Les Miserable Scene Analysis

Because it is discovered that she has an illegitimate child, she is fired so she does not influence the young girls she works with. The woman in charge of the factory quickly judge Fantine for making one mistake and label her a prostitute. Once her story gets out in the small town, she is unable to get a real job. Needing money to support herself and Cosette, she resorts to prostitution. When attacked, Javert arrests her and tells Valjean and Fantine that she is in the wrong. Javert believes that Fantine is always going to be a prostitute and should be put in prison.

Donnie Darko by director Richard Kelly is a thriller film that explores many aspects of social hierarchal tensions through the presentation of Donnie Darko’s life. The film consists of the his universe and a tangent universe; it shows how his social, family, and school interactions effects his role in society. From “Looking at Movies: An Introduction,” by Richard Barsam and Dave Monahan, film technique such as mise-en scene, cinematography and sound are used by Kelly in the lifeline sequence to dramatizes Donnie’s rebellion against inane ideals of the shallow authority figures at his school.

Roxanne is a 2000 American romantic comedy film directed by Steve Martin. It is a modern retelling of Edmond Rostand`s 1897 verse play Cyrano de Bergerac. Deception is examined in Cyrano de Bergerac and Roxanne, that drives the action forward. From fake identities and hidden emotions to vicious and clever plans. The play, Cyrano de Bergerac and the movie, Roxanne have many similarities and differences. This involves the plot, characterization, setting, conflict, and irony. In both, Cyrano attempts to help Roxane and Christian fall in love with each other, because he feels this is the only way to tell Roxanne how he feels. Cyrano then writes letters

In class, we watched the movie “Monty Python and the Holy Grail”. This movie is set in the time of the middle ages (roughly 476-1453). It follows King Arthur and his knights as they search for the Holy Grail. They look for the Holy Grail after they are told to by God. The movie at first may seem like nonsense and a silly parody, but in reality,“Monty Python and the Holy Grail” demonstrates the truth of the Middle Ages, feudal hierarchy, and other topics we have discussed in class.

The extract is take from the novel Les miserables written by victor hugo in the nineteenth century. This was the time when art and literature was influenced by Romanticism movement. In this novel hugo has condemned the unjust class based structure of the nineteenth century France. This movement has an emphasis on individual’s freedom of thoughts and emotions from social conventions. They are more concerned with imagination rather than reason. The situation in this passage is idealized in literature of nineteenth century, however, real life aspect is quite differ from the imaginative world.

When a director chooses to make a cinematic adaptation of a play, there are various aspects they have to consider. The main consideration the director has to consider is how accurate the film is going to be to its original text, which is called the film’s fidelity. Although there could be many film adaptations of a single book or play, each has its own version of the original scenes from the play. Cyrano de Bergerac is a play written by Edmond Rostand which follows the boastful braggart yet low self-esteem Cyrano, who cannot admit his love for his cousin Roxane because of the insecurities he has about his nose. A famous scene from the play shows Cyrano helping a handsome man, Christian, woo Roxane at her window

The Big Lebowski (1998) by the Coen Brothers is no doubt a comedy film about friendships between three bowling buddies with differing personalities who met and stuck together as friends by choice in Los Angeles when the U.S. army invaded the Middle East. The Coen Brothers managed to capture the spirit of friendship bonding, conflicts, characters’ internal struggles as well as personal desires with exceptional cinematography and mise-en-scene

Poverty pushes Fantine to make sacrifices throughout the book. She is forced to sacrifice raising her child, Cosette, and leaving her to strangers, because poverty has left her no means to take care of

I agree with the statement that in the novel Les Miserables, the author Victor Hugo is trying to say that human nature is basically good. In the most basic sense, the definition of good trying to do the right thing, even if there are negative consequences. It often means having to sacrifice and give up something to do the right thing. Throughout the book, many characters sacrifice their happiness and morals in order to do what they believe is the right and fair thing. Even when faced with serious consequences for being honest, characters more often than not still choose to do the right thing. Some may argue that Victor Hugo is saying that human nature is basically evil because some characters commit evil actions. However, in most cases, characters don’t always have evil intentions, their execution is just poor and makes them seem evil. Everyone thinks of themselves as a hero, almost everything a character does is because that’s what they believe is the right thing to do. Whether or not it really is could be up for debate but for the most part, most characters don’t have evil intentions and attempt to usually do the right thing. Victor Hugo is saying that as a whole, human nature is inherently good.

“I took no poetic license with ‘Schindler’s List’ because that was historical, factual documents” - Steven Spielberg. Schindler’s List, directed by Steven Spielberg, is a historically accurate portrayal of the actions carried out by Nazi businessman Oskar Schindler, who doesn't hesitate to exploit Jewish slave labour in his factory. As World War II progresses, and the motives of the Nazi party become clear, Oskar’s incentives switch from that of a profiteer to that of a saviour. Oskar is able to save a number of Jews from certain death through gassing and labour camps. In the final scene of Schindler’s List, Spielberg’s clever use of colour, mise en scene and text creates a compelling closing scene that helped to convey the horrors of the

Fantine has a heart of pure gold. Everything that she has she gives to her child hoping and praying that she will be okay. Fantine gives Cosette, her only child, to the Thenedeirs so that she has a better chance then she would staying with her mother. Fantine agrees to the terms the Thenedeirs stated: She has to pay seven francs per month for them to house Cosette plus a little extra if Cosette gets "sick". She begins by working to earn enough money, but when she gets fired she has to find ways to pay for her beloved daughter. Fantine is a very selfless character who sacrifices everything to make sure her child is happy and healthy.

Italian Neorealism was a movement of art, which strived to illustrate the normal lives of the ordinary, working class people in post war Rome, usually with the use of non-professional actors. As one of the best Italian Neorealist film, Bicycle Thieves showed an absolute depiction of the war’s impact on daily life and exposed a world in which sufferings, unkindness and corruption jeopardized the rationality of human beings and action of men (Schoonover). By utilizing a depressing and gloomy cinematography, De Sica implies the somber lives of the poor and their crisis in losing their self-identity and moral conscience as a result of parochial society that make a fetish of personal belongings as a mode of social acceptance. By examining the cinematography, ‘mise-en-scene’ and events in the film, the daily struggles of the working class in post war Rome can be seen through the crisis of masculinity, class struggle, ethical dilemma and a profoundly patriarchal society.

The concept of contrasting social class is manipulated using innovative cinematic techniques, including non-diegetic sound, mise-en-scène, bright lighting and various camera techniques and angles. The scene instigates with calm and composed music being played during the beginning of the

Les Miserables is a prime example of two individuals conflicted by the “letter of the law” and the “spirit of the law”. The two main characters, Jean Valjean and and Javert, have two different views on morality. There is a difference between the “letter of the law” and the “spirit of the law”. Obeying the what the laws specifically says defines the “letter of the law” and obeying the overall message of the law defines the “spirit of the law”.

In order for reconstruction to take place, personal making present and deconstruction must first take place. Here someone sees the other as a physical, unique being and communicates with them genuinely. Throughout deconstruction, problems are identified and taken apart, whereas reconstruction is when someone attempts to help or solve these problems for someone else. During reconstruction, one is “constructing a dwelling place that the self and the other can gladly call home presupposes some past event of groundbreaking” (Hyde, 86). One needs to have a safe and welcoming space in order to help someone solve their problems and get their life back on track. The process of deconstruction and reconstruction continues in order to improve people’s lives, on the other hand, if the process stops at deconstruction so does the chance of someone living a better life. They must turn towards reconstruction in order to solve existing problems. One cannot only be told what is wrong with them or their life, but must also know what they can do to direct their 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).