Edmond Dantès is an intelligent, honest and loving man who turns bitter and vengeful after he is framed for a crime he did not commit. When Dantès finds himself free and enormously wealthy, he takes it upon himself to reward those who have helped him in his plight and punish those responsible for his years of suffering.
- is intelligent and honest
- has the habit of fiddling with his hair
- loves Mercédès, a beatiful Catalan girl
- remains faithful to God
Dantès said:
The heart breaks when it has swelled too much in the warm breath of hope, then finds itself enclosed in cold reality.
