The Count of Monte Cristo | Criticism
- Byron, Shakespeare and Divine Justice
Aubrey holds a Ph.D. in English and has published many articles on nineteenth-century literature. In this essay Aubrey discusses The Count of Monte Cristo in the context of its literary allusions to Byron and Shakespeare, with reference to some of the philosophical implications of Monte Cristo’s beliefs about divine justice.
- Brontë Borrowings: Charlotte Brontë and Ivanhoe, Emily Brontë and The Count of Monte Cristo
In the following essay, Stowell compares elements of The Count of Monte Cristo to Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights, and speculates on how the former may have influenced the latter.
- Classical Allusion in The Count of Monte Cristo
In the following essay, McDermott examines specific classical allusions in The Count of Monte Cristo, including references to the story of “Pyramus and Thisbe,” and Virgil’s “Dido.”
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