The Scarlet Letter and The Count of Monte Cristo are both romantic historical fictions, while one takes place in the 1600s and the other in the 1800s; the books have a greater connection with their common themes. The Scarlet letter was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and was first published in 1850. The novel follows the life of Hester Prynne in 17th Century Boston, Massachusetts. Her struggle to live a hypocritical society that bashes her buts loves a sinner of the same crime and a “leech” of a doctor
temptation, but deliver us from evil,” (ESV Matthew 6:13). Matthew’s plea in his gospel reflects not only his and many other Biblical authors’ opinions on liberation from darkness, but also the main character’s view, Edmond Dantes, in the novel The Count of Monte Cristo, written by Alexandre Dumas. His quest for vengeance against those who betrayed him begins with a statement in which he says, “I have played the part of Providence in recompensing the good, may the God of vengeance now permit me to punish the
survive a life sentence in an isolated prison? In Kevin Reynolds’s film adaptation of Alexander Dumas’ classic, The Count of Monte Cristo, Reynolds follows Dumas’ character Edmond Dantes, a sailor. Dantes is a saint of a man who always strives for moral high ground above ambition- only to find himself accused of consorting with French revolutionist Napoleon, by his best friend, Count Mondego. At first, Dantes appears to gradually lose his faith as he rots in prison, instead focusing