Les Miserables: Analysis of the Characters Philosophy 1C December 06‚ 2013 Abstract Four characters from the 1998 film Les Miserables are analyzed. Jean Valjean‚ Fantine‚ the Bishop‚ and Inspector Javert are the characters for this study. Each character’s moral decision making will be examined. Using the consequentialist and nonconsequentialist theories discussed in the book Ethics: Theory and Practice‚ a particular theory will be matched to each character with supporting
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Page One The theme of this book is the importance of love and compassion‚ and social injustice. Three genres that affect the theme in Les Miserables are: Historical Research‚ Literary Analysis and Creative Element. The historical research gave you knowledge of the author‚ and what was going on when Victor Hugo was writing this book. The literary analysis allowed you to get content from the book and provided examples of the theme. The creative element allowed you to present it as how you pictured
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CONTEXT Victor Hugo was born in 1802 in the French town of Besançon. His father was a general in Napoléon’s army‚ and much of his childhood was therefore spent amid the backdrop of Napoléon’s campaigns in Spain and in Italy. At the age of eleven‚ Hugo returned to live with his mother in Paris‚ where he became infatuated with books and literature. By the time he was fifteen‚ he had already submitted one poem to a contest sponsored by the prestigious French Academy. Hugo wrote prolifically in all
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Le Châtelier’s principle states that The system will have one reaction dominate until the offsetting changes allow the rates of the forward and reverse reactions to be equal again (reestablishing equilibrium). If the forward reaction dominates in order to offset the changes‚ we say the system “shifts to the right” or “shifts toward products” in order to reestablish equilibrium conditions. This will increase the concentration of the products and decrease the concentration of the reactants. However
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Les Miserables (the title is the same in French and English) is the most well-known of Victor Hugo’s novels. It describes the miserable life of French workers‚ and especially their children. Hugo calls for social action to improve the unfortunate poor’s lives. This excerpt describes the character Marius‚ and how he has worked very hard to succeed in life. Excerpt from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo (1802-1885) Misery is the same with anything else. As time passes‚ it gradually becomes bearable
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A Definition Of Poetry What is poetry? The question "What is poetry" used to be easier to answer. If it rhymed and had a regular meter (a type of rhythm)‚ it probably was a poem. As they say‚ "If it walks like a duck‚ quacks like a duck‚ looks like a duck‚ it must be a duck.” These days‚ not all poems rhyme or fit into standard forms. And if you look for a response to the question‚ "What is poetry?" you ’ll find lots of musings
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Ted Talk about Mind Control People’s communication with machines have been limited to conscious and direct forms. We need to give the command to turn on the lights we use simple structures or even as complex as programming robots. On the other hand‚ Communication between people is very complex and interesting because we take into account more than evidently expressed. Our conversation with another person‚ facial gestures‚ body language and we can detect feelings and emotions from our dialogue
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This article is about the art form. For other uses‚ see Poetry (disambiguation). Literature Major forms Novel Poem Drama Short story Novella Genres Comedy Drama Epic Erotic Nonsense Lyric Mythopoeia Romance Satire Tragedy Tragicomedy Media Performance (play) Book Techniques Prose Poetry History and lists Outline of literature Glossary of terms History (modern) Books Writers Literary / Poetry awards Discussion Criticism Theory Sociology Magazines Literature
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just one but possibly many drafts written in order to meet perfection and/or satisfaction. In The Maker’s Eye by Donald Murray‚ he stresses the importance of revising your own essays. I agree with his reasoning because of criticism‚ audiences‚ and voice. First off‚ Criticism is one of the most important things to revision. Murray emphasizes and stresses the importance of peer
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theorists Abraham Maslow and Henry Murray tried to define the psychological developmental growth of humans via their theories of Hierarchy of Needs and Psychogenic Needs‚ respectively. Although each personality theorist’s idea attempts to define human psychological development there are quite a few dissimilarities between the two concepts; however‚ as much dissimilarity that may exist between the hierarchy of needs and psychogenic needs‚ both Maslow and Murray endeavored towards the same goal: to
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