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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Les Misérables"”.
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The Convent: A Place of Refuge in Les Misérables and Histoire de ma vie
… and girls. Further, in view of Victor Hugo's Les Misérables, I examine the representation of the convent as a place for rebirth. Likewise, in analyzing George Sand's autobiography Histoire de ma vie, I explore the representation of the convent as a haven for reviving creativity. Thus, by close …
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CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT AND REVOLUTION: USE OF LEITMOTIF IN THE FIRST ACTS OF LES MISÉRABLES AND HAMILTON: AN AMERICAN MUSICAL
… cohesion to a production. The popular musicals Les Misérables and Hamilton bear many similarities, including the use of leitmotif as a storytelling device. This thesis explores how the two musicals use leitmotif differently, through the lens of the protagonists, antagonists, and supporting …
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The breaking of boundaries in microtheatre
… based on musicals such as The Lion King or Les Misérables. Their close proximity and similar repertoires lead to a marked competition. This sense of competition is manifested in the way the theatres decorate their entrances, where every theatre always tries to be flashier than the previous …
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Just Doing My Job: Normative Dimensions of Social Roles
… our answers make reference to our social roles: we ask what we should do as lawyers, citizens, or parents. But this confronts us with problems. Consider a would-be whistleblower, a wife challenging the gendered division of household labor, or the conflicted police officer Javert from Les …
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Representations of convicts in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century French culture
… a potentially subversive celebration of carnivalesque disorder. Chapter 2 shows how these dynamics inform Balzac’s writing in his ‘Vautrin cycle’, drawing readers into a game of open secrets and deferred recognition, which mirrors contemporary concerns about urban illegibility and illegitimate …