The Count of Monte Cristo

How is De Villefort ambitious before Chapter 10?

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Villefort shows ambition when he imprisons Dantes because he might hurt his political ambitions. To release a Bonapartist would alienate his very influential father-in-law.... Marquis Saint Meran.

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so he shows ambition when he prisons dantes to protect his political ambitions?

what are his political ambitions?

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