Byronic Hero: Dantes is explicitly associated with Lord Byron's King Manfred and with Lord Ruthwen, the anti-hero from Polidori's The Vampyre, who is based on the real-life Lord Byron, and sure enough, when he comes out of the Chateau d'If, he's moody, calculating, cynical, dark in character, while remaining passionate and deeply devoted to his loved ones.Broken Bird: One of the most famous male examples, the vengeful, manipulative, cold Count of Monte Cristo was once the good-natured, honest, passionate Edmond Dantes, and would've stayed that way if not for the conspiracy against him.British Teeth: In his Lord Wilmore persona, Dantes wears false teeth that are in bad condition, although his actual teeth are in good shape (which Fridge Logic would suggest wouldn't be the case after rotting in prison for over a decade).Best Served Cold: Fourteen years in prison before he escapes, and another nine years before he sets his plans for revenge in motion.Too late he realizes vengeance is bittersweet. as well as several of their innocent relatives. Be Careful What You Wish For: All his plans go off almost without a hitch, and he successfully lays low all those whom he would see suffer.So when his machinations cause Villefort's wife to kill their young son along with herself, he is horrified with what he has done. ![]() ![]() He does draw the line at harming children. He'd be somewhere near outright heroic, if he cared at all that his victims' innocent families were caught in the crossfire. who, in all fairness, are downright rotten villains who undoubtedly deserve it. Anti-Hero: He lives to see elaborate and merciless vengeance done to those who wronged him.Affably Evil: He is polite and charitable to most everyone he interacts with to those involved in his unjust imprisonment, however, this is just a veil to hide diabolical intentions.Upon his escape, Dantes claims the priceless treasure, adopts the title Count of Monte Cristo, and begins an epic campaign of merciless vengeance against those responsible for his suffering. There, he meets an elderly fellow inmate, who educates Dantes and, on his deathbed, reveals the whereabouts of a magnificent hidden fortune, buried on the island of Monte Cristo. ![]() until secret enemies, driven by jealousy and ambition, wrongly accuse him of treason, condemning him to life in a Hellhole Prison. Life seems idyllic as could be for the happy sailor. I still keep hoping."∺nd now, farewell kindness, humanity, and gratitude! Farewell to all the feelings that expand the heart! I have been Heavens substitute to recompense the goodnow the god of vengeance yields to me his power to punish the wicked!Įdmond Dantes is a capable young man with a good heart, betrothed to the girl of his dreams, and poised to assume the venerable rank of captain on a merchant ship owned by his benevolent employer. I had a small portable tape recorder at the time, 15 minutes per side, and I listened to the tapes over and over again. I can still hear Alan Badel's voice in my head: this was what made it special for me. Whether the Count of Monte Cristo would be high up the list of programmes to be digitised, who knows? We, here, all obviously agree on its merits! November 2008 and nothing has changed I wonder whether we will ever see this fantastic series ever again. When complete, the BBC will have taken a massive step forward in opening our content to all - be they young or old, rich or poor." How far this has advanced, I don't know. We are calling this the BBC Creative Archive. Under a simple licensing system, we will allow users to adapt BBC content for their own use. For the first time, there is an easy and affordable way of making this treasure trove of BBC content available to all.We intend to allow parts of our programmes, where we own the rights, to be available to anyone in the UK to download so long as they don't use them for commercial purposes. But the digital revolution and broadband are changing all that. Up until now, this huge resource has remained locked up, inaccessible to the public because there hasn't been an effective mechanism for distribution. But what have we done about it? Well,you all know the problem. In 2003, Greg Dykes, BBC Director General, said at the Edinburgh International TV Festival : "For many years we have had an obligation to make our archive available to the public, it was even in the terms of the last charter. The problem of making these available to the public is, presumably, one of finance. ![]() Elsewhere, it has been said that the BBC has all of the episodes in its archives. I've trawled the internet looking for this, with no success.
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