Many people have to live through war and endure loss. While living through the French Civil War and dealing with loss, Victor Hugo helped to define the romantic movement in France through his writing. His works include many poems, books, and plays revolving around love and politics. Many of his works were either published or performed during his life. While Victor Hugo is known for his many works during the romantic movement, he wrote his most famous works around the time of the French Civil War.
Victor Marie Hugo was born to an aristocratic mother and a father who was a major in Napoleon’s army (“Victor Hugo: The dangerous master”). He was born on the 26th of February in 1802 in Besaçon, France (“Victor Hugo”). He was the third son of Major …show more content…
He also changed his political ideology throughout his life. For example, in 1828, he identified as a Socialist, but later joined the Republicans in 1849 (“Victor Hugo: The dangerous master”). He also identified as a Monarchist, a Liberal, and a Democratic Republican (“Hugo”). Hugo was against capital punishments and executions (“St. Martin”). However, his political views were not always widely accepted. In 1851, Hugo was banished for opposing Napoleon's coup d'etat. Hugo fled to Brussels, Jersey, and Guernsey (“Hugo”). In 1859, Napoleon III allowed Hugo to return, however he refused until Napoleon III was overthrown in 1870. After he returned, he fought on the side of the rebels in the French Civil War (“Victor Hugo”). Victor Hugo lived for a few more years after. He died May 22, 1885 in Paris, France (St. Martin). Hugo was “given a national funeral” when he died (“Victor (Marie) Hugo”). It is said that he “lay in state beneath the Arc de Triomphe and was buried in the Panthéon among France’s greatest men” (Hugo [Page VII]). He is known as a national hero throughout France.
Victor Hugo is remembered as a national hero and as a great influence in the romantic movement. He was influenced by war and personal loss to write is most famous works. The books, poems, and plays he wrote were centered around love and political affairs, which made him widely popular in France. As Victor Hugo is remembered as a talented writer,
Victor Marie Hugo was born to an aristocratic mother and a father who was a major in Napoleon’s army (“Victor Hugo: The dangerous master”). He was born on the 26th of February in 1802 in Besaçon, France (“Victor Hugo”). He was the third son of Major …show more content…
He also changed his political ideology throughout his life. For example, in 1828, he identified as a Socialist, but later joined the Republicans in 1849 (“Victor Hugo: The dangerous master”). He also identified as a Monarchist, a Liberal, and a Democratic Republican (“Hugo”). Hugo was against capital punishments and executions (“St. Martin”). However, his political views were not always widely accepted. In 1851, Hugo was banished for opposing Napoleon's coup d'etat. Hugo fled to Brussels, Jersey, and Guernsey (“Hugo”). In 1859, Napoleon III allowed Hugo to return, however he refused until Napoleon III was overthrown in 1870. After he returned, he fought on the side of the rebels in the French Civil War (“Victor Hugo”). Victor Hugo lived for a few more years after. He died May 22, 1885 in Paris, France (St. Martin). Hugo was “given a national funeral” when he died (“Victor (Marie) Hugo”). It is said that he “lay in state beneath the Arc de Triomphe and was buried in the Panthéon among France’s greatest men” (Hugo [Page VII]). He is known as a national hero throughout France.
Victor Hugo is remembered as a national hero and as a great influence in the romantic movement. He was influenced by war and personal loss to write is most famous works. The books, poems, and plays he wrote were centered around love and political affairs, which made him widely popular in France. As Victor Hugo is remembered as a talented writer,