The novel The Count of Monte Cristo, written by Alexander Dumas, is a story with a plot full of madness and revenge. This story set in the Napoleonic era shows us how a very naive character, Edmond Dantes, is betrayed by his "friends". He is put in prison where he will live the rest of his life. This unjust act stimulates anger in Dantes which arouses a feeling of revenge in him. When he escapes from prison he plans his revenge and acts until he has completed what he had started and desired. Because each part of this novel leads to something, Dumas structures the book into three main sections. The three main sections into which the structure of the novel is divided are Dante's desire for revenge, the implementation of his revenge and the completion of his revenge. The first section of the novel is the construction of Dante's desire for revenge on those who betrayed him. Dumas writes of Dante who dictates: “No, I want to live, to fight to the end. I want to regain the happiness that was taken away from me. I must punish my enemies before I die and I can do it ...