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The Test of the Wall (The Count of Monte Cristo, Chapter 15 – Part 7)
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Edmond Dantès hears the noise again—and now, he dares to believe.
In this chapter, Dantès’ hope returns not in a rush, but through strategy. Though physically weak, his mind regains clarity, and he begins to think not like a victim, but like a participant again. Is the noise in the wall made by a prisoner or a worker? Could it be hope—or a trap? Dantès chooses a careful path forward. And with one deliberate sip of soup, he chooses not to die. Not yet.
Topics Covered:
•How Dumas shows the return of willpower through intellect
•The calculated risk of hope: Dantès doesn’t blindly believe
•Prison noise as metaphor for awakening perception
•The story’s tonal shift from passive suffering to active strategy
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