monte cristo

In The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexander Dumas places Edmond Dantes in the position to act as God around those whom he is associated with. It is common knowledge, that God is a kind, loving, all knowing, and wrathful. Dantes is shown to have all of these characteristics. Dantes first shows his kindness as the Abbe Busoni and Lord Wilmore as he rewards those who were once kind to him. Dumas makes clear of Dantes …

…portrays the kind loving God that most are familiar with. Dantes then shows the all-knowing God as he is able to get each of his enemies indebted to him. Finally, Dumas shows the wrath of God as he brings down the wicked. Dantes fills the roll of the wrathful God of the Old Testament, for he believes the sins of the fathers fall upon their children. Dumas surely did give Dantes the position of God.