The Count of Monte Cristo - Thug Notes Summary and Analysis
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The Count of Monte Cristo (1844)
by Alexandre Dumas
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The Count of Monte Cristo is one of the best books I ever read.
The Count of Monte Cristo is the BEST book I ever read period.
Here I come with Homer’s Iliad
For me personally, "Notes From Underground" is my favorite.
20000 Leagues
I'm looking into buying it for the first time.
I started watching thug notes because I thought it was funny to see highbrow literature critiqued in street slang, but now I find I'm watching it because it's accessible and informative. Keep 'em coming :)
Hahahaha, great comment. So true!
Same here my well-read baller.
This guy oughtta get a Nobel Peace prize for this cross cultural and cross economic astute swaggered out scholarly handling of European classics!!!. Does anybody see this.? He brings it down home. ...with an egalitarian flavor!!! I am so impressed.
Poetically well put.
I should report you for being a genius!
Morro Treece yes I find even his scratchy baritone voice even adds to the poetic nuance in his pieces! You're right...a poet and you kno it.:-D thanks for commenting. ♥
AssassinLeader17 yeah. Report him to the Nobel board....he's a shoe-in..:-D thx for your words.♥
perfectly well put :)
I really like the main character; he's good, but not a saint and he realised when his revenge went too far in time.
"What happened to your mercy, Edmond?"
"I'm a priest, not a saint."
Say what you will about the early 2000s movie, that line was a banger.
Let's just take a moment to appreciate that he managed to summarize and analyze a 1,000 page novel.
1400
Indeed.
I bet this guy has a master's in English and writes 5,000 word essays fit for Princeton lol.
No problem with the lingo part though :)
Its actually a PhD
Fox Populi I did not know that. Forgive my ignorance, but what is the difference? I know it's a dumb question but if I never ask I am not going to know!
blockmasterscott A PhD stands for Doctor of Philosophy in English. The Latin words match up with the acronym. It requires more years of schooling to get than a Master's degree.
Ahhh ok, thanks for the answer!
One seeking revenge digs two graves.
One for the guy who you over, the other one for the other guy who also fucked you over :)
Alejandro Rodriguez
Damn straight.
Alejandro Rodriguez
That's one way of putting it. But the meaning is a little bit of yourself dies as well.
Paladin Demo Yeah I know, I was just being silly
Alejandro Rodriguez
It was still good.
You are a genius. It takes SKILLZ to explain this book in under 5 minutes.
Pretty good summary, but I think he missed an important theme. Throughout the whole book there is constant reference to the will of God as regards to the repayment of wrongs. Monte Cristo sees himself as the conduit through which God's vengeance can e poured out. In this way, Dumas is advocating that God is just, and even if it takes a life time, those who do good will receive a reward and those who do bad receive punishment. That's why Catarouse denounces God until Dante's reveals himself, because only then is it shown to him that God takes an active hand in justice on earth. Also, Catarouse wasn't technically considered one of the conspirators that got Dantes in prison. He was a bystander, but his lack of action allowed for Dante's incarceration. That's why The Count, in the guise of an abby, actually gave him a diamond as recompense for being a friend to Dantes all those years ago. Catarouse then loses his fortune by committing a crime, and continues in a life of avarice and that's what leads to his downfall.
Hi Ethan, very nice comment. I would just like to suggest that Caderousse is much more than a "bystander"; and he certainly is no "friend", even all those years ago. If anything, Edmond is naive--choosing to see people in a positive light even if their actions do not warrant such consideration. Please reread chapters 3-5 (The Catalans-The Plotters-The Betrothal Feast) as you may discover, like I did on my second reading, that Caderousse, prior to becoming too drunk, fans the flames of this conspiracy through his rhetoric. Among other things, he certainly goads Fernand into action. The "diamond" in my estimation, is a "test" of Caderousse's character--which is eventually revealed. This tension on God's will, justice, vengeance etc. that you speak of that exists throughout Dumas's epic work is spot on and certainly something that man grapples with today. Still, a very nice comment--thank you.
Even if Caderousse may have inspired the idea, he for the most part began defending Dantes when he saw that Danglas was taking this joke way too seriously and began to protest the whole idea. However every time he protested, they just got him more and more drunk until he no longer knew what was going on. As a person he may not have been the best of people, but he did give Dantes his first job as he mentions giving him his first piece of silver and seems generally happy at how far Dantes has come since then.
What is interesting is that Dantes after escaping jail sees himself as an agent of providence, dishing out charity and revenge as he sees fit. With Caderousse, he gives him a diamond as a test of character but as a result sets of a chain of events that makes things worse. His wife and the jeweler were both killed needlessly and Caderousse went on to become an actual criminal instead of just a coward. You could say that with Danglas' bank going bankrupt, anyone banking with him may be in deep trouble. Villenfort's family are killed after Dantes inspires his wife to kill them after their long talk of poison. The only real death that doesn't seem to bad is Fernand, who kills himself.
I think he knew that giving him that diamond wasn’t something Cad. could handle.
Yeah also that Haydee is the daughter of the royalty Fernand betrayed which is why he is using her as witness to confirm Fernand’s dirt.
Ethan Rummel Monte Cristo at the very end realizes he was foolish to believe that. The topic of revenge is the glue that ties together the themes of happiness in life, and justice. Seeing himself as a divine being was kind of mental gymnastics Dante used to justify his “scorched earth” revenge tactics. For example he quotes the Bible to Mercedes to justify killing Albert. It’s only after he drops the pretense of being god’s instrument that he learns to exact his revenge more appropriately. Nobody can pretend to know what god wants and justifying punishment on many people who did nothing to you by pretending to be a divine conduit is just crazy. After his conversation with Mercedes in which he admits to being mortal is his final revenge on Danglars where he leaves him poor but spares his life, showing his progression as a character.
“Skank”, “street justice”, and “what a motherfucking pimp” were two phrases I had never thought of in relation to The Count of Monte Cristo😂. This is fucking great.
Lol best concept on RUclips: "They see me readin', they hatin'"
I need that tune
now wouldn't it be nice if we were older. We are older now. It's been a long long time.
Even longer now
This is my favorite story ever put to paper, and unfortunately there's no way this video can do the full story justice. But if you're a reader, pick it up, it is worth it.
one of the first black literature. my man alexander dumas
THIS BOOK IS GOOD GOD DAMN LIKE YOULL NEVER GET BORED OF IT
The count is LITERALLY the most interesting man in the world
don't say god damn that's a bad word
well fuck
First 200 pages are best when his still in jail!Looooove it
3:12 "What a pimp... I love this dude"
Can't stop laughing
The way the story is written is amazing ever single character back story or subplot becomes crucial to the actual story. The characters themselves all feel so real each one is so well projected with personality. I did think it was silly how the count was able to tunnel under the Villefort's house to Valentine's room in something around two days but I don't see how he'd work something else in its place. I'd say the writing in this book is the best I've ever read.
"...Later, Edmund finds out that girl Mercedes married Fernand after his disappearance....SKANK." LOL @1:29
haha
Anthony Masuskapoe Tru talk tho
Wait him and Mercedes don't get back together? But I thought she only married Fernand because she was pregnant and thought he was dead.
@@Starmadien2019 I think that was just in the movie
The Count of Monte Cristo is one of my favorites. I was forced to read classics, however I took this one on my own. It shows how corruption and others' coveting and envy can destroy innocent men. Fortunately, my man ran into a man of the overrated Catholic Church that had integrity and morals, so such man would not reveal hidden treasure to haters that didn't deserve it. Being that political prisoner, he builds a tunnel just to find any human on the other side due to the isolation and loneliness. Both men find true friendship, as well as the same story of corruption, greed, and hate by haters. Count is sad by his companion's demise, however does what he has to in order to escape, using the tragedy as an advantage. He finds the treasure, sets things right with his perps, but he discovers that innocent people were also hurt, and sees that sometimes acts of revenge come back to bite you. He decides to value peace and become a better man, thus our hero lives the rest of his life a bit wiser and kinder.
It stupid that we don't get any more of these videos from this channel 😅
I saw the anime version called Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo. It was SOOO good! One of the greatest stories I've ever seen.
the book is better
It was a pretty cool anime. I liked the art style.
They are both pretty good, the book lacks action, while the anime includes too many tropes (seriously, Albert as the hapless main character?)
How long is the anime?
tsuyayaka1
I believe it was around 24 episodes that last around 30 minutes. I highly recommend it.
Bring him and this back, sparked my intrest in deeper novels and now I’m a Classics Graduate
I am so stealing this, ""Whenever a playa is ballin relentless you can bet there is gonna be a pack of haters trying to trip up his game." epic
The count of monte cristo is my favorite book ever. This was a wonderful treat
I always thought this was structured strangely. To me, it would make more sense for Dantes to go after Fernand last since his offense was the most personal. Still, it's a classic tale.
Yep, and in most recent iterations that I'm aware of (musical, Guy Pearce film, etc.), it's structured that way for the audience to understand better, because God knows, the book gets extremely complicated! Heck, I don't even think they included Caderousse in them just because his role wasn't significant enough.
+Slowpoke is Happy Yeah, true. I think this is the most faithful adaptation I've seen.
I think it might be because Danglars didn't really have much of a motive, unlike Fernand.
he did in the movie
Not at all. Danglars was the worst offender because the letter of denunciation/plot against Dantes was his idea in the first place. Without him Dantes would never have gone to jail. Also, Danglars was the one of the 4 men who PERSONALLY disliked Dantes. Villefort didn't even know him. Catarousse hated everyone, and Fernand didn't dislike him personally--he was just jealous about Mercedes. It does feel a little weird that Dantes let Danglars off the hook at the end, and he didn't die or go crazy like the others. But on the other hand, he was the only one who apologized/repented at the end. None of the others apologized.
I know The Count of Monte Cristo is about revenge, and I just realized that in V for Ventdetta The Count of Monte Cristo is played and talked throughout out the whole film. I just blew my mind.
Its not about that!Its Christian book and about forgivenes at the end.
Edmond said 'I becamed like Satan himself' cause Edmond think that he can revenge on this people but truth is only God can.We learn that with Edmond at the end of the book!
Edmond was in prison in his mind and controled by demons.Later he find freedom in forgivenes.
Please do an episode on The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
I used to love Thug Notes! So funny and pretty accurate summaries. I wish they still did these.
Excellent! You did one of my all time favorites justice!
Man, I love this guy! Puts a smile on my face every time!
I just finished this book... And I have to say that this is the best and most accurate summary I have found hahaha
This is my favorite book of all time. Loved the summary Playa
This is accurate. There are other key plots, but this has gotten most of them. Well done!
Sooo......he's basically an old-school Punisher?
The Count, I mean.
+Nathan Wise interesting take
Nathan Wise a bit more elegant, but yes.
The punisher is a new school Edmond dantès just saying!!! The movie for this was ok but not everything was right l.
Indeed! I'd say though he's more like the 2004 movie version,where he uses misinformation and deceit so his enemies bring their downfall to themselves and violence is only used when necessary
The unabridged COMC is a massive work and it's brilliant. One of favourite books ever.
i read this book once just for the hell of it and all i can say is well done sir you have given the book its just do. Peace Out!
One word.
Gankutsuou.
An AMAZING adaptation of this story. I highly recommend that anime to anyone.
Just finished this book. Awesome how it is almost 200 years old and reads as if it was written yesterday. Great review also, thanks!
Um no. It most certainly does NOT "read as if it was just written yesterday" get over yourself
Holy Mary! Mother of Invention....this is everything I wanted to do back in school. Congratulations! You are summarizing my dreams.
As an avid book reader I love your show! It's freaking awesome!
U rock homie!!!!
I remember having to read the book in school & having to do a report on it. During the end of the yr when there's nothing to really do, we would watch movies for "class". I remember watching the old movie & loving it (because even though it had the trappings of a basic revenge/love story, it had other elements intricately entwined into the plot). The best thing to me was how carefully interwoven all the characters were to not only the main character, but to other major characters in the story. When I was an adult I bought the movie & it became my favorite movie (so much so that, when I eventually lost the dvd, I bought another--which I luckily found in a bargain bins, yrs later & still have. Luckily everything's going digital now, so I can always find a copy online).
why read when you can listen to thug notes
Because Thug Notes is supposed to be a supplement for the actual reading, rather than a replacement. That'd be like saying that there's no need to watch Star Wars when all I have to do is tell you that Vader is Luke's father, and they beat the Emperor at the end.
Valgaav19 Dude, spoilers.
(Kidding. 30 years ago.)
Valgaav19 Yeah I know, just having fun
Plowbeast
Yeah, that's one of the few spoilers I feel that I can drop without receiving legitimate backlash. :-P
Alejandro Rodriguez
Whoops, sorry. Sometimes I miss jokes when they're in type. :-P
I hate how the newer movie has him getting back with his wife.
that was NOT supposed to happend, his wife betrays him, stupid rewrites.
It makes sense in the context of the film considering she was pregnant when he got arrested and married Mondego out of desperation. Obviously the setup in the book is very different.
That’s Hollywood for you. They only care about revenue
They probably made her pregnant in the movie to make her above reproach for marrying Ferdinand. In modern times we wouldn’t understand such a betrayal ON SCREEN because Dumas does an excellent job at describing her ongoing despair at Edmund being gone and her reticence even as she is married and has an almost adult child with Ferdinand (i might be getting his name wrong). In the book, I remember him being unwilling to get back with her because he felt unclean and “new” due to his career of revenge. She still loved and wanted him.
It is not just the 2002 version, but the 1934 version.
There is the 1988 version that the end is count and Haydee.
ruclips.net/video/RhAIGGGU8s4/видео.html
One story that the protagonist returns to his first love is The man who laughs by Victor Hugo.
www.dailymotion.com/video/x22yaio
Gywnplaine returns to dea, but she is just like haydee and would wait for Gwynplaine as long as necessary and she falls in love with him when he saves his life as Haydee with edmond. Both have a strong devotion to their saviors.
The 2002 version is an attempt to justify why she married Mondego. When simple loneliness could happen.
There was a lot of hurt between the two, he had because she married Mondego, if it were another man he would not be so bitter. Mercedes was bitter that Edmond almost killed his son. Abert would never accept his mother's relationship with the one responsible for his father's death, Mercedes did not love that Edmond so bitter, but an Edmond who stayed in the past, a sweeter and gentler man.
The image she had was different from the current Edmond, it was not that man she fell in love with, his personality is different.
For Mercedes to be happy, it is much more appropriate that she meets another man who is not bitter and somber like Edmond.
"Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." - Anna Karenina by Tolstoy
Haydee was the most suitable woman for Edmond because she had a similar life experience, she was Edmond's mirror. Much more than a mushy romanticism of hollywood and muscais, two people who are alike are more likely to succeed. Haydee understands Edmond much better and understands why he is like that than Mercedes. She is not a bad person, but she does not have the similar life experience to understand him.
That end of the 1922 version with Albert and Haydee is very naive. It looks like one of those silly story movies. He's the son of her father's killer, it would hardly work out like that, it's a very stupid idealization. Cinema lacks more maturity.
That naivety of finding forgiveness and love, lacks more maturity like Dostoevsky's books.
The Count of Monte-Cristo (1964)
ruclips.net/video/kYT30KpKciw/видео.html
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keep it up man, keep fighting the good fight.
Oh my gods YESSSSS. Thank you so so much for finally doing The Count of Monte Cristo! This is my fav book of all time!!!
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The spice must flow.
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Yes, please yes, I love that book more than some people. I'd love to hear what this guys has to say about it.
So good.
You should do Infinite Jest.
This is brilliant. Can't believe I never saw this before!
This is the best review of this book I ever heard. Been trying to get my young nephew to read this for years. I showed him this and him and his boys are reading it now.
The Count of Monte Cristo is one of my favorite anime.
alternate title: And another one bite the dust
100 % my favourite story of all time
I have never seen you before, but I love your energy, and it is so damn entertaining. I also passed my English class cuz of you, thank you so so so much dude your a saint.
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So reading gets you girls!? *runs to the library*
leaveowits Nah blood, reading gets you women. Big difference homie.
Steven Bishop Truly well spoken.
Could you do a review on "The Tale of Genji" by Murasaki Shibiku next? ("The Tale of Genji" is believed to be the world's first modern novel)
SPARKY SWEETS this was brilliant!
Thank you Wisecrack for reigniting my love for books!!!
I had a lot of trouble slogging through this book's opening chapters because the language was just so incredibly dated.
I had no idea this level of hardcore shit crops up later on, wouldn't have dropped it.
Slogging through? Maybe you're the one with the outdated language buddy
I remember that the estate robbery part was bizarre. A lot was going on in this book.
This is the best episode of thug notes yet. Loved it.
Love this dude's enthusiasm!
Please do Les Miserables
This show consistently has one of the best like to dislike ratios I've ever seen.
My favourite book I can't be arsed to read
Congratulations, sir. With this video, you have now achieved the status of Legend.
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Yo I've only watched 20 seconds of this guy and his stuff his fucking INCREDIBLE
This book is one of my favorites, and this summary is soooo good!
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THIS Book: How to put corrupt people back in their place
I didn't know someone could make this book even more awesome. Thanks
By far the best summary on RUclips in terms of just being accurate to the actual book
treasure island by robert louis stevenson or war of the worlds by hg wells
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YES!! stoked you did this one, it's an all time fav.
Please do the *Three Musketeers*
+Marshanah T. Better yet, do the d'Artagnan Romances, that is:
The Three Musketeers
Twenty Years After
The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later
Very interesting look at my favourite book. Just discovered this channel and I love it!
Why weren't you around when I was in High School ;w;? This is gold.
YESSS! Finally my favorite story. Thanks bro :)
Adding this to my summer reading list! Keep it up playa; I tell everyone I know about you!
My all time favorite book.
Excellent, excellent, excellent!!! With five minutes of spot on commentary it is with much trepidation that I find fault (slight) with roughly 20 seconds. Danglars is not "rob[bed] of every single dime he got" (3:00)--the Count permits him to keep 50,000 francs (Dumas, p. 1,447); and Caderousse has no part in the actual writing of the letter (0:42)--remember, he is far too drunk at this point to have written anything. I am curious as to what others think of the fact that the mastermind of this saga (Danglars) is the only one of the four guilty individuals to receive pardon (chapter 116) and what Dumas may be suggesting by granting him mercy.
“He’s a motherfucking pimp. I love this dude!” XD
Been waiting for this. I've actually been listening to an audiobook of this for a while.
This is my favorite book, and I gasped as soon as I saw this vid. Love The Count, love this channel!
Yes this is what I was looking for! I'm in love SUBSCRIBED
Request: Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein. A young human man is brought back to Earth after being raised by martians and struggles to understand life on Earth.
I just want to see more classic sci-fi really.
I loved this book so much in middle school! It made me realize that classics could be awesome action-adventures
I actually reread it again this past month the 1245 page unabridged version I forgot how good the book is.
Holy crap! I clearly read the abridged version.
Longest novel I've read is either _Sacajawea_ or _Atlas Shrugged,_ both around 1,100 pages. But nothing 1,200+! I guess the unabridged _Count_ needs to go on my reading list next to the unabridged _Les Misérables._
@@BradyPostma The unabridged version I read was from penguin classics and when it was released it was a new translation by Robin Buss in 1996. I read it for the heck of it my junior year of high school and I read it in a week. I stayed up way too late reading it and couldn't put it down.
The main part of the book was 1243 pages. Pages 1245-1276 was notes that explains phrases and other events in each chapters and other things and what they referenced.
My mom has read the unabridged Les Miserables and apparently there is a part of the book where Hugo spends 50 pages talking about how good this priest is.
@@thepayne7862 - The climax of _Atlas Shrugged_ is a 50-page political diatribe. I read that book in a week, too. I'd never read a book that was about politics and how society should be organized presented as a moral issue before. In hindsight, it was pretty preachy and clunky. But at the time, my young mind was blown!
I come back and watch these videos atleast once a year.
5 mins is an insult to this masterpiece, even though I still enjoy this after nearly a decade.
STREET JUSTICE!
Wow! One of your best, Master Sweets!
Amazing job condensing this masterpiece into a five minute vid. Kudos!
Seriously, I think I was like 20 seconds into this video and knew it would be the best.
Another good one Sparky!
It's so cool to know that This book was written by a Frenchman who happened to be Black African descent.
Gotta admit i was super unsure if id like this book but its been added to the list!! Youve convinced me thug notes!
3 Musketeers please. I read it twice but I didn't do a very good job picking up the symbolism and deeper subtext
This is my favorite book!!!!!