Friday, November 12, 2010

Q15: International Politics

How does international politics factor into the plot of the novel?  In your opinion, what observations (if any) is Dumas making about globalization?

4 comments:

  1. I don't see any. Other than the fact that the story takes place in multiple countries, politics has almost no factor. The government has no influence in the novel, as Dantes can do anything he pleases with the amount of money he has. Also Dantes comments how there are so many differences around the world in culture (ie torture).

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  2. Politics do not play a role in the novel. Like Jared said, the novel occurs in a few different countries, but the only thing other than that is when Dantes is first arrested. This shows the system of punishment and jailing/

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  3. I feel international politics and affair play a major role in this book. The Bonapartist movement is what brings Dantes into his doom and is what he framed for. This changes Dantes' life. Also the Spanish economy when he fakes the telegraph to take moeny out which ruins Danglars. I think Dumas is expressing how he feels about Europe through his characters.

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  4. In my opinion, Dumas makes it very clear his ideas on globalization are very clear for anyone who reads deep into the meaning of his novel. I believe that Dumas' view on globalizationn was negative, and he makes this clear by giving multiple examples of how one can hide, change and totally discard their past life because of the fact that nmo one will know in the new place that they move to.

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