COMC Characters
COMC Plot
COMC Context
Literary Elements
Short Stories
100

Dantes' first love

Mercedes

100

The reason Danglars wanted Dantes gone 

Jealousy/He wanted to be captain

100

The French Emperor who was exiled

Napoleon

100
The opposition of the main character

Antagonist

100

Who are the two antagonists of Hansel and Gretel

The stepmother and the witch
200

The priest who befriended and taught Dantes in prison

Abbe Faria

200
The prison Dantes was sent to
Chateau d'If


200

The island the emperor was exiled to

Elba

200

The reason a character does something

Motivation

200

What was the most thrilling prey in The Most Dangerous Game

Humans

300

The man who was "in love" with Mercedes even though she was in love with Dantes

Fernand

300

Given to Caderousse in exchange for Dantes' story

Diamond

300

Author of COMC (Double Jeopardy)

Alexandre Dumas

300

A universal statement that applies to both the story and real life

Theme

300

What was the main conflict in The Duel?

The man having to tell the victim's mother that her son is dead. 

400

He felt guilty for imprisoning Dantes but did it to save himself 

Villefort

400

Dantes' escape plan

He climbed into Faria's body bag and was thrown into the sea.

400

COMC is one of the greatest _____________ stories ever written

Revenge
400

A reoccurring idea within a story

Motif

400

What was the unusual thing that the husband did that put his wife on edge in Lamb to the Slaughter

He downed his first drink and got another, stronger one

500
Did the most to try to save Dantes from prison

Morrel

500

The significance of the red silk purse

It was given by Morrel to Caderousse to pay for Old Dantes' funeral, given to Dantes by Caderousse in exchange for diamonds, and given to Morrel's family by Dantes to pay for Julie's wedding and their debts.

500

Louis XVIII's rule is called the ____________ dynasty

Bourbon

500

The feeling a reader gets from a story

Mood

500

The definition of "fate" according to the article "Literary Fate" 

A power/agency that orders and predetermines a future course of events