*opens my mouth* *taps the mic with my teeth* *clears throat* “revenge is bad” is absolutely not a theme in the count of monte cristo (1844)
The theme is “don’t frame Edmond Dantes for treason. If ya do, there’s a 50% chance you’ll die, a 25% chance that (almost) your whole family will die, and a 25% chance you’ll go bankrupt”