Section Notes - Chapters 7-16
Part 1 - In one or two sentences, summarize the key events of the chapter.
Chapter 7: The king of France calls Villeforte and is revealed to have a strong liking
for him. Villefort reveals to the King that Napoleon has landed in France and is
advancing on to Paris. As a reward, Villefort is given an honorable award.
Chapter 8: Bonaparte had successfully taken the throne for 100 days and was then
again kicked out by the King of France. Dantes’s father died while Fernand and
Danglars emigrated to different countries. Mercedes fell into a great depression and
Villefort had been promoted ever since the arrival of the King.
Chapter 9; Dantes had suffered and even considered suicide by starving during his
time in prison. He later heard scratching on the wall and cooperated with another
prisoner named Abe Faria to help escape the prison by digging a tunnel and
educating Dantes (Languages, history, economics, history).
Part 2 - Based on the quotes below, what are the significant events of chapters 10
and 11?
Chapter 10: Faria - “I regret having helped you clarify your past…..Because I’ve
instilled in your heart a feeling that wasn’t there before: vengeance.”
Dantes was reminded of his past by Faria and was determined to kill the jailor if
necessary in order to escape his oppressors and would plan out a scheme to
escape by assaulting the guard which is contrary to his good nature.
Chapter 11: “You’re my son!” cried the old man. “You’re the child of my captivity. My
profession condemned me to celibacy, but God sent you to me to console both the
man who could not be a father and the prisoner who could not be free”. That there is
treasure at the island of Monte Cristo and Faria is the heir to the family that contains
the treasure. He wants to get the treasure and share it with Dantes because he
saved him from his first attack which makes him consider him family, meaning he is a
legitimate heir to the treasure.
Part 3 - In one or two sentences, summarize the key events of the chapter.
Chapter 12: Faria has a final attack and dies. Dantes decides to take the place of the
body and is thrown into the sea.
Chapter 13: Dantes swims out to sea and is stranded on the island of Tiboulen. He
later forges a fake identity and is rescued by Genoan sailors on the boat “Jeune
Amelie” He meets Jacopo and becomes a smuggler and will soon be taken to Monte
Cristo to unload cargo.
Dantes really hates Danglars, Fernand, and Villefort
Chapter 14: After arriving in Monte Cristo Dantes injures himself and volunteers to be
left at the island while the smugglers leave. After blowing up a rock Dantes finds a
hidden passage in a cave. He finds a chest with the Spada family symbol and opens
it to find the treasure of the Spada family that the cardinal buried.
Chapter 15: Dantes returns and sells his smallest diamonds in Leghorn. He buys a
yacht in Genoa and Jacopo reports to him that people think that Dantes is dead
while Mercedes had disappeared.
Chapter 16 Dantes returns to Marseilles and it is revealed that Caderousse went
from a tailor to an innkeeper of the Pont Du Garde. An Italian priest asks Caderousse
about Dantes and the priest tells him that Dantes is dead. The priest, who was the
executor of Dantes’s will, sold Dantes’s diamond and split the money between
Caderrouse, Danglars, Fernand, and Mercedes. It is also revealed that Dantes’s dad
died of hunger.
Danglar and Fernand denounced Dantes as a Bonapartist and mailed letters.
Morrel is on the brink of poverty and has only the Pharaon.
Danglars left and worked for a Spanish banker and made money off army supplies
Fernand joined the army and later moved to Spain and met Danglars. He would later
join the Greek army and get paid tons of money after his commander rewarded him.
Part 4 - Formative Assessment - Mood
Review the handout on Mood and its function in literature and answer the following
question in a short paragraph.
How does the Mood affect TCOMC? Choose one point from chapters 7-16 in which you
find the mood to be particularly important. Provide a quote and discuss what mood
Dumas is trying to create.
“It was all over; Dantes was separated forever from his old friend. Faria, his helpful,
kind companion, now existed only in his memory. He sat down on the edge of the
frightful bed, plunged in deep and bitter melancholy.” The mood set in this quote is
very depressing and lonely as in this scene, Dantes loses his only friend and wise
teacher in the prison and is back to being lonely.
