Les Misérables (Reaction Paper) Les Misérables (the musical) in my opinion is one of the best musical renditions in the world. Whether it’d be in the theatre or on the big screen‚ Les Misérables‚ never cease to deliver such a heartfelt act. A few weeks ago‚ I was given the chance to watch the recent Les Misérables musical in the movies (starring Hugh Jackman‚ Anne Hathaway‚ Russell Crowe‚ and Amanda Seyfried) and I enjoyed it. Im a person who loves music. I most definitely love musicals! The
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In the tragic tale of Othello‚ the evil deeds of Iago cause many of the characters to make sacrifices‚ with some giving the ultimate sacrifice: their lives. Emilia can be categorized as such a character‚ whose martyrdom provided important insight regarding her views on honesty‚ marriage‚ and morals. Shakespeare introduces Emilia as a laconic woman with a bitter‚ worldly demeanor. Her views towards men and marriage in general are largely negative‚ stemming from her tumultuous marriage to Iago. Evidence
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two musicals have stood out from there comic counterparts. Les Misérables and West Side Story tell more serious stories and have captivated audiences with revivals and film versions. Both are based on classic literature‚ and share universal and relatable social problems. West Side Story created by Lenard Bernstein‚ Steven Sondheim‚ Arthur Laurents‚ and Jerome Robbins tell the story of Romeo and Juliet in 1950s New York. Les Misérables by Composer Claude-Michael Schonberg and lyricist Alain Boublil
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but the lives of the people around us. Showing mercy does not just involve compassion towards others‚ but also involves showing forgiveness. Forgiveness is a key part of giving second chances‚ and plays a major part in Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables. In Les Miserables‚ the ex-convict Jean Valjean is released from prison and spends one of his first nights of freedom in the house of a kind bishop. When leaving‚ Jean Valjean steals some of the bishop’s silverware and is later on captured and taken back
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Sacrifice In works of literature‚ Sometimes a character has a made a sacrifice for another character. An example of a character making a sacrifice for another is in the novel Ungifted by Gordon Korman. The main theme of the book was to not judge people based on first impressions and to look after one another. In this case‚ Abigail sacrificed her education in order for Donovan‚ who is the main character‚ to stay in her school. In order to understand as to why and how Abigail helped Donovan stay in
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system” (Lu 245). Legend (© 2011)‚ a dystopian young adult fiction novel written by upcoming author Marie Lu. Before Lu became a full time writer‚ she was an art director for a video game company. This is a book inspired by the television show‚ Les Miserables. The show involved a highly skilled detective hunting down a notorious criminal. Legend is written from the perspective of two different characters with two completely different backgrounds. June‚ the Republic’s prodigious student is finishing
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American lawyer and political leader‚ Robert Green Ingersoll‚ once said that “kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.” In book one‚ “Fantine‚” in the novel Les Miserables‚ author Victor Hugo uses the helpless and beast-like character of Jean Valjean to demonstrate that when an individual‚ at his lowest point of being‚ is exposed to kindness‚ he may rise up and become virtuous‚ so that he may help others achieve this virtue in return. A helpless individual in the midst of a radically unequal
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Les Misérables by Victor Hugo demonstrates a very important concept about how people change. Several examples exist of individuals who thought a certain way‚ but were shown that not all is as they thought. The novel demonstrations that everyone thinks they’re right‚ but when proven wrong‚ it greatly impacts their lives and beliefs. One person who thought he could never change was the novel’s protagonist Jean Valjean. His personality vastly changed after the bishop helped him realize he didn’t
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Today‚ humans across the world are face with the ever growing problem of being poor. Just like in the book Les Miserable‚ we see a great many of people who are slaves to their job. To be poor was consider a crime and for that everyone was outrage about this. Soon it got to a point where there was no means of getting by or supporting a family. I’ve seen and know people who are facing this trouble today. It’s so significant because most are faced with some type of poverty in life. Poverty has
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Who to blame? Fantine is like a little girl who is buying a car‚ where the car company charges high interest‚ and she ends up paying an enormous sum. In Victor Hugo’s novel Les Misérables‚ both society and Fantine are to blame for her decline‚ though society is much more at at fault than she. Firstly‚ Fantine is partially to blame since she is inexperienced and naive. Likewise‚ society is at fault because the population dehumanizes people living in poverty. Moreover‚ society is responsible because
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