kev67
09-06-2019, 09:16 PM
*** SPOILERS ***
I thought it was clever the way the count repaid all his betrayers in their own coin.
De Villefort, the state presector, was exposed as a criminal, and the father and husband of criminals.
Fernand de Morcerf, the war hero, was exposed as a traitor, who shot himself after his son backed out of a duel with the count.
Baron Danglars the banker and insider dealer, was driven bankrupt, then forced to go hungry, like the count's father had gone hungry.
Caderouse was a low-life slinker, who never did anything openly. He was murdered by someone he tried to blackmail.
Mercedes was punished a bit too, for not remaining true to the count's memory. Her punishment was to live alone.
I thought it was clever the way the count repaid all his betrayers in their own coin.
De Villefort, the state presector, was exposed as a criminal, and the father and husband of criminals.
Fernand de Morcerf, the war hero, was exposed as a traitor, who shot himself after his son backed out of a duel with the count.
Baron Danglars the banker and insider dealer, was driven bankrupt, then forced to go hungry, like the count's father had gone hungry.
Caderouse was a low-life slinker, who never did anything openly. He was murdered by someone he tried to blackmail.
Mercedes was punished a bit too, for not remaining true to the count's memory. Her punishment was to live alone.