Question

What is implied by the word loathsome as it is used in paragraph 2 of The Count of Monte Cristo?: “So many loathsome animals inhabited the prison, that their noise did not, in general, awake him”

Answer 1

The word "loathsome" as used in paragraph 2 of "The Count of Monte Cristo" implied that:

some of the prisoners were disgusting human beings. One of the prisoners was Déodat de Dolomieu, described as a mad-genius and scientist.

Explanation:

Alexandre Dumas, in his famous fictional story titled "The Count of Monte Cristo," described how the Count was unjustly imprisoned. When the Count of Monte Cristo escaped from prison, he gathered enough wealth and decided to unleash mayhem on his enemies, just to enable them to taste from the bitter experiences of their untoward actions.