The only reason he became the next captain of the Pharaon is because he knows a great deal about sailing. Although he is poorly educated, Dantes has a large amount of trust in people. He doesn’t think he anyone can hurt him. He tells Villefort about the letter and that he was merely just doing orders from the dying captain. But Villefort, being a royalist, sees that the letter is going to his father, Nortier who is a bonapartist, so to help himself he has to burn the letter. Dantes is then locked in jail for a crime that he didn’t do. He is trusting Villefort, but all Villefort is doing is saving himself. It’s not until he is in the Chateau d’If that he realizes that people like Danglars, Caderousse, Mondego, and even Villefort are hurting him. While in prison he meets Abbe Faria. Abbe Faria is in Italian priest and scholar. Dante tells Abbe Faria how he ended up in prison. Abbe Faria helps Dante realize that he may have some enemies that planned to put him here. “…I have instilled in your heart a feeling that wasn’t there before: vengeance.” (pg number here) Abbe Faria then teaches Dantes Spanish,
The only reason he became the next captain of the Pharaon is because he knows a great deal about sailing. Although he is poorly educated, Dantes has a large amount of trust in people. He doesn’t think he anyone can hurt him. He tells Villefort about the letter and that he was merely just doing orders from the dying captain. But Villefort, being a royalist, sees that the letter is going to his father, Nortier who is a bonapartist, so to help himself he has to burn the letter. Dantes is then locked in jail for a crime that he didn’t do. He is trusting Villefort, but all Villefort is doing is saving himself. It’s not until he is in the Chateau d’If that he realizes that people like Danglars, Caderousse, Mondego, and even Villefort are hurting him. While in prison he meets Abbe Faria. Abbe Faria is in Italian priest and scholar. Dante tells Abbe Faria how he ended up in prison. Abbe Faria helps Dante realize that he may have some enemies that planned to put him here. “…I have instilled in your heart a feeling that wasn’t there before: vengeance.” (pg number here) Abbe Faria then teaches Dantes Spanish,