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The Musical: "Les Miserables", 2006.
This paper analyzes six crucial songs in the musical "Les Miserables".
870 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 0 sources, £ 20.95
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This paper explains that, in Act I of the musical "Les Miserables", the entire company, who represent factory workers, sings "At the End of the Day", which sets the scene of the misery and poverty of the majority of the French populace and helps explain why the revolution will occur later in the musical. The author points out that the song "Master of the House", sung by the Thernardiers, provides a welcome note of comic relief from the tragedies of the play. The paper relates that, in "Bring Him Home", Jean Valjean prays by the half-alive body of Marius for God to "bring him [Marius] home", to bring the "boy" home to health and happiness, so that Valjean's adopted daughter Cosette can marry and live a happy life.
Table of Contents:
"At the End of the Day" (Community)
"I Dreamed a Dream" (Fantine)
"Master of the House" (Thernardiers)
"Stars" (Javert)
"On My Own" (Eponine)
"Bring Him Home" (Valjean)
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"In this Act I song, ["Stars" ]the audience gains an important bit of insight into the psychology of Inspector Javert. Without this song, the audience might see Javert only as a cruel and relentless persecutor of Jean Valjean. However, Javert explains that he thrives upon the idea of order in the cosmos, like the stars "filling the darkness." Javert clearly sees the misery of the world around him, but rather than revolution, he hopes that a law and order society will bring about a better world. Javert is not an aristocrat, benefiting from the system, ..."
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"Les Miserables", 2005.
A review of Victor Hugo's novel "Les Miserables".
1,359 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 31.95
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This paper examines how completed many years after the Romantic period had reached its popular peak, "Les Miserables" by Victor Hugo looks as much backward as forward, loving its past and imagining its future. It looks at how by re-reading both the past and the present, Hugo presents the readers with a new future history and how with Enjolras, he calls for a France dominated by heroic action in which there will be no more fictions or parasites, only the real governed by the true. It also shows how, although "Les Miserables" was written more than a century and half ago the themes of loneliness, alienation, misery, cruelty, progress, and regress within the society are still relevant to today's humanity.
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"To explore the vicissitudes of historical evolution, Hugo evaluates such major moments as the French Revolution, the Reign of Terror, Waterloo, the July Monarchy, and the insurrections of 1832 and 1848. But this apparently simple sequence is fraught with complexities. On the one hand, he maintains in "L'Argot," all progress aims to abolish material, moral, and intellectual misery. Yet the advent of this era of universal happiness remains problematic. Both notions are challenged at many points in the text, where history often seems to imitate the Thenardiers, those "crablike souls, continually crawling back toward darkness" (Hugo 156)."
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'Les Miserables' as Social Production, 2004.
The purpose of this research is to examine 'Les Miserables' as a product of the sociocultural environment of the period in which it was first published in 1862.
2,260 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 10 sources, APA, £ 54.95
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The purpose of this research is to examine Les Miserables as a product of the sociocultural environment of the period in which it was first published in 1862. The writer discusses how 'Les Miserables' reflects Romantic and Enlightenment idealism.
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"The purpose of this research is to examine Les Miserables as a product of the sociocultural environment of the period in which it was first published in 1862. The themes of social reform and the search for social justice that dominate Les Miserables have been widely discussed by critics for many years. Even during his lifetime, Victor Hugo was involved in various projects of social reform as both commentator and national legislator deputy in France. He used the post-Napoleonic social upheavals of revolution in ... "
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"Les Miserables", 2002.
An analysis of "Les Miserables", by Victor Hugo.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 1 source, £ 18.95
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This paper examines and analyzes the theme of the novel, "Les Miserables", by Victor Hugo. In the process, the paper reviews the theme of the book, how the theme was developed by Hugo, and concludes with the author's opinion of the theme.
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"Les Miserables", 2004.
This paper discusses issues of social justice in Victor Hugo's "Les Miserables".
2,420 words (approx. 9.7 pages), 15 sources, MLA, £ 50.95
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This paper explains that Victor Hugo's "Les Miserables", a novel directed at exposing the social injustices of 19th century France, uses settings, such as the streets of Paris and a poor factory, to show how the lower-class citizens have no opportunity to escape their surroundings. The author points out that the contrast of the poor characters with the rich citizens portrays the never-ending cycle of injustice in this society from both sides. The paper relates that Valjean is the most important character who portrays the different aspects of social justice because he is the only character who breaks free of his social bonds, yet time and time again, he is brought back down.
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"Valjean is the most important character to portraying the different aspects of social justice in this story. He is the only character who breaks free of his social bonds, yet time and time again is brought back down. He also shows two other important things. Social justice only comes to those who are willing to make the sacrifices and take the risks to obtain it. Also, as the only character to break through society, in comparison to the number of characters in the story, he shows the immense social injustice because he is the only one who can escape society?s limits. The entire book is loaded with characters that are poor and cannot escape the situations they were born into. Almost every character he meets has some limitation on what they can be by society. He encounters a drying Fantine, the rebels stifled by the government, the Thenardiers who only perpetuate the injustice in their own micro chasm. All are inhibited by the social injustice of the time, and Valjean is used to show that although social injustice ruled back then, it was not impossible to overcome. He also meant that as a lesson to readers. If a reader was experiencing social injustice that it could be overcome, despite what society does to try and hold someone down."
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"Les Miserables", "Hamlet" and "The Kite Runner", 2006.
A discussion regarding the paternal relationships in 'Les Miserables', 'Hamlet' and 'The Kite Runner' focusing on fathers, sons and sexuality.
1,508 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 34.95
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This paper discusses and compares the paternal relationships in Victor Hugo's 'Les Miserables', Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' and Khaled Hosseni's 'The Kite Runner'. The paper focuses primarily on the issues of sexuality, power and moral redemption, and on the influence of the father or father figure on his son.
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"However, Valjean's first redemption comes after he leaves prison, which has temporarily erased his inner goodness. Once a good and poor man driven to steal by a corrupt system, Valjean becomes corrupt but experiences a reversal of fortune after the priest he steals from refuses to reveal his pilferage to the authorities. Amir begins his early life wealthy and even though he is young, morally corrupt and jealous as a young boy. Through his family's degradation in America, ironically Amir gains some integrity and comes to terms with his past because both Baba and Amir assume a new, lesser role in the competitive new land where all immigrants must grapple with their new identities. In contrast, Valjean is corrupted in prison, but because of his fundamentally good character, finds redemption through the good actions of others like the priest who spares him from going back to prison and the example of Cosette's mother Fantine. Valjean finds a new identity as a father, because of the priest's fatherly role."
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Women in "Les Miserables", 2002.
Examines the portrayal of women in 19th century France through Victor Hugo's famous work "Les Miserables."
1,598 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 36.95
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This paper describes how Victor Hugo, in his novel "Les Miserables", depicts women as flat, simple characters, especially compared to their male counterparts (with the exception of Eponine.) It shows how various women throughout the book are used as examples to show their limited personalities or simplicity, with Eponine at the end to demonstrate how she is different.
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"Rich, developed, and well-rounded characters are hard to find in Les Mis?rables. In fact, nearly all of the people in the story represent single and straightforward qualities, traits or ideas: Jean Valjean?s decency, Javert?s dedication (and obsession) to law and order, the string of men in the ABC woven from ?joy? or ?sarcasm? or ?philosophy?, the bandits in the Patron-Minette, etcetera. Hugo?s technique with cookie-cutter individuals is to smear them across a ?massive canvas,? creating books that Henry James rightfully named ?loose, baggy monsters.? The point is that in sprawling out his ideas in such huge pieces, Hugo flattens men and smothers women, causing them to lose the slice of life that makes fiction real. He does more justice to the men than the women, however. Marius? and Valjean?s crises of conscience at least show some hint of reality; his women are simple, follow male lead, and never climb out of their ?intellectual ruts?. The only person who strays from one line of thinking is Eponine, and that?s what makes her the deepest and most interesting of the otherwise bland 19th century French women."
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Richard Boleslawski's Film "Les Miserables" (1935), 2005.
A comparison of the plots of Richard Boleslawski's 1935 film version of Victor Hugo's novel "Les Miserables" to the Old and New Testaments.
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This paper examines how themes from the Old Testament, including the absolute authority of the law above all else and from the New Testament, including unconditional love, forgiveness, salvation and atonement, can be found in Richard Boleslawski's 1935 film version of Victor Hugo's novel "Les Miserables".
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The Law
Unconditional Love
Forgiveness
Atonement
Salvation
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"The concept of absolute authoritarian law is represented by Javert, the policeman. The law, according to Javert, is the answer to all conflict. This guides his judgment and decisions throughout the film. His relentless pursuit of Valjean is evidence of this. The only way to atone for wrongdoing is through harsh punishment, whether fully deserved or not. This concept is also representative of the society at the time. Paris during the 1830's was a harsh place, where many were poor and desperate. It is in fact a desperate crime that leads to Valjean's arrest and imprisonment. Thus, the slightest error would bring upon the perpetrator the harshest punishment. This is reminiscent of the Old Testament, where there was a law for everything from crime to the dress code. If God was not happy with something somebody did, they would be struck dead on the spot. Thus Valjean represents the merciless law of the Old Testament."
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"Les Miserables", 2002.
A paper which describes two main themes of the movie, "Les Miserables".
780 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 18.95
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The paper discusses forgiveness and love as the two most dominant themes in "Les Miserables". The way Victor Hugo uses these themes to show how the main characters change and grow throughout the story are discussed in the paper and the importance of these themes in everyday life is also described.
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"Les Miserables is an epic drama of human struggle that touches the very soul of personal passion and emotion. Victor Hugo succeeded in creating a dramatic piece with countless possible themes and ideas that truly impress upon the feelings of all persons. The element of theme, or ones opinion of what the story is about, can be many different things in this movie. However, the two themes that held steady and true through out the entirety of the creation were forgiveness and love. A main component of these themes, and what makes them special, is how forgiveness and love can affect people in extraordinary ways and produce change among the most steadfast of individuals."
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"Les Miserables", 2002.
A review of the French classic "Les Miserables" by Victor Hugo.
857 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 20.95
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This paper examines the novel "Les Miserables" by Victor Hugo and applies the book towards the events of the time. It evaluates how it reflects a great deal upon the teachings of many philosophers at the time by incorporating ideas from the Enlightenment. It discusses its portrayal of the social injustices and warped customs at the time of the French Revolution and shows how symbolism plays a crucial role in summarizing the basic events that took place during this time. It looks how accurately the book remains with actual history while at the same time carrying on a very complicated plot.
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"The focal point of the entire story is a character by the name of Jean Val jean. The book starts out with Jean Val jean being imprisoned for nineteen years for stealing a loaf of bread. During his imprisonment he is harden through much both physical and mental abuse. Upon his release he is taken in by the kind hearted Bishop Myriel who makes Valjean promise to become an honest man once again. During the following years Valjean changes his name to Madeleine and devises a manufacturing process, which brings his town, Montreuil-sur-mer, much profit and eventually makes him mayor."
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Tragedy in Novels, 2005.
This paper compares two novels, with a similar theme of tragedy, Les Victor Hugo "Les Miserables" and John Steinbeck "The Pearl".
815 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 20.95
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This paper explains that, although written nearly one hundred years apart, Victor Hugo and John Steinbeck both use irony, animal imagery, and light and dark imagery to portray a recurring theme of tragedy. The author points out that, in "Les Miserables", every character is a victim of tragedy who ironically usually brings his or her suffering upon his or herself and accepts life the way it is and does nothing to try to make it better. The paper relates that, in "The Pearl", ironically Kino finds the pearl, which ultimately leads to his tragic fall.
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"The authors utilize irony to show the tragedy in the lives of Kino and Les Miserables characters. People "regarded this traveler with a sort of distrust" This shows the ironic stereotypic nature of humans. This traveler, Jean Valjean, although ragged in appearance, wants to change his lifestyle. Looks for the most part stay the same, but feelings and beliefs fluctuate easily. Even though Valjean still looks like a convict, he feels otherwise. People need not to "want a thing too much." Ironically, Kino drops his entire life to have the pearl; nothing else matters to him. Greed becomes the overtaking influence in his life. Kino functioned just perfectly before he had the pearl, and now he acts as though the pearl is his god."
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"Les Liaisons Dangereuses" by Choderlos de Laclos, 2006.
A complimentary look at "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" by Choderlos de Laclos.
3,420 words (approx. 13.7 pages), 13 sources, MLA, £ 66.95
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In this book review of "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" by Choderlos de Laclos, the author looks at the work of Laclos in a very complimentary manner despite the fact that at the time of publishing his book, there was outcry, shock and disdain to the vulgarity of it. With time, as the author reminds us, the book "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" became more accepted to the point that in the last decade no less than three movies were made based on it. The paper then proceeds to discuss the merits of the book and what society has learnt from it looking and the message it is trying to give. The author concludes with his assessment that "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" is a warning to society that idleness is a step towards the devil's playground.
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"At last we come to the two most famous characters in Les Liaisons Dangereuses, and certainly the most difficult to explain in terms of a moralistic standpoint. First, the one who proves to be the lesser of the two evils, the Vicomte de Valmont. Turnell states that Valmont is "not restrained by any inhibition, by any feeling of guilt or shame" (Turnell 60). This is an over-simplified view of the much more complex character of Valmont, however. As the moralists of the period agreed, all humans have certain and similar natural desires, but varying degrees of ability to control, that is to hide them."
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'Les Liaisons Dangereuses', 2007.
A review of the novel 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses' by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos.
1,295 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 30.95
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This paper reviews, discusses and analyzes Pierre Choderlos de Laclos' famous eighteen century novel, 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses'. According to the paper, 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses' is written in the epistolary form, and has two main protagonists: Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont. The paper also explains how the theme of the novel seems to be perfectly expressed by William Blake in his poem, "The Clod and the Pebble".
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"The love that does not seek to please itself but is genuine and sincere is primarily that of other characters in the novel, like Cecile, at least in the beginning, and Madame de Tourvel. However, this understanding of love is also valid, in a way, in the case of the Marquise and the Vicomte. It is easily noticeable that the two actually force themselves into embracing the other ideal of love which seems to gratify their dominating natures. It is an act of will on their part, and they are their own creations, as Merteuil notices: "I carried this zeal so far as voluntarily to inflict pains upon myself while looking for a pleased expression on my face. I worked on myself with the same care to repress the symptoms of an unexpected joy." (Letter 81)"
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"Les Liaisons Dangereuses", 2004.
An analysis of how Madame de Tourvel reveals her hidden feelings for Valmont in "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" by Choderlos de Laclos.
1,372 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 0 sources, MLA, £ 31.95
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This paper attempts to present the evidence that supports how Madame de Tourvel reveals her hidden feelings for Valmont through ambiguous language in "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" by Choderlos de Laclos. It shows that, while we cannot deny the fact that she may have had the best of intentions when she began her correspondence with Valmont, we also cannot ignore the passion that Valmont arouses within her and how, when we read between the lines, we discover that she is quite passionate about Valmont, despite what she claims. It looks at how the hidden meanings in her text reveal a secret passion for him that refuses to be silenced.
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"On the surface, Madame de Tourvel pretends to be virtuous, and indeed, she may desire to be but her letters reveal that she is vulnerable to Valmont's letters. In Letter 50, when she tells him that his letters speak of sentiments she ?should be reluctant to acknowledge? (113) even if doing so would violate her ?sense of duty? (113). What we find about this statement is the fact that she has just told him that mentioning his sentiments would violate her, yet has mentioned them anyway and does not seem to suffer from any lack of commitment or obligation. She also claims that she cherishes the ?ties? (124) that keep her from involving herself with him in Letter 56. Furthermore, she also constantly tells Valmont that she has no desire to respond to his feelings. Yet, every time she mentions them, she is responding to them."
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