Grace answers “I never quite got how he was innocent. I...”

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I never quite got how he was innocent. I mean sure the gang conspired to turn him in, but he broke the law all on his own. He CHOSE TO TAKE THE COMPLETELY ILLEGAL LETTER FROM A TRAITOR TO HIS GOVERNMENT! If someone had a letter from Osama Bin Laden to a bunch of ISIS sympathizers, I would make sure the government knew he was a traitor too! Even if they did it because they were jealous, he still broke the law. So?

Grace Well, Villefort and Danglars and Fernand were not innocent, anyway. All three ended up being very selfish and money hungry men. Villefort knew that Ed…moreWell, Villefort and Danglars and Fernand were not innocent, anyway. All three ended up being very selfish and money hungry men. Villefort knew that Edmond was innocent, his only crime being fulfilling his captain's wishes, and Villefort locked him away forever, to cover up his own father's crimes that were much worse than whatever crime Edmond did. Regardless of whether Edmond was deserving of his crime, I mean, what, 14 years in prison, for a crime without any real trial? Is that fair? He would've had a life sentence had he not escaped. I suppose his crime was ignorance. But Fernand was the one who sent the letter, purely because he wanted Edmond's fiancee, and Danglars was no better in aiding Fernand. And the story itself is one of a good man who turns bitter with vengeance, so the scale of whether he is rightfully plotting vengeance is not fully one-sided. (less)

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