悲惨世界les-miserables英文pre-.pptx

1Author&backgroung 1.As one of the great masters of French literature,Victor Hugo(1802 1885)was a poet,playwright,novelist,essayist,human rights activist and perhaps the most influential exponent of the Romantic movement in France.Outside France,his best-known works are the novels Les Misrables and Notre-Dame de Paris.Author2.Les Miserables (1862)is representative works of Victor Hugo,as one of the most famous novels in the French literature.3.Written and published by Victor Hugo in 1862;Depict a glorious frame of the social and political life of French society from the French Revolution of 1793 to the Paris uprising of 1832Hugo explores the challenges faced at each level of society during that time,especially the injustices endured by the poor.1234.2Main Character5.Relationships Myriel Jean Valjean Javert Fantine Cosette Marius ponine ponine ThnardiersRedeemed Unrequited loveRedeem Police Criminal Help Daughter Lover Daughter Abuse 6.Convicted for stealing a loaf of bread,he was punished in prison for nineteen years.After he was released from prison,he felt resentment and discrimination until the bishops redemption helps him feel the power of faith.He assumes a new identity to pursue an honest life,and then becomes a factory owner and a mayor.He adopts and raises Fantines daughter,Cosette,and lives a peaceful life.During the rebellion,he releases Javert,the man who has chasen him all his life,and saves Mariuss life.At last,he dies at an old age,quiet,just like an angle.Jean Valjean 7.An obsessive police inspector who continuously hunts,tracks down,and loses Valjean.During the rebellion.Valjean has the chance to kill Javert,but lets him go.Later Javert allows Valjean to escape.For the first time,Javert feels that his lawful action is immoral.His inner conflict leads him to jump into the River Seine.Javert 8.Fatine She was abandoned by her lover during pregnancy,so she has to leave herdaughter,Cosette in the care of the Thnardiers.She finds work in the factory runned by Valjean,but is fired because she is found to be an unmarried mother.To meet the demands of the Thnardiers,she sells her hair,then her front teeth,and finally turns to prostitution.She dies before Valjean is able to reunite her with Cosette.9.Cosette The daughter of Fantine,When she lived in the hotel of the Thnardiers,she was abused and had a miserable childhood.After her mother died,she is raised by Valjean.When she grows up,she falls in love with Marius,and marries him at the end of the novel.10.An An aristocrat who fell out with his aristocrat who fell out with his royalist grandfather after royalist grandfather after discovering his father was an officer discovering his father was an officer under Napoleon.He studies law,joins under Napoleon.He studies law,joins the the revolutionrevolution in the plan of in the plan of overthrowing overthrowing the existing decadent the existing decadent ruling class.During the rebellion,he ruling class.During the rebellion,he was saved was saved by by ponineponine,Thnardiers Thnardiers daughter,a kind girl who loves and daughter,a kind girl who loves and helps Marius without any return,even helps Marius without any return,even is willing to sacrifice herself.Finally is willing to sacrifice herself.Finally Marius marries Cosette.Marius marries Cosette.Marius 11.3My opinions 12.opinion Valjean is not god.He had stolen.He was indeed a criminal.However,because of bishops redeeming help,he felt the power of faith.He spent the rest of his life making himself better.He is not perfect,but he is obviously the ideal person in Hugos mind,the man who brings light to the world in that miserable society.13.opinion Javert is not just a simple villain.He is a man who persists in justice.In his mind,criminals are criminals,until he found his rationality has deviated from human nature,he chose to suicide.To some extent,the opposition between Javert and Valjean is the conflict between justice and love.Which can bring light to the world?The ending with Valjeans serene death shows the authors affirmation of love.14.Thank you for listening!15.