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Morality In Les Misérables, By Victor Hugo</h2></a><ul><li>790 Words</li><li>4 Pages</li></ul></div><div class="columns small-12 medium-12 large-7 position-relative"><div class="card-grade-essay-preview-col show-for-large"><a href="/essay/Law-Vs-Morality-In-Les-Mis%C3%A9rables-By-F1B1F5BD1DD5B8B1" class="show-for-large"><h2 class="heading-m weight-700 brand-secondary">Law Vs. Morality In Les Misérables, By Victor Hugo</h2></a></div><p class="text-m break-word word-break text-ellipsis-after">“When law and morality contradict each other, the citizen has the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense or losing his respect for the law”, (Bastiat). In Victor Hugo’s novel, Les Misérables, a multitudinous of contrasts are used. The contrast of law vs morality is illustrated by Javert’s veneration to the law, Jean’s unjust imprisonment, Jean’s choice to save Champmathieu, and Jean’s change of moral values to show that true justice lies in mercy. To begin with, Javert’s veneration to</p></div><div class="columns large-2-5 position-relative show-for-large card-grade-essay-words-col"><ul><li>790 Words</li><li>4 Pages</li></ul></div><div class="columns large-2-5 show-for-large position-relative card-grade-essay-grade-col grade-decent-essays"><div><span>Decent Essays</span></div></div><div class="columns small-12 medium-12 large-2-5 position-relative card-grade-essay-button-col"><a class="button text-m " href="/essay/Law-Vs-Morality-In-Les-Mis%C3%A9rables-By-F1B1F5BD1DD5B8B1">Preview</a></div></div></li><li><div class="columns small-12 medium-12 large-12 card box-shadow card-grade-essay"><div class="columns small-12 medium-12 hide-for-large position-relative card-grade-essay-grade-col grade-decent-essays"><div><span>Decent Essays</span></div></div><div class="columns small-4 medium-2 position-relative card-grade-essay-placeholder-col"><a href="/essay/Comunicative-Concept-Of-Reconstruction-In-Les-Miserables-FJTNKJFNUR"><img src="//assets.bartleby.com/1.17/images/placeholders/default_paper_6.png" width="100%"/></a></div><div class="columns small-8 medium-10 position-relative hide-for-large card-grade-essay-words-col"><a href="/essay/Comunicative-Concept-Of-Reconstruction-In-Les-Miserables-FJTNKJFNUR" class="hide-for-large"><h2 class="heading-s weight-700 brand-secondary">Comunicative Concept Of Reconstruction In Les Miserables : Present And Transformations</h2></a><ul><li>1239 Words</li><li>5 Pages</li></ul></div><div class="columns small-12 medium-12 large-7 position-relative"><div class="card-grade-essay-preview-col show-for-large"><a href="/essay/Comunicative-Concept-Of-Reconstruction-In-Les-Miserables-FJTNKJFNUR" class="show-for-large"><h2 class="heading-m weight-700 brand-secondary">Comunicative Concept Of Reconstruction In Les Miserables : Present And Transformations</h2></a></div><p class="text-m break-word word-break text-ellipsis-after">life in an upward progression. When someone is able to experience a person as a whole and yet at the same time without reducing them to concreteness they can then help transform someone else’s life with this open point of view (Stewart, 71). In Les Misérables, the communicative concept of reconstruction takes place when Jean Valjean saves Cosette from the Thénardiers. Valjean deconstructs Cosette’s situation when he finds her alone in</p></div><div class="columns large-2-5 position-relative show-for-large card-grade-essay-words-col"><ul><li>1239 Words</li><li>5 Pages</li></ul></div><div class="columns large-2-5 show-for-large position-relative card-grade-essay-grade-col grade-decent-essays"><div><span>Decent Essays</span></div></div><div class="columns small-12 medium-12 large-2-5 position-relative card-grade-essay-button-col"><a class="button text-m " href="/essay/Comunicative-Concept-Of-Reconstruction-In-Les-Miserables-FJTNKJFNUR">Preview</a></div></div></li><li><div class="columns small-12 medium-12 large-12 card box-shadow card-grade-essay"><div class="columns small-12 medium-12 hide-for-large position-relative card-grade-essay-grade-col grade-decent-essays"><div><span>Decent Essays</span></div></div><div class="columns small-4 medium-2 position-relative card-grade-essay-placeholder-col"><a href="/essay/How-Does-Madeleine-Show-Selflessness-In-Les-624AEDBFD10270E7"><img src="//assets.bartleby.com/1.17/images/placeholders/default_paper_6.png" width="100%"/></a></div><div class="columns small-8 medium-10 position-relative hide-for-large card-grade-essay-words-col"><a href="/essay/How-Does-Madeleine-Show-Selflessness-In-Les-624AEDBFD10270E7" class="hide-for-large"><h2 class="heading-s weight-700 brand-secondary">How Does Madeleine Show Selflessness In Les Miserables</h2></a><ul><li>616 Words</li><li>3 Pages</li></ul></div><div class="columns small-12 medium-12 large-7 position-relative"><div class="card-grade-essay-preview-col show-for-large"><a href="/essay/How-Does-Madeleine-Show-Selflessness-In-Les-624AEDBFD10270E7" class="show-for-large"><h2 class="heading-m weight-700 brand-secondary">How Does Madeleine Show Selflessness In Les Miserables</h2></a></div><p class="text-m break-word word-break text-ellipsis-after">Tragedy always comes to the people who care more about others rather than their own well-being. In the novel Les Miserables, Victor Hugo portrays selflessness by pushing Characters to the limit, forcing them to choose the one they love or their own life. Jean Valjean, spending countless years running from Javert, goes through tragedies and faces many conflicts forcing him to choose his own fate;knowing if he gets caught, Javert will bring him back to the galleys for his remaining life span. After</p></div><div class="columns large-2-5 position-relative show-for-large card-grade-essay-words-col"><ul><li>616 Words</li><li>3 Pages</li></ul></div><div class="columns large-2-5 show-for-large position-relative card-grade-essay-grade-col grade-decent-essays"><div><span>Decent Essays</span></div></div><div class="columns small-12 medium-12 large-2-5 position-relative card-grade-essay-button-col"><a class="button text-m " href="/essay/How-Does-Madeleine-Show-Selflessness-In-Les-624AEDBFD10270E7">Preview</a></div></div></li><li><div class="columns small-12 medium-12 large-12 card box-shadow card-grade-essay"><div class="columns small-12 medium-12 hide-for-large position-relative card-grade-essay-grade-col grade-decent-essays"><div><span>Decent Essays</span></div></div><div class="columns small-4 medium-2 position-relative card-grade-essay-placeholder-col"><a href="/essay/Loving-Sacrifices-Illustrated-in-Victor-Hugos-Novel-FKDUFSZVJ"><img src="//assets.bartleby.com/1.17/images/placeholders/default_paper_6.png" width="100%"/></a></div><div class="columns small-8 medium-10 position-relative hide-for-large card-grade-essay-words-col"><a href="/essay/Loving-Sacrifices-Illustrated-in-Victor-Hugos-Novel-FKDUFSZVJ" class="hide-for-large"><h2 class="heading-s weight-700 brand-secondary">Loving Sacrifices Illustrated in Victor Hugo’s Novel, Les Misérables</h2></a><ul><li>796 Words</li><li>4 Pages</li></ul></div><div class="columns small-12 medium-12 large-7 position-relative"><div class="card-grade-essay-preview-col show-for-large"><a href="/essay/Loving-Sacrifices-Illustrated-in-Victor-Hugos-Novel-FKDUFSZVJ" class="show-for-large"><h2 class="heading-m weight-700 brand-secondary">Loving Sacrifices Illustrated in Victor Hugo’s Novel, Les Misérables</h2></a></div><p class="text-m break-word word-break text-ellipsis-after">what the cost. In literature, this act of sacrifice is often exaggerated and glorified. Almost every novel contains some example of sacrifice, a giving up of something dear and precious without thought of material repayment. Victor Hugo’s novel, Les Misérables, is no exception. It is, in fact, full to overflowing of sacrifice between its different characters. Two such characters are Eponine and Jean Valjean, who each sacrifice an extraordinary amount to other characters. Eponine gave up just about</p></div><div class="columns large-2-5 position-relative show-for-large card-grade-essay-words-col"><ul><li>796 Words</li><li>4 Pages</li></ul></div><div class="columns large-2-5 show-for-large position-relative card-grade-essay-grade-col grade-decent-essays"><div><span>Decent Essays</span></div></div><div class="columns small-12 medium-12 large-2-5 position-relative card-grade-essay-button-col"><a class="button text-m " href="/essay/Loving-Sacrifices-Illustrated-in-Victor-Hugos-Novel-FKDUFSZVJ">Preview</a></div></div></li><li><div class="columns small-12 medium-12 large-12 card box-shadow card-grade-essay"><div class="columns small-12 medium-12 hide-for-large position-relative card-grade-essay-grade-col grade-decent-essays"><div><span>Decent Essays</span></div></div><div class="columns small-4 medium-2 position-relative card-grade-essay-placeholder-col"><a href="/essay/The-Perspective-Of-The-French-Revolution-In-F39ZWQ2F4EF"><img src="//assets.bartleby.com/1.17/images/placeholders/default_paper_6.png" width="100%"/></a></div><div class="columns small-8 medium-10 position-relative hide-for-large card-grade-essay-words-col"><a href="/essay/The-Perspective-Of-The-French-Revolution-In-F39ZWQ2F4EF" class="hide-for-large"><h2 class="heading-s weight-700 brand-secondary">The Perspective Of The French Revolution In Victor Hugo's Le Miserables</h2></a><ul><li>970 Words</li><li>4 Pages</li></ul></div><div class="columns small-12 medium-12 large-7 position-relative"><div class="card-grade-essay-preview-col show-for-large"><a href="/essay/The-Perspective-Of-The-French-Revolution-In-F39ZWQ2F4EF" class="show-for-large"><h2 class="heading-m weight-700 brand-secondary">The Perspective Of The French Revolution In Victor Hugo's Le Miserables</h2></a></div><p class="text-m break-word word-break text-ellipsis-after">across Europe and European colonies. Masses of oppressed people begin to look towards the Enlightenment for a means of reforming the self and the government, producing individuals like John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Victor Hugo’s novel, Le Miserables, gives the perspective of the prosecuted during the French Revolution through the protagonist Jean Valjean and his encounters with the struggles plaguing the Third Estate. Valjean wants to move towards autonomy, and has always wanted to do so,</p></div><div class="columns large-2-5 position-relative show-for-large card-grade-essay-words-col"><ul><li>970 Words</li><li>4 Pages</li></ul></div><div class="columns large-2-5 show-for-large position-relative card-grade-essay-grade-col grade-decent-essays"><div><span>Decent Essays</span></div></div><div class="columns small-12 medium-12 large-2-5 position-relative card-grade-essay-button-col"><a class="button text-m " href="/essay/The-Perspective-Of-The-French-Revolution-In-F39ZWQ2F4EF">Preview</a></div></div></li><li><div class="columns small-12 medium-12 large-12 card box-shadow card-grade-essay"><div class="columns small-12 medium-12 hide-for-large position-relative card-grade-essay-grade-col grade-decent-essays"><div><span>Decent Essays</span></div></div><div class="columns small-4 medium-2 position-relative card-grade-essay-placeholder-col"><a href="/essay/Effects-of-Love-in-Les-Miserables-by-PKC765WZTJ"><img src="//assets.bartleby.com/1.17/images/placeholders/default_paper_6.png" width="100%"/></a></div><div class="columns small-8 medium-10 position-relative hide-for-large card-grade-essay-words-col"><a href="/essay/Effects-of-Love-in-Les-Miserables-by-PKC765WZTJ" class="hide-for-large"><h2 class="heading-s weight-700 brand-secondary">Effects of Love in Les Miserables by Victor Hugo Essay</h2></a><ul><li>954 Words</li><li>4 Pages</li><li>1 Works Cited</li></ul></div><div class="columns small-12 medium-12 large-7 position-relative"><div class="card-grade-essay-preview-col show-for-large"><a href="/essay/Effects-of-Love-in-Les-Miserables-by-PKC765WZTJ" class="show-for-large"><h2 class="heading-m weight-700 brand-secondary">Effects of Love in Les Miserables by Victor Hugo Essay</h2></a></div><p class="text-m break-word word-break text-ellipsis-after">with love, are more able to express their feelings of love to others. However, those whose childhood experiences lack the emotion of love, have difficulty showing any emotion to another. It is they who are sad, lonely, and depressed. In the novel Les Miserables by Victor Hugo, he illustrates the diverse reactions expressed because of love. Jean Valjean, Cosette, and Marius go through several experiences that</p></div><div class="columns large-2-5 position-relative show-for-large card-grade-essay-words-col"><ul><li>954 Words</li><li>4 Pages</li><li>1 Works Cited</li></ul></div><div class="columns large-2-5 show-for-large position-relative card-grade-essay-grade-col grade-decent-essays"><div><span>Decent Essays</span></div></div><div class="columns small-12 medium-12 large-2-5 position-relative card-grade-essay-button-col"><a class="button text-m " href="/essay/Effects-of-Love-in-Les-Miserables-by-PKC765WZTJ">Preview</a></div></div></li><li><div class="columns small-12 medium-12 large-12 card box-shadow card-grade-essay"><div class="columns small-12 medium-12 hide-for-large position-relative card-grade-essay-grade-col grade-decent-essays"><div><span>Decent Essays</span></div></div><div class="columns small-4 medium-2 position-relative card-grade-essay-placeholder-col"><a href="/essay/How-Does-Les-Miserables-Change-Over-Time-58F6476FE64EBC22"><img src="//assets.bartleby.com/1.17/images/placeholders/default_paper_6.png" width="100%"/></a></div><div class="columns small-8 medium-10 position-relative hide-for-large card-grade-essay-words-col"><a href="/essay/How-Does-Les-Miserables-Change-Over-Time-58F6476FE64EBC22" class="hide-for-large"><h2 class="heading-s weight-700 brand-secondary">How Does Les Miserables Change Over Time A Crime</h2></a><ul><li>367 Words</li><li>2 Pages</li></ul></div><div class="columns small-12 medium-12 large-7 position-relative"><div class="card-grade-essay-preview-col show-for-large"><a href="/essay/How-Does-Les-Miserables-Change-Over-Time-58F6476FE64EBC22" class="show-for-large"><h2 class="heading-m weight-700 brand-secondary">How Does Les Miserables Change Over Time A Crime</h2></a></div><p class="text-m break-word word-break text-ellipsis-after">Victor Hugo shows how over time a criminal, such as Jean Valjean, can change in book five of Les Miserables. When Jean Valjean was let out of the galleys, he resorted to his old ways, until he met the bishop who trusted and had hope in him. This little act helped Jean become a great man, but what made him a greater man was Cosette. She provided him with something he had never had before, love. He never wanted to lose Cosette, so when she started falling in love with Marius, they moved away. 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