Monthly Archives: April, 2014
Les Mis – Act I
Les Miserables Translation: The Miserables Translation: All Humans Born into this Sin-drenched World The first time I watched Les Miserables, I was confused by the lack of a “main character.” That is, at first Jean Valjean seemed to be the primary focus, but then it switched to the Revolutionaries and the main couple (Marius and …
Les Mis – Acts II and III
Characters Introduced: The Sinner – Fantine – She is the female version of the main character – her and Jean Valjean are two sides of the same person. Valjean represents action and providing, and his fall was when he went outside of God’s will (stealing) to provide. Fantine represents trust and enjoyment, and her fall …
Les Mis – Act IV
Act IV – Rescuing the Future / Redemption from the House of Sin Cosette is Fantine reborn. She is the “new creation,” and Fantine’s spirit and dream lives on in Cosette. This part of story opens with Cosette singing about her dream, the Castle in the Clouds, which then is interrupted. Why is her …
Les Miserables Character Guide
This post is not a direct continuation of my blog series on the plotline of Les Miserables. Rather, it’s just a picture that introduces the characters, in the context of the full plotline: CLICK HERE to continue to Act ?? – Stars
Les Mis – Act ??
The song “stars” is Javert’s main number. It is placed at the beginning of the story, in the play. But in the movie, it is sung right after Valjean rescues Cosette. So, I’ll put it here after Act IV for now. Who Is Javert? At the very start of the story we learn that he …
Les Mis – Act V
Characters Introduced: Gavroche/Enjolras – Revolutionaries – Energetic young men who see oppression and do not stand idly by: they try to protect the future by violent opposition, and seek to avenge the past through bloodshed. The brainchild of Valjean’s sin (vengeance). Marius – The love of Cosette’s Life – A handsome young man who takes …
Les Mis – Act VI
Act VI – Death of the Flesh through Internal Consistency The nice thing about Gavroach/Enjolras is that they are internally consistent. Enjolra berates Marcus for getting distracted by love, when war is clearly the one and only solution to the problems of France. From the revolutionaries point of view, graceless law (the current gov system …
Les Mis – Act VII [Finale]
Act VII – Paradise Referring back to the character guide, we see that all of the characters with black have died off except for ValJean. Of the three main female characters, both Fantine and Eponine have rested in peace, and Cosette remains. Of the three main male characters, only the revolutionary has died – …
Skarlet
Crazy Bread 