... to Heathcliff's vendetta, as well as portraying his prejudice. There is a similar abundance of aggressive language used to express Danglars' jealousy of Edmond Dantes's promotion in 'The Count of Monte Cristo'. Danglars shoots him "a gleaming look of hate," and "a cloud passed over [his] brow," upon the news of his promotion, showing his loathing towards Dantes for excelling above him. This shows how Hindley ... victim to his vengeful desires. Contrastingly Dantes's revenge in 'The Count of Monte Cristo' was targeted directly onto his enemies. He used the flaws of his foes to bring abou...

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... ." Revenge is only satisfying for a short period of time. When the joy of watching suffering fades away, the humane guilt settles under the skin. In the books "Wuthering Heights", "The Scarlet Letter", and "The Count of Monte Cristo" characters are all enraged and begin to dig their enemy's grave. In the process, a grave is also dug for themselves. The gravedigger in "Wuthering Heights" was a man ... he wasted away his life in revenge. His grave had been dug, and a year after he buries himself because he had no purpose in life. In "The Count of Monte Cristo", Edmund Dantes provided an ex...

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... of the house. In a way, Hareton "redeems" the Earnshaw family by breaking the repetition of abuse, earning back Thrushcross Grange and Wuthering Heights, and just being an all-around good person. In Alexandre Dumas's suspenseful book The Count of Monte Cristo, the children of Edmond Dantès's enemies manage to redeem the terrible actions of their fathers. While the story does revolve around Edmond Dantès's quest for revenge under the alias "The Count of Monte Cristo," the ... real stars of this book are the children of the three "enemies." While their parents are horrible people (mostl...

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