Les Miserables tells a story of a corrupt society an its inability for good or evil to prevail. ... Jean Valjean, the main character in Les Miserables had huge impacts on everyone he came in contact with. ... Fortunately, Les Miserables and books like it can help people understand how important it is to help the less fortunate. ... In conclusion I would like to state that there is a need for books like Les Miserables in our current society. ... Les Miserables shows us the evils of society. ...

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It seems that the musical Les Miserables gets a lot of negative comments "theater folk." ... First, in Les Miz, there's the matter of the overall score. ... Can you imagine a Les Mis with a chamber score (i.e., Passion or The Light in the Piazza)? ... Basically, the integration of book and music in Les Miserables is so well-done that the only person who could top it (and has) is Stephen Sondheim. ... Feeney, but as the original John Adams in 1776) dislike Les Miz, or are loath to admit that they do? ...

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Love in Les Miserables Love may be the most intriguing and used theme in all of literature. ... Love is present throughout the great novel "Les Miserables" and is most present in the character Cosette. ... All of these things make the book Les Miserables truly full of love and compassion which brings out the best attributes of all....

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Les Miserables The book I read was Les Miserables. It starts of talking about a convict, Jean Valjean, who just got discharged from prison. He goes around looking for a place to stay but every place turns him done. He comes across Bishop Myriel's home. The Bishop allows Jean to stay there and tr...

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A Tale of Two Cities : Les Miserables Charles Dickens : Victor Hugo Charles Dickens? A Tale of Two Cities and Victor Hugo's Les Miserables, reflect the historical changes of 19th century France. ... During his exile, Hugo was able to finish his most known piece of writing, Les Miserables, published in 1862. ... Political involvement and political concerns were incorporated in Les Miserables, as in A Tale of Two Cities. ...

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A Review on Les Miserables I had the honor and privilege to go and see Les Miserables at the Imperial Theatre on 249 West 45th Street. I absolutely loved it! This is because it met and went beyond my expectation of being a spectacular play. I sat in the first row in the mezzanine upper level right...

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Les Miserables Victor Hugo's most celebrated novel "Les Miserables."" takes place in 19th century Europe after the French Revolution. It was released in 1862 after taking over twenty years to write. The main character is Jean Valjean who is imprisoned after stealing a loaf of bread. He is final...

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However, in Victor Hugo's novel, Les Miserables, Hugo contradicts this belief through the life of one man, Jean Valjean. ... In Les Miserables, Victor Hugo portrayed his opinion through Jean Valjean, that even those with corrupted lives could turn them into a virtuous lifestyle filled with love and compassion and that everyone, even the most despised in society, should be given a second chance. ...

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Les Miserables Victor Hugo made it so that the characters in Les Miserables progressed throughout the novel. The theme "progress" can be seen and used widely. Three main characters, Jean Valjean, Cossette, and Javert expressed positive and negative forms of growth. Jean Valjean began the story a...

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In Les Miserables, Victor Hugo uses the foil technique in developing Jean Valjean and Javert. The foil technique is when you contrast two characters to make each one more vivid. As Jean Valjean from being a convict to a morally good person, and Javert being a man strictly devoted to law, their li...

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Throughout the story of Les Miserables, the realities that the characters see changes dramatically. The events of their lives bring them from unimaginable lows to glorious highs. It "is the march from evil to good, from injustice to justice, from the false to the true, from brutality to duty, from...

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In Hugo's Les Miserables, Jean Valjean receives sympathy from the reader when he vows to turn his life around. ... In Hugo's Les Miserables, Javert is a static character. ... When applying these types of characterization to Gavroche of Hugo's Les Miserables, there is some question on the group in which he may fall. ... In Hugo's Les Miserables, the author effectively employs Gavroche's physical qualities, values, and emotions to link the reader into the position of this poor, homeless child. ...

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A potent social document of poverty, ignorance, and brutality of man by Victor Hugo, Les Miserables is also a rousing adventure of the hapless victim of French society - Jean Valjean, and his valiant struggle to redeem his past. ...

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Les Miserables By Victor Hugo Human injustice. The lifelong struggles of one man - Jean Valjean - and the people whose lives were affected by him. This complex story, with multiple ties in amongst itself, is Les Miserables. Jean Valjean was sent to the Toulon prison in France for stealing ...

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These two important characters in LES MISERABLES might have opposing characteristics as they are in the novel, they share some things that are similar. Both Jean Valjean and Inspector Javert had a miserable background; both were poor. ... Jean Valjean, a hideous criminal, a horrible convict, lived a miserable life in the dreamy darkness but awakened in this deep slumber by the light of Monsieur Myriel. ...

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Les Misérables Whiting Auditorium The familiar Whiting Auditorium in Flint, Michigan, was transported to Revolutionary France for the production of Les Misérables. ... The lighting effects for Les Miz were fascinating. ... Les Misérables is by far my favorite musical. ...

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Philosophy Writing for LES MISERABLES Victor Hugo's novel LES MISERABLES is an example of literary Romanticism. Marius Pontemercy courted Cosette from afar, and won her affections with a love letter. Marius crafted his persona with words, representing and embodying himself in a letter, and he g...

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Les Misérables Les Misérables a well-written tale of love, honor, and obsession, developed from the core of 19th century France displayed several unique character types, and personalities. ... Valjean is transformed from the completely selfish, callused man into a man devoted to selfless acts who helps many of "les miserables- that he meets. ...

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"A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing is Still A Wolf," and "We are all naturally law abiders or law breakers." Upon watching the movie, Les Miserables the viewer is able to see that these are a few of Inspector Javiert's theories on human nature. In other words, he believes that people don't change and once ...

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The book, Les Misrables written by Victor Hugo in 1862, was actually written to show the world how badly the French government was treating their citizens. ... He makes Valjeans life miserable being that he is always looking for him to send him to prison. ... Social Injustice was what made Valjeans life miserable. ...

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Les Miserables Jean Valjean spent 19 years in prison for stealing a loaf of bread. He made several attempts of escape and never made it but finally released. His imprisonment hinders his chances of refuge for the night as shown at Digne where he is repeatedly refused shelter until he arrives at...

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The plays that have influenced our society are Les Miserable and Evita. Evita is about the life of Argentina's infamous Eva Peron and Les Miserable is a musical based on the novel by Victor Hugo. ...

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Micah 6:8 (NIV Bible 1370) Justice, mercy, and humility are foundations upon which Victor Hugo based Les Miserables. ... "Les Miserables is a novel that deals with the tragic circumstances of the poor in France in the post revolution" (Victor Hugo). ... Myriel's values and beliefs are the two best examples of injustice and justice in Les Miserables. Through Les Miserables, Hugo shows that laws and customs are meant to provide justice; however, when those laws and customs replace justice with procedure they "artificially create a human hell within civilization" (Victor Hugo). ...

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