In Les Miserables‚ by Victor Hugo many different themes and important lessons arise. Hugo goes into great depth and portrays the feelings people went through‚ during the revolution. Jean Valjean‚ a character convicted of stealing bread‚ goes from running away from Javert most of his life to being a changed man and taking in Cosette and raising her as his own. As he encounters this rebirth of his life‚ he tries to cover up his dark past. Through Eponine‚ who has nothing greater to live for other
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Les Demoiselles d’Avignon was created during the 20th century and was a great contributor to the Cubist period. During the cubist period artists such as Picasso and Georges Braque created art that took an angular form. Characteristics of cubism would be flat‚ angular‚ fragmentation‚ nontraditional‚ and geometric. Les Demoiselles d’Avignon perfectly represents the cubist period because the forms the prostitutes portrayed in the painting are depicted with sharp angles as well as given geometric
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Pierrot le fou is a French-Italian film directed by Jean-Luc Godard and released in 1965. The film is about the story of Ferdinand Griffon‚ a man who lives a wealthy life in Paris. He is married to a rich Italian woman who gave him a child. Unsatisfied with his Parisian life‚ he decides to flee away with Marianne‚ an ex-girlfriend of his‚ whom he meets again by chance‚ while she has been called on to baby-sit his child. Ferdinand decides to give a radical turn to his life pursuing a criminal career
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"And then‚ do you know‚ Monsieur Marius‚ I believe I was a little in love with you." (Hugo‚ et al. 244). Victor Hugo’s‚ Les Miserables‚ is not just another story to tell and catch the reader’s attention‚ it is so much more. It portrays many people’s lives during the 1800’s and the attempt to change their lives for the better. One of them is a young woman named Eponine and her family. In pursue to find love and purpose‚ Eponine showed to be the most sacrificial and resilient woman in this novel
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Movie Review I. Introduction Les Miserables‚ as a theatrical enterprise‚ was always about sweeping sentimentality and the grandiose 1862 Victor Hugo novel‚ which translates to‚ “The Victims‚” was never short on ennui either. This film version is a particular tearjerker because of the much-discussed live action singing and some excellent casting. II. Characters Jean Valjean - Cosette’s adopted father. Valjean is an ex-convict who leaves behind a life of hatred and deceit and makes his fortune
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Ma Le Thi Artist * Born in Buon Ma Thou‚ Vietnam in 1964 * She is of Chinese heritage‚ making her subject to racism and alienated within her own country * Currently lives and works in Sydney Material Practice * Thi’s works embrace a diversity of media and forms varying from painting‚ sculpture‚ performance‚ installation‚ film making and set design Conceptual Practice * Recurrent Imagery provides an ongoing dialogue and connection with the audience and her art making practice
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known for his thrilling stories that bring into play several of the scientific and technological advances of his day and those to come. Many of his stories would have the underlying theme of technology and its relationship with another factor. The Nine Billion Names of God published in 1953 demonstrates just this‚ in which the story’s main characters are caught between their logic and that of another group. Clarke’s short story addresses the conflict between technology or science and religion. In
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system of writing into “three classical rhetorics or art of presenting an argument which is: logos( the logic of argument)‚ ethos( credibility and ethics)‚ and pathos (the emotional appeal).”(p.135‚ para 1) In this essay‚ we will study five of the nine cognate strategies followed by an example. Cognate Strategies The strategies without any specific order are clarity‚ conciseness‚ arrangement‚ credibility‚ expectation‚ reference‚ tone‚ emphasis‚ and engagement. As explained earlier‚ three rhetoric
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The Importance of Communicating with Leadership. Recently I had an incident where I failed to communicate that I had received a traffic citation to my immediate supervisor until the court date was just a few days away. My actions were very immature and unacceptable to say the least. Being given this opportunity to be in this unit and filling in a very tough position‚ I should understand that I am required to be the standard of the regulations. So I would like to start this off with a genuine
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the spirit of the Roman epic poet Virgil. Virgil to the rescue! He’s an appropriate guide because he’s very much like Dante‚ a fellow writer and famous poet. For the rest of the Inferno‚ Virgil takes Dante on a guided tour of Hell‚ through all its nine circles and back up into the air of the mortal world. To begin with Dante
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