Does anyone else wonder why the priest said this to Dantes. Apparently it was important enough to be his last lesson to Dantes before dying. Dantes was jailed for treason (falsely of course), so my question is why was the priest afraid Dantes would actually commit treason?
Wouldn't you think he would warn him to not seek revenge or commit murder? Why is he worried about treason so much?
I think he was warning Dante’s to not become an evil person like Danglar, Fernand and Villefort
sharePriest said, "Do not commit the crime for which you now serve the sentence. God sayeth vengeance is mine.""
I took that to mean, "don't seek revenge ... it'll turn you into the kind of criminal who deserves this prison."
I don't think he meant treason in particular; the priest just wanted him to use the treasure "for good."
And in the end, he wound up achieving justice while seeking revenge, and even offered Fernand mercy rather than vengeance
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right? that one always caught me as odd. I do think the other commenters probably have it right though, that it was more aimed at telling him not to become a guy who would deserve the prison sentence he was serving. but yes the wording makes it sound like a treason warning, that always caught me off guard
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