Research Victor Marie Hugo (26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French poet‚ novelist‚ and dramatist of the Romantic movement. He is considered one of the greatest and best known French writers. In France‚ Hugo’s literary fame comes first from his poetry but also rests upon his novels and his dramatic achievements. Among many volumes of poetry‚ Les Contemplations and La Légende des sièclesstand particularly high in critical esteem. Outside France‚ his best-known works are the novels Les Misérables
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Victor Hugo Many critics would go as far as to say that Victor Hugo was and remains the Charles Dickens of France. Hugo is most well known for the writing of the famous Broadway show and book Les Misérables as well as what became the Disney Hit Hunchback of Notre Dame. A brilliant author‚ artist‚ and poet‚ Hugo is most recognized for his writing of government and revolution. But these themes that are common for many authors to write of have actually deemed Hugo quite unique‚ so much so that critics
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Victor Hugo: France Romantic Movement‚ and Its Key Players France Romantic Movement and Its Key Players Theatre has been present and effecting societies‚ and politics‚ all the way back to the Greeks‚ and in other forms‚ even before the Greeks. There is little question to Theatre being instrumental in the development of history at times. Shakespeare said it best through his character Hamlet‚ in his play Hamlet‚ “Good my lord‚ will
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The truth bound to society couldn’t have been more well said by French Novelist Victor Hugo. “Society is a republic‚” he declares‚ “when an individual tries to lift themselves above others‚ they are dragged down by the mass‚ either by ridicule or slander”(Victor Hugo Quotes”). Hugo’s words relate immensely to William Golding’s Lord of the Flies where in the midst of WWII a small group of young boys are suddenly stranded on an island without the help of grownups or an establishment. While trying to
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Prompt: In Victor Hugo’s novel‚ Les Miserables‚ consider the fortunes of Cosette‚ Jean Valjean‚ Javert‚ Marius‚ and Thenardiers and how they have developed. Further analyze the social injustices portrayed by Hugo‚ through their stories. In Victor Hugo’s novel‚ Les Miserables‚ there are many social injustices that are made evident through his writing. These social injustices are made clear through the stories of the main characters. Hugo presents these issues from a wide spectrum of perspectives
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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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affected and influenced by how the people of that country live. This paper will prove that The French Revolution greatly influenced 19th Century French Romanticism. First‚ the cultural values of the revolution will be identified. Then‚ the different aspects of Romanticism will be presented. The cultural values of The French Revolution and Romanticism will then be linked. Finally‚ literary examples will be shown to support this connection between the two movements. Before the Revolution‚ the citizens
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Miserables When we hear the word “Romanticism”‚ there are words flashing in our minds. We used to relate it to romantic imaginations‚ freedom‚ anti-civilization‚ idealism and other positive aspects of our lives. Romanticism was an artistic‚ literary movement that originated from Europe. It expresses strong emotion as an authentic source of aesthetic experience. Based on my research‚ Victor Hugo‚ a French writer known for his novel Les Miserables‚ is also related to romanticism. He associated himself to Romantic
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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 it. While doing the historical research I found out about Victor Hugo’s love life. It revealed that he had had an affair with a girl named Juliette while being married to Adele. He
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Victor Hugo’s preface concludes the last of the Last Day of a Condemned in 1832. When he discovers in the Court Gazette of 19 March 1832‚ the trial transcript of a certain Claude Gueux sentenced to death for murder‚ he discovers an echo of his plea against the death penalty and decides to write a novel. He then transcribes the life of Claude Gueux upon entering the prison until his execution through the grounds of his crime and trial. The book is a long reflection of Victor Hugo on the roles and
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