Extended Essays 2021

he was submerging within becomes “violent” (240) and exists “amidst a war of the elements” (241), representing his own emotions and foreshadowing his actions as the novel progressed. The violent seas then force Dantès onto the Isle of Tiboulen where he pleads for God’s “pity” (242), casting a “prayer” (242) which is answered as a Genose tartane (a ship) appearing in the distance. Dumas’ choice of diction such as “plead” and “pity” concerning God, hyperbolizes what Dantès is experiencing, resulting in the reader empathizing with him. When his prayer is answered, the reader becomes relieved even though it also suggests that God supports Dantès’ plans including his vengeful desires. This may eliminate potential guilt that the reader may feel towards Dantès’ victims thus allowing for the reader to feel pleasure in his violence. To instill this feeling into the readers of The Lies of Locke Lamora , Lynch also reproduces the concept of rebirth. Judeo-Christian tropes are yet again, used to establish the protagonists as God-like, thus justifying his vengeful and violent actions. Following on from Dumas’ symbolic use of the sea presented in The Count of Monte Cristo , symbolism between the sea and baptism in The Lies of Locke Lamora is fundamentally identical. Lamora is presented as transforming from a “charming sot” (147) to a man filled with “hatred” after the implications of the Grey King's unscrupulous scheme, in which he “lost three brothers” (513). In representing Lamora as such, Lynch creates the idiom “Ila justicaa vei cala” (513) which translates to justice is red and describes Lamora’s vengeful ideology. His transformation is spearheaded by the symbol of the sea, and its relation to baptism, resulting in Lamora being characterized differently: “everything frightening about him was concentrated in his eyes, and they bore down with a bright, hard hatred. (349). Lynch’s use of imagery and diction here positions Lamora to be anthropomorphized as justice which contextualizes his desire for revenge. His transformation

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