certain circumstances” (Handler). Could you excuse an armed robber if the circumstance was to feed his family? Could you excuse a thief who wanted to apologize afterward? All of these instances came from an extraordinary book that Victor Hugo wrote‚ Les Misérables. Although the incentive behind theft might be obvious to some‚ the main character‚ Jean Valjean‚ provides a great example of how different the reasons to steal can be. Encountering a thief is like getting cut off while driving. Your first
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Anne Hathaway turned a "paparazzi moment" into a "victorious" one after sharing her baby bump photo on social media. The award- winning actress was photographed by an alleged paparazzi while having a good time on the beach. Fortunately‚ the "Les Miserables" star allowed the photographer to take a snapshot of her new blissful achievement and proudly shared the photo on her Instagram. "Happy 2016 to my beautiful Instafriends! So‚ posting a bikini pic is a little out of character for me‚ but just
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1712 - Birth of philosopher‚ writer Jean Jacques Rousseau. Some of his works marked the beginnings of the Romantic Movement. 1764 - The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole published 1775 - American war of Independence 1787 - Society for the abolition of slavery founded 1789 - Fall of Bastille - the storming of the fortress that represented authority in France; began the French Revolution 1793 - Execution of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. France declares war against Britain (and then Britain
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weren’t able to move on and win more fields. This is the beginning of an exhausting war. Soldiers “buried themselves”‚ and digged trenches. This will be the place where they are going to live for the rest of the war. Life in the trenches was miserable‚ with fleas‚ rats‚ mud‚ food shortages‚ dead soldiers and enemies. The living conditions were really bad‚ soldiers had nothing‚ they were not even able to shower or change their clothes. They were wearing the same clothes for months. In these trenches
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Another winner of the National Youth Arts Artist of the Year Award‚ Julia Davis is a staple at the Musical Theatre of Anthem. Some of her favorite roles in the past couple of years have been Cosette in Les Miserables‚ Jellylorum/Griddlebone in CATS‚ Cinderella in Into The Woods‚ Narrator in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat‚ Carrie in Carrie the Musical‚ and Ronnette in Little Shop of Horrors. She has won Upscale Singer’s Scholarship awards for both 2013 and 2014 and was runner-up for
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DTC also serves as a town hall for Dallas citizens and destination for audiences and artists from all over the United States. The heart of DTC are the shows that make up its seasons. The 2013-2014 season brought an unprecedented restaging of Les Misérables which became the all-time highest grossing production at DTC. Director Liesl Tommy brought the production
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version) * Students will be tested on “The Village by the Sea’’ or ‘Jane Eyre” at the G.C.E. (O/L) Examination. * School Based Assessment must be done by the teachers on one of the following novels suggested for reading for enjoyment. Les Miserables –Victor Hugo (Macmillan abridged version) Great Expectations –Charles Dickens (Macmillan abridged version) Huckleberry Finn –Mark Twain (Macmillan abridged version) Short Stories and Non- Fiction Monkeys – Punyakante Wijenaike Gift of
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tragedy “Le Cid”. My education has also included the works of Rousseau‚ Beaumarchais‚ Montesquieu‚ Hugo‚ Zola Chateaubriand‚ Apollinaire‚ Aragon and other 18th to 20th Century writers. Many of the ideas advanced by these 18th Century writers went on to play a tremendous role in shaping France and Europe via their influence on the revolutionaries of 1789. Hugo and Zola also influenced their generation by exposing societal injustice in their works‚ most notably in “Germinal“and “Les Miserables”.
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As the final bell rings to dismiss students from creative writing‚ the teacher considers the creative process in the minds of their students. Creative thinking and critical thinking‚ aide students as they mature into adult individuals. Some believe that thoughts on adultery are equivalent to sin‚ as if it were a scarlet letter of confusion. Teenagers‚ have inclinations that may cause pain and suffering for another‚ but all in all it is part of growing up to learn how to function with others in a
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non-musical largely depends on the target audience of the film‚ genre of film‚ and plot of the film. In musical films like Grease‚ Chicago‚ Les Miserables‚ West Side Story‚ and Mama Mia‚ the musical and choreographed aspects of film work with the plot in an effective manner. I feel like [romantic] comedies (eg. Mama Mia and Grease) and dramas (eg. Les Miserables and Chicago) are the two genres that are best made in to musical films. Musicals are able to break down language barriers‚ telling the plot
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