The Theme Of Love In Les Miserables

Love gets in the way of Cosette and Valjean’s relationship. Cosette falls in love with Marius Pontmercy, but she can only see him at night when Valjean is asleep. This ruins the trust between Valjean and Cosette. Cosette wants to be with Marius but with Valjean’s past they are not anticipated to last. Valjean has always been protective over Cosette for her safety from the world. But when Cosette wants to go out into the world on her own, Valjean is very upset and his fatherly love comes out. Valjean and Cosette want two different things and it could tear them apart.

entirely in this scene as he stops thinking of love in a bad way as he

Mahatma Ghandi once said “Love is the strongest force the world possesses and yet it is the humblest imaginable.” Love is a very strong theme in the book The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas. Many of the characters, including Mercedes, Haydee, Valentine, and Edmond experienced some form of true love. Whether it was love between family, friends, or partners, many of the characters in The Count of Monte Cristo experienced love. Love is different to each person, love fuels many of the characters actions, and love isn’t something that can be erased through events.

The softening of Jean Valjean's harden heart in Victor Hugo's Les Misérables started with the bishop's redemption through graciousness toward him and ending with , also relates to my life redeeming others such as my redemption for someone else.

who were in love were seen to live in harmony and this gave golden age writers,

While the theme of love itself, may it be positive or negative, is reoccurring, Marie’s presentation of romantic relationships and their differing qualities can be considered a theme alone. In “Guigemar”, the relationship between the knight and his lady represents loyalty, and an ability to heal or cure. Yet, the relationship between the beast and his wife in “Bisclavret” demonstrates the selfish and traitorous behavior that can occur between partners, especially if one has proved to be adulterous.

Different Attitudes To Love In La Belle Dame Sans Merci And I Wanna Be Yours

He saved his life from sin and gave it back to him. Valjean had been reformed, he no longer was the man the nineteen-years in prison had made him. He becomes successful and he becomes giving, but somehow Javert crawls his way back into Valjeans life. Javert’s new role as the chief inspector in Valjean’s town brings almost brings Valjean to his knees. Their encounters are short and brief yet Javert never forgot Valjean. His suspicions begin to grow about who this mayor really is. Javert speaks with Valjean saying, “Reform is a discarded fantasy” (IMBd, n.d. 1998). He is telling Valjean that once a criminal always a criminal. A wolf can dress in sheep’s clothing, but a wolf is still a wolf. Javert is speaking to Valjean at this point, not the man who everyone else thinks he is. Javet knows Mayor Madelien is Valjean and leaves him saying, “Those who follow the path of the righteous shall have their reward” (IMBd, n.d.). Javet knows so little, his narrow minded view doesn’t allow him to see more. He is so determined on what he sees as being right he cannot see the transformation that has taken place in Valjeans life. This again puts Valjean on the run, right back to where he began, and Javert will not rest, will not let it go. Justice must be met and Valjean must meet his maker. As the novel proceeds further Javert has Valjean cornered in alley. He

but he refused to go and be forgiven of his sins. God had given Jean Valjean forgiveness since the day he sinned and Jean finally realized he had been forgiven since the beginning after all the life lessons he went through during his lifetime. Jean Valjean finally realized God had given him the gift of forgives from the beginning and knew he had to find away to fully turn his life back around. Jean did not think he would be forgiven easily for the crime he had committed. Forgiveness and mercy from God does not come to us in easy ways.

In Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables, the book and movie adaptation, there exists a struggle for love between three characters. Two women pursue Marius Pontmercy throughout the story: Eponine and Cosette. Whereas Eponine and Marius seem to know each other well in the movie, Cosette and Marius believe they’re in love after simply looking at one another. Marius is presented with a choice, and he picks Cosette. However, Marius should have decided to pursue a relationship with Eponine rather than Cosette because his interactions with Eponine were more meaningful.

After a single glance across a courtyard, Marius’s obsession with Cosette commences. As Cosette leaves and with no knowledge of her location, a strong impulse spawns in Marius’s soul to search for his unknown sweetheart. Marius mentioned that “Life without Cosette means nothing at all” (Hooper), because he certainly could not survive never seeing another human being that he had seen for a solid five minutes in his life. Ever-dependable Eponine locates Cosette, and once again the love birds unite in the courtyard outside of the household of Cosette. This scene is quite romantic, as the two “fall in love after a two-minute courtship through a wrought-iron fence” ("Marius Pontmercy is a Shallow Butt-nugget – Face the Peril"). Thoughts of Cosette consume Marius’s thought process from this moment on. In the days following their “romantic” introduction, Cosette’s father, Jean Valjean, falsely believes his safety is in jeopardy due to a cryptic note he found. His first thought was for Cosette and him to migrate to the country of England. Marius, horrified, pleads with Cosette to stay saying “But this [situation] is monstrous!” (Hugo 270). The instant he finds his lover is moving far away, he doesn’t think, “At least I still have my family and friends around.” He actually thinks, “I must certainly commit suicide. My life’s purpose is gone.” Marius has a problem with making the impulse decision and not thoughtfully glancing at the big picture. He even wrote his own suicide note to Cosette reading, “I die. When you read this, my soul will be near you” (Hugo 301). Marius went from desiring to die for a cause (the French Revolution) to desiring for a teenage girl that he probably didn’t even know her eye color. Cosette didn’t create Marius’s trait of narcissism. She merely brought the

Jean Valjean has changed when he interacted with the Bishop of Digne. A little background on these two characters is that the Bishop of Digne is the man who saves Jean Valjean with his compassion. Jean Valjean is the hero and the main character in the movie. What was happening during this scene is that Jean Valjean just got out of prison and he was looking for work and nobody really accepted him because he just got out of prison and the Bishop let Jean Valjean in his home. In this sense the Bishop of Digne just let Jean Valjean into his home and gave him food, then while everyone was sleeping Jean Valjean stole silver that the Bishop of Digne owned, Jean Valjean took the silver

William Shakespeare wrote a play that is about a forbidden love named Romeo and Juliet. This story involves a family fued between the Capulets and Montagues. Readers and fans of the play never thought that a story like this could be true but in Afghanistan it is. Zakia and Ali are forbidden lovers. Though instead of a family feud. It is a feud between two religions. Zakia is a Sunni and Ali is a Shiite, also know as the Capulets and Montagues. Religion is playing a huge role in their love. Sunnis and Shiites go way back causing many feuds. Since they go way back sunni and shiite relgions clash making their love hard.

Jean Valjean's initial character, found in Victor Hugo's turn of the century novel Les Miserables, is the result of a poor and broken society; he saw no other option but to steal bread to support his family. He went to prison as a kind, thoughtful, and devoted man, but left full of hopelessness, anger, and fear, becoming accustomed to only doing what was necessary to survive, leaving him with virtually no self-respect. After his encounter with the bishop, he developed into a sage and altruistic man. There are many examples of Valjean's heroism, perhaps spurred subconsciously by love and a sense of personal debt. Several of his selfless acts are highlighted with tragedy, conceivably accentuating the reader's connection with the storyline. The

Meursault’s image of being emotionless continues even to his lover, Marie. Marie will ask if Meursault loves her, he would respond it does not mean anything but that he does not think so. Later, Marie asked Meursault if he wanted to marry her. Meursault answers, “...it [doesn’t] make any difference to me and that we could if [you] wanted to.” (Camus 41). Marriage should be special between the two, but for Meursault it did not matter if they marry or not, he is fine with both. Meursault having no feeling for Marie makes it seem he does not see a difference between being in love and being in lust. Meursault seems to admit this when Marie asked if he would have accepted the same proposal from another woman with whom he was involved in the same