All 3 Uses of
Medusa
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- In one of the aristocratic mansions built by Puget in the Rue du Grand Cours opposite the Medusa fountain, a second marriage feast was being celebrated, almost at the same hour with the nuptial repast given by Dantes.†
Chpt 5-6 *Medusa = Greek mythology: a woman with snakes for hair and the ability to turn people to stone
- It was as if the young girl beheld the head of Medusa.†
Chpt 53-54
- M. de Villefort a second time raised his head, looked at Benedetto as if he had been gazing at the head of Medusa, and became livid.†
Chpt 109-110
Definition:
Greek mythology: a woman with snakes for hair and the ability to turn people to stone if they looked at her