Who is madame danglars

An Italian shepherd who has been arrested and sentenced to death for the crime of being an accomplice to bandits, when he merely provided them with food. Monte Cristo buys Peppino his freedom. SparkTeach Teacher's Handbook. Themes Motifs Symbols. Characters Character List. Baron Danglars A greedy, envious cohort of Mondego. Caderousse A lazy, drunk, and greedy man.

Read an in-depth analysis of Caderousse. Maximilian Morrel The son of Monsieur Morrel. Benedetto The illegitimate son of Villefort and Madame Danglars.

Emmanuel is just as noble and perpetually happy as his wife, Julie. Lucien Debray The secretary to the French minister of the interior. Ali is amazingly adept with all sorts of weapons. Monte Cristo ruins Villefort at Calvacanti's trial. Calvacanti reveals that his father, Villefort, buried him as a newborn baby. He was saved by Bertuccio who had been spying on Villefort waiting for an opportunity to seek revenge on him.

Villefort had failed to seek out the man who had killed Bertuccio's brother. Villefort is thus ruined. His wife also poisons his daughter, son, and herself. He becomes crazy. Madame Heloise de Villefort is the public prosecutor's second wife. She is obsessed with attaining an inheritance for her son Edouard.

Valentine, daughter of Villefort and his first wife, is to inherit her grandfather's fortune as well as her mother's parents' fortune. She also poisons Valentine. Monte Cristo saves Valentine, however. When Monsieur de Villefort discovers her evil deeds he demands that she commit suicide. She thus poisons both herself and Edouard. Valentine is an endearing creature who is much loved by her grandfather, the Bonapartist Noirtier and Maximilien Morrel.

Her grandfather helps her out of a marriage contract with Franz d'Epinay. Noirtier reveals to d'Epinay that he had killed his father. D'Epinay thus no longer desires the marriage, and Valentine will be able to marry Maximilien. Valentine becomes ill, however. Monte Cristo saves her from the poisons of Her stepmother, however. He wishes happiness upon her and Maximilien. Edouard is a mere nine-year old boy, who is poisoned by his own mother when she commits her own suicide.

Monte Cristo realizes that he may have gone to far with his vengeance when this innocent boy dies. Monsieur de Villefort goes mad when he sees his son dead. Heloise De Villefort poisons them in her efforts to secure their fortune for her son. Noirtier is Monsieur de Villefort's Bonapartist father. It was to Noirtier that Napoleons' letter, which Dantes was to deliver before his arrest, was addressed. When Villefort noticed this, he quickly imprisoned Dantes, though he realized that Dantes was a mere pawn in the transaction.

Twenty four years later, when Dantes returns as Monte Cristo,Noirtier has suffered from a stroke and can no longer speak. He lives with his son, and is extremely close to his granddaughter, Valentine. He saves her from marrying Franz d'Epinay by informing the Baron that it was he that was responsible for killing d'Epinays father. Noirtier will bless the marriage of Valentine with Maximilien.

This is the doctor who attends to the many "sicknesses" in the Villefort household. He is adamant that the deaths are due to poison, yet he does not reveals his suspicions to the public at Villefort's request.

Caderousse is originally Dantes' neighbor. He is incredibly jealous of Dantes. Caderousse's greed destroys him, for when Dantes returns as Abbe Busoni, Caderousse is given a diamond by the Abbe.

Caderousse, however, kills the jeweler who buys the diamond. He also kills his wife. He himself is now incarcerated. A few years later Dantes visits his prison as Lord Wilmore and helps him escape.

This is merely part of Dantes' punishment. Caderousse has not changed, he is still the same greedy man. Thus he dies in Monte Cristo's house murdered by his old friend Benedetto. The Count reveals his identity to Caderousse just as he is dying. Benedetto is the son of Madame Danglars and Monsieur de Villefort. Villefort is destroyed when Benedetto returns as Andrea Calvacanti with the help of Monte Cristo to accuse Villefort of burying him alive as a newborn.

Benedetto also had been a smuggler who had stayed at the inn run by Caderousse. Benedetto kills Caderousse as Caderousse flees from Monte Cristo's house after his attempted robbery. Before Monte Cristo begins his revenge, he rewards M. Morrel and his family, for they were his true friends. Morrel was the shipowner of the Pharaon. He had invested efforts in saving Dantes from prison but to no avail. He had also paid for Dantes' father's burial.

Morrel is about to commit suicide because he can no longer his word financially. Monte Cristo anonymously saves him from such a plight. On his deathbed M. Morrel reiterates his belief to his family that the savior was Edmond Dantes. Morrel's son is in love with Valentine de Villefort. He becomes a good friend of the Count. He even agrees to be the Count's second man in a duel. The Count tests Maxilmilien's love by pretending that Valentine is dead for a month. He reveals that he has long known about her affair with Lucien, Baroness Danglars visits Villefort at his offices, coming in incognito so as to avoid the attention Villefort reveals that, when Bertuccio stabbed him, he crawled inside to the Baroness , able to survive the wound.

After his convalescence in the south, Villefort tells the Baroness , Chapter 76 — The Progress of the Younger Cavalcanti. Mme Danglars tells the Count that Franz has broken off his engagement with Valentine, though Danglars does Chapter 93 — Valentine.

Chapter 99 — The Law. The Baroness Danglars , unsure what to do with herself and believing that Eugenie and Danglars are both Nevertheless, the Baroness pleads her case on behalf of Benedetto, saying that, if he is a murderer, he Chapter — The Share-Out.

Lucien reveals that what the Baron had long suspected is in fact Chapter — The Indictment. Villefort becomes extremely pale and a cry goes up from the audience, where the Baroness Danglars has been watching the events unfold.

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