#and although dumas is extremely fond of exotisizing italians
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It’s criminal how adaptations infantilize Dumas’s works. Criminal.
#currently reading the La matzzolata chapter in Montecristo.#and it’s completely terrifying#how dantès is completely ruined at the moment#relishing in torture and executions#but also bearing an ambiguous sweetness in his eyes#also the irruption of the gothic with the vampire-coding of dantès#but yeah#dantès illustrates in an even more extreme way than vautrin#the way prison can degrade and dehumanize a person#also the execution as a spectacle?? it’s a goya painting#and although dumas is extremely fond of exotisizing italians#he is continually drawing parallels with paris and the guillotine as well#although he definitely IS indulging in the romantic love for ‘local color’ etc#montecristo posting#well now that I think of it#‘94 reine margot is the exception that confirms the rule
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