Jacob Crandall November 21‚ 2011 Comp II Les Miserables: A Summary Imagine a world where your legal system is so unjust‚ you would be sent to prison for 20 years for stealing an single apple. This is the world of Jean Valjean in the adaption of Victor Hugo’s classic play‚ Les Miserables. This story is set during the early 18th century in France‚ and the story is full of sociological issues‚ some of which are still prevalent in our society today. The first major sociological issue that
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10.24.11 Evolving Tensions: The Effects of Heightened Animosity Between Jews and Christians The Chronicle of Le Mans depicts events that took place in the French town of Le Mans toward the late 10th century. The document tells primarily of the evil acts of Sehok ben Esther Israeli‚ a former Jew who has converted to Christianity‚ and how he strove against the Jewish community in Le Mans. By examining this text‚ we can glimpse the beginnings of Jewish animosity toward converts; the events of the
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REPORT Le grotte Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc is the French name of the Chauvet cave. Chauvet cave is the most monumental and historical value cave in art circles in the world. This majestic cave is found by a team of three speleologist in 1994. It is 25 meters deep in the ground‚ length about 500 meters located in the Ardeche region of the southern France. When in 1998‚ the Franch archeologian Dr. Jean Clottes is the first research leader to leaded the research team in Chauvet cave. Chauvet cave is very
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‘LE LOUPGAROU’ The poem begin with a ’curious tale’ which ’threaded through the town’ (note the use of alliteration). Through greying women sewing under eaves. These ’greying women’ (meaning old women) may not have been literally sewing under the trees‚ but were ’threading the tale’; meaning‚ they were gossiping. Was how his greed had brought old le brun down. (what comes next is a tell of how his greed brought him down’ Greeted by slowly shutting jalousies (refers to the people who shut their windows
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Les Brown is such an amazing person. He speaks with his heart! He has so much belief and faith that’s kept him going throughout life. That’s what makes people successful through their struggle they have to go through in order to get where they want to be. I am empowered by this video. I keep watching and listening to them over and over again. Les Brown is so inspiring. I enjoy listening to Les Brown. In fact‚ I know there are many times where I catch myself thinking of his many quotes. "No matter
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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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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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Tous les gens miserable (All the miserable people) It’s hard to say who’s happy in Les Miserables by Victor Hugo‚ but it’s not hard to point out the miserable. Even the title Les Miserables means “the miserable”‚ which is the theme of the novel. The lives that are most devastating in the town of M-sur-M would be Jean Valjean‚ Fantine‚ Cosette‚ and Eponine. These characters live everyday fighting to get through one-way or another‚ but it always seem there is a cloud of darkness and misery following
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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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