantes although he did hurt some of the people he loved along the way of his revenge.Book Reports
