Talk:Edmond Dantes/@comment-168.235.205.17-20171214100937/@comment-28048698-20171216171646

@Free Willey: In the film (the one with Guy Pearce as Fernand) Edmond Dantes and Fernand Mondego where friends, and both worked for Morrell. Morell intended to promote Edmond to captain, and Fernand was jelous because: 1) he wanted to be captain too; 2) he wanted Mercedes. Fernand betrayed his friend to take both things.

In the novel, Edmond and Fernand weren't friends. In fact, they only know each other because Mercedes want them to talk and be friends. In the novel they only see each other once, but I'm not sure if that was the only time or there were others before. However, Fernand always hated Edmond. If he betray someone, it was Mercedes (her cousin) instead of Edmond (because they weren't friends at all; there, Fernand didn't worked for Morrell).

He thought about killing Edmond, but Mercedes told him something like "if Edmond die, I will kill myself", and he knew she was capable of do that. That's why, with the help of Danglars, they decided to frame Edmond: that way he would dissapear but wouldn't die, and Mercedes never would kill herself.