Keith Hamrick 4/26/2010 Creative Presentation – Les Miserables as a Musical Les Miserables (Les Mis for short) is a musical that was composed in 1980 by the French composer Claude-Michel Schonberg with the libretto‚ or text‚ by Alain Boublill and lyrics by Herbert. It is one of the most performed and well-known musicals in the world. On October 8‚ 2006 Les Miserables celebrated 21 years on London’s West End and became the longest running West End musical in history‚ reaching 9‚500 performances
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The longest running and arguably the most powerful musical production to have ever hit the stage‚ Les Miserables has been seen by over 60 million people in 42 different countries across the globe. Since its opening night at the Barbican Theatre on October 8‚ 1985‚ it has captured the hearts of many as it continues to break box-office records even in its 28th year. The story revolves around an ex-convict named Jean Valjean who broke his parole and is from then on pursued by a constabulary named
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Business Ethics – Les Miserables Analysis When faced with concepts like crime and punishment‚ there is a majority of people who would claim that the law must be obeyed under all circumstances‚ without any exception. It would actually be quite difficult to find someone who openly stated beliefs that criminals should sometimes get away with crime instead of being brought to justice. The character of Javert in Les Miserables is a classic example of an absolutist who believes in the supreme power of
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Continuing Academic Success Alejandra Ruvalcaba General Education 12/13/14 Pete Medina “Continuing Education Success”‚ personally I never even thought about this nor about setting educational goals for myself‚ like obtaining a bachelors in criminal justice to achieve a good paying job. In this class I learned how important it is to make my education a priority so I do not get sidetracked by other things that are also important in my life. Setting educational goals for my academic success is a very important
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Le Cid Corneille The playwright of Le Cid is one written by Corneille sometime before 1636 when it was first performed in France. This was his first play that became a popular hit with the people of France as well as with the King Louis XIII. This play was so well appreciated it was used as a base for many other plays to follow. This play is based on the deeds of a Spanish soldier El Cid. The play relates to Le Cid having to challenge Le Cid’s future father in-law to a duel. He is stuck
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Les Miserables by Victor Hugo is a book written in 1845 about the time period directly following the French Revolution. As is the case with most literature‚ Les Miserables includes character archetypes. In Les Miserables‚ the characters Cosette and Jean Valjean are both character archetypes. The character Cosette represents the archetype of the orphaned child. Her mother‚ Fantine‚ was forced to abandon her as she needed a job and couldn’t take Cosette with her‚ who was an infant at the time. She
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going on in Jean-Luc Godard’s 1965 film Pierrot le Fou? Godard is known for his contribution to the French film “New Wave” movement‚ and this film is no different. Through the use of a nontraditional narrative style‚ in combination with an experimental film form‚ it is insanely difficult to keep this plot straight. Then again‚ what is a plot? Does the plot even matter? In Pierrot le Fou it appears that it does not. At its simplest form Pierrot le Fou is the story of Ferdinand Griffon a.k.a “Pierrot”
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French Literature Practice Commentary Le Poison – Charles Baudelaire Charles Baudelaire wrote the poem ‘Le Poison’ within his collection of poetry titled ‘Les Fleures du Mal’ that wes released in 1857 during the modernist and symbolist literary movements. The themes of this collection of poems were mainly revolved around the negative qualities of human nature‚ industrialism and women which can all be easily linked to the title ‘Les Fleures du Mal’ and the obvious juxtaposition and symbolism within
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What is success? People may view success in many ways‚ for example‚ someone who plays soccer may think if they scored three goals that’ll be a success to them. Another kid may think trying their best and doing better than the last game is a success is to them. In my situation success varies because in my grades I believe that success is 4.0 or if I tried my best. In soccer‚ success to me is doing better than last game‚ like trying harder‚ making more passes‚ better dribbling‚ and fewer mistakes.
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biographical documents survived. Bologna was a great influence on the prime figures of 14th century Italian music. After his death in 1386 his music still playing in northern Italy and Tuscany‚ His work was still treasured even after his death. Philippe Le Chancelier was most likely born in Paris‚ France in the 1160’s‚ the approximate date in undetermined. Philippe was not only influential through his sermons but his music. During the 1220’s –30’s Philippe released Summa de bono‚ which was an unprecedented
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