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The Jug and the Wall (The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 15 – Part 9)
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No chisel. No knife. Just a broken jug—and the will to escape.
In this chapter, Dantès makes a decision that changes his fate: he shatters his water jug and hides the sharpest shards. That fragment of pottery becomes his only tool. It’s not the great escape—yet. But it’s the moment where Edmond begins carving possibility out of impossibility. By trial, error, and sheer desperation, he begins to dig.
Topics Covered:
•Resourcefulness as rebellion
•The realism of escape planning in Dumas’ fiction
•How Dantès’ work mirrors that of the unknown prisoner
•Institutional blindness: the jailer’s indifference as opportunity
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