Chapter 20
Dantes's plunge into the sea in Faria's shroud — baptismal death/rebirth.
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From The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
The sea functions as the threshold of death and rebirth; the island of Monte Cristo as the secret source of power; burial imagery permeates Dantes's transformation.
Chapter 117
The Count's white sail disappearing on the horizon — sea as transcendence.
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