1.) As a young woman, Mercédès is kind of one-dimensional character. She's beautiful, exotic, and faithful. She has a kind heart. She's happy for Edmond when he returns and she cries for him when he's taken away. She tolerates Fernand, despite his threatening demeanor, and lets him know that she's willing to sacrifice her life if he should try to hurt Edmond. What more could you ask for in a woman? Well, maybe a little more character development. But then we meet older Mercédès, Fernand's wife. What's the deal with her? How could she have abandoned Edmond? He was only gone for like, fourteen years right? What an ungrateful…wait, what's that? FOURTEEN YEARS? OK, sure, she married a big jerk, but on the plus side she raised a pretty cool, if cocky, son. She's one of the first characters to recognize Monte Cristo as Edmond; she accepts her fate and leaves quickly after Fernand is exposed, and she's suitably chastened by the experience. So, looking at all that you'd think she might deserve a break, right? Heck, she even has to send her only son away to war. Mercédès ends up being her own harshest critic: "You did have faith," she tells Edmond, "you had strength, you trusted in God, and God sustained you. I was a coward, I denied Him, so God abandoned me; and here I am!" (112.105). This is the last we hear of Mercédès. The Count moves on, finds love with Haydée, and rides off into the sunset. Meanwhile, Mercédès left to live in the old Dantès apartment in Marseille, left to cry herself to sleep, just as she was left to cry when Edmond was taken away to prison. Unwilling to "hope" and "wait" – the two things the Count tells Valentine and Maximillian they must do – she suffers as a result. But, really, hasn't she suffered enough? Is this punishment really called for?
1) I`d like a chicken sandwich and a glass of mineral water. 2) Cairo is the capital of Egypt . 3) Would you like a banana or strawberries? 4) Ukraine and Turkey are separated by the Black sea. 5) The fly is on the ceiling in the kitchen. 6) My mother is an accountant and my father is a lawyer. They work in the same company in the centre of our town . 7) How much are her Italian lessons? - Ten dollars an hour . 8) It was so picturesque in the Crimea last summer. 9) Where are the dogs? - They are in the garden . 10) My favourite subjects are Chemistry and Biology. 11) London stands on the Thames. 12) My granny lives in a small village in the country. 13) The Volga is the longest river in Russia. 14) Your baby shouldn`t sit in the sun on a hot day. 15) Do you like vegetables? 16) Mother has got a terrible headache today. 17) She is a very nice woman but her sons are bad boys. 18) My friend usually goes to the Alps in spring by plane . 19) Look at the woman . She is the neighbour l told you about. 20) I had my holiday in the northern Italy last year but I`m going to cross the Atlantic ocean and visit the USA next year.
2) Cairo is the capital of Egypt .
3) Would you like a banana or strawberries?
4) Ukraine and Turkey are separated by the Black sea.
5) The fly is on the ceiling in the kitchen.
6) My mother is an accountant and my father is a lawyer. They work in the same company in the centre of our town .
7) How much are her Italian lessons? - Ten dollars an hour .
8) It was so picturesque in the Crimea last summer.
9) Where are the dogs? - They are in the garden .
10) My favourite subjects are Chemistry and Biology.
11) London stands on the Thames.
12) My granny lives in a small village in the country.
13) The Volga is the longest river in Russia.
14) Your baby shouldn`t sit in the sun on a hot day.
15) Do you like vegetables?
16) Mother has got a terrible headache today.
17) She is a very nice woman but her sons are bad boys.
18) My friend usually goes to the Alps in spring by plane .
19) Look at the woman . She is the neighbour l told you about.
20) I had my holiday in the northern Italy last year but I`m going to cross the Atlantic ocean and visit the USA next year.