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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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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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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Les Miserables is a French historical fiction book authored by Victor Hugo. It is set in the early 1800s during a time of political and economic instability in France. The book has themes of loyalty‚ redemption‚ inner struggles‚ morality and love. The main character‚ Jean Valjean‚ a former convict imprisoned for stealing bread‚ is constantly being pursued by his prison guard‚ Javert. Valjean hides his identity while on parole‚ changing his name to Monsieur Madeleine and starts a successful business
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strength through Ursula Buendia in 100 Years of Solitude. She appears to be an island of logic and reason in an abundance of absurdity. Ursula is the backbone of the Buendia family on whom all of the family relies. Not only is she the mother‚ she is the only source of money. She unflinchingly goes on after the deterioration and death of her husband. She displays profound amounts of fortitude and perseverance. Ursula alone permitted the longevity of the Buendia family. Ursula prevented chaos
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Yet after a few years of terrible triumph‚ they were defeated. Time and time again good has prevailed. It is never easy‚ and loss must always be suffered. Victor Hugo portrays the theme of overcoming evil and the victory of good in the book Les Miserables. Les Miserables illustrates that through loss and delirium‚ and even death‚ good can still succeed. Through the characters Jean Valjean‚ Fantine‚ and Enjolras‚ Victor Hugo depicts the battle of good and evil and the ultimate triumph of good. The
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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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Short Story Analysis: "The Judge ’s Wife" by Isabel Allende Life is full of unexpected surprises and sometimes we can find ourselves in unpredictable and dangerous situations when the life itself depends on what we do. Most of the time in these cases we do not have a chance to carefully and rationally think over our actions and just improvise trusting our instincts and fate. Here is the example of such a bad fortune: a young woman gets stuck in a motor car in the middle of nowhere. Her husband and
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Commencement for Women’s Rights On May 22‚ 1983‚ Ursula K. Le Guin delivered a commencement speech to the graduating class of Mills College in Oakland‚ California‚ the first women’s college west of the Rocky Mountains (Graveline). Le Guin took an unusual approach to this commencement speech‚ focusing her words on the controversial topic of gender equality. This speech not only empowered the women of her graduating class‚ but also highlighted the extreme differences in the qualities of women compared
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Mice and Men” John Steinbeck tells a successful story of dreams‚ hopes and loneliness. He is introduced a character named Curley’s wife; she is a major significant and complex. She plays a main part in the novel. In doing this she displays and presents many of the main themes. Curley’s wife is the only female character in the story and also she is the only major character who is not given an individual name. She is represented of woman in 1930’s when women have never been treated equally and
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