Les Misérables

is extremely barberic and an awful thing to do but, they think they are carrying out Allah’s work. The example provided are examples showing that actions are not truly barbaric, it is all individual perception. In the books The Kite Runner and Les Miserables there are many…

One actor that showed good head voice vs. chest voice was Dakota. Dakota played Fantine in Les Miserables. In the scene right before Docks Part 2, Dakota sings a line that says, “you let your foreman send me away…” As she sings this, she hits very high notes and not once do you hear breathiness or squeaky, airy notes. She sings with power without belting by singing in her head voice. I couldn’t not tell when she switched into her chest voice. Her sound was pure and smooth the entire time. They…

Jean Valjean started off in prison because he stole a loaf of bread. After serving 19 years of prison , Jean Valjean was put on papers for the rest of his life. His papers prohibited him from getting a job. After meeting a Bishop Myriel, Jean was saved. Although he stole from the Bishop, he still forgave him. Jean has did a lot of things but for good reasons. He stole the loaf of bread because his family was starving. Jean rescues Cosette from the Thenardiers after Fantine dies, but…

There are many things that are understandable. Like trying to help out someone you care about or trying to provide for everyone in your family. So you’d do anything. In the book, Jean Valjean was just a guy who had to take care of his sister and their children by providing a place to stay, eat, etc. He’s is not a criminal by stealing a loaf of bread but there at least had to be some sort of fine and not 5 years in prison. You can tell if he was thinking to himself if what he did will lead to…

We have seen vast amounts of movies that have been made about revolutions against groups of people. Les Miserable, one of the most notable and recognized musicals of our time is set during the French Revolution. Unfortunately, we see images that tend to glorify the act of revolting against something and while movies like Les Miserable are entertaining, they tend to be lacking in the true facts department. The real French Revolution was horribly bloody and got way out of hand. The original intent…

Transcendence Victor Hugo is one of the most celebrated authors of the 19th century. He was known to use tragedy and destruction and change it into something beautiful and good (Weingarter 5). In the book that Hugo is most famous for, Les Miserable, he captures this human transcendence at its best with the character Jean Valjean. (Hugo vii) After nineteen years of human depravity in prison, Valjean is left with a heart full of bitterness and animosity: (Hugo 25). Throughout the book, you can…

supported enough. The issue has been consistent for many years, but represented by very few male writers like Victor Hugo. The situations and struggles of sex workers have not changed drastically since the 19th century, as portrayed by Victor Hugo in Les Miserables through the life of Fantine. Prostitution and the suffering of the underclass is something Hugo focused on a lot throughout the novel. He described the suffering of women and what drives them into the industry. It was described to be…

“Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.” (Hugo). Victor Hugo is a famous French author who is recognized for his novels, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame and Les Misérables, which have been adapted into movies, plays, and musicals. Victor had many other writings on various topics, but they all seem influenced by his life experiences. Witnessing life in the lower class of France, growing up in a military family, and his animosity for Napoleon III…

Characters in a story are a way for the author to reach out to their audience and make an impact on the plot, but that is not the case for Gavroche in Victor Hugo's Les Miserables. In the book, as well as in the musical movie, many people fought and died for the revolution. Although Gavroche, the gamin, was one of those rebels, his character did not greatly impact the story or the revolution. Gavroche was an unnecessary character because he was insignificant to the plot in both the book and the…

During the political and controversial times of the nineteenth century, Victor Hugo used his characters to represent the lifesaving and life-taking abilities of mercy and justice, respectively, in his romantic novel, Les Misérables. Inspector Javert represents the ideology of justice in the novel, and he eventually shows the troubles of living with a completely impassive attitude toward those he deems as undeserving of freedom. Though justice seems to control the actions of the aforementioned…