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Biblical themes from the Count of Monte Cristo

Covetousness

Fernand: Make love to me.
Mercedes: Will you ever give up?
Fernand: He doesn't have to know.
Mercedes: I'd know.
Fernand: So would I. It'd be our little secret.
Mercedes: I don't believe in secrets.
Fernand: You think Edmond doesn't have secrets? He does. Ask him.
Mercedes: I know what you want, Fernand.
Fernand: You do?
Mercedes: Remember when we were little kids and Edmond got that whistle for his birthday and you got a pony? Well, you were so mad that Edmond was happier with his whistle than you were with your pony. And I'm not going to be your next...whistle.

Faithful

Dorleac: And if you're thinking just now 'Why me, oh God?' the answer is: God has nothing to do with it. In fact, God is never in France this time of year.
Edmond: God has everything to do with it. He's everywhere. He sees everything.
Dorleac: Alright. Let's make a bargain, shall we? You ask God for help and I'll stop the moment he shows up.

Faithless

Abbe Faria: I have not seen the sky these 11 years. Thank you. Thank you, God.
Edmond: There is no talk of God in here, priest.
Abbe Faria: What about the inscription? (points to 'God will give me justice' on the wall)
Edmond: It's faded, just as God has faded from my heart.
Abbe Faria: And what has replaced it?
Edmond: Revenge.

Hardened

Abbe Faria: Here is your final lesson: do not commit the crime for which you now serve the sentence.
Edmond Dantes: I don't believe in God.
Abbe Faria: It doesn't matter. He believes in you.

Faithless

Mercedes: I don't know what dark plan lies within you. Nor do I know by what design we were asked to live without each other these 16 years. But God has offered us a new beginning...
Edmond: God?
Mercedes: Don't slap His hand away.
Edmond: Can I never escape Him?
Mercedes: No, He is in everything. Even in a kiss.


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