The Count of Monte Cristo

Allusions in Count of Monte Cristo

In Count of Monte Cristo

What are the allusions about Byron?

And what are the religious allusions?

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During the part of the novel that is set in Rome, to give his character some extra heft, Dumas hints that Monte Cristo is to be regarded as something of a Byronic hero. The English Romantic poet Lord Byron, a favorite of Dumas's youth, was revered throughout Europe as the incarnation of the rebellious Romantic spirit.
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