In The Count of Monte Cristo, Dantès transforms from a happy and successful sailor to a dark man seeking revenge. Although Dantès is advised many times not to seek revenge by his close friends such as the Abbot, his emotions get the better of him and he attempts to carry out his evil plan. Throughout the Bible, God teaches us not to repay evil with evil and to leave vengeance to Him. Furthermore, in this story itself, Dumas also hints at his perspective on the topic. Finally, my opinion on revenge is that it is up to God to take revenge and not man. However, in the end, everyone's perspective on revenge will become clear. Many times, when people decide to avenge their enemies, they are often unfair in their punishments because they let emotions get in the way. In The Count of Monte Cristo, Dantès is driven by the desire to make all his enemies suffer as he did, and even worse. However, the way the Count intends to act is completely contrary to what the Bible teaches. Romans 12:17-21 says, “Do not repay evil for evil to anyone, but think about doing what is honorable in the eyes of all. If possible, as far as it depends on you, live in peace with everyone. Beloved, never take revenge, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written: "Vengeance is mine, I will repay it, says the Lord." On the contrary, «if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by doing so you will heap burning coals on his head." Do not let yourself be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good." As can be seen from this verse, the Lord clearly says that only He can take revenge. Rather, it teaches us to repay evil with good and to love our enemies. He even says that by loving our enemies you... middle of paper... local point of view, Dumas' point of view and my point of view all seem parallel. All perspectives on this topic seem to point to the fact that taking revenge on your enemies is a bad thing. The Lord wants us to leave revenge to him, Dumas is also against revenge seen from his contextual points, and finally I too am against revenge. Revenge can be extremely destructive and is dangerous to implement. When the Count wants to avenge his enemies for all the wrong things they did to him, he can't do it without accidentally harming his friends too. His friends had become friends of his enemies and now trying to get revenge on his enemies would be quite a difficult task. So in the end you should not avenge your enemies for whatever they have done to you. I, the Bible and Dumas all agree on this point.