Nice, this nineteenth-century French Romantic literary hero, in addition to Les Misérables, also created "The Bell Tower Monster" (Notre Dame de Paris), "Cromwell" and other literary masterpieces, born in 1802, he was in the nineteenth century, when Romanticism was surging and declining, and the revolution was rising, and there was a bipolarization of the contemporary trend of thought in his life and work, and his personal life was also full of transformation. The course of his personal life was also full of transformations.
In terms of creation, he has always been an indicator of the French literary world; before the age of twenty, Hugo wrote classical novels in verse, but after the age of twenty-five (1827), some of his dramatic works, such as "Cromwell" and "Hourani", his viewpoints changed one hundred and eighty degrees, and since the age of forty-three (1845), due to a change of mind and the influence of the life of banishment, the style of his works went to a darker and more realistic naturalism. From the age of forty-three (1845), due to his change of mind and the influence of his exile life, his style of work turned to a more gray and realistic naturalism. Politically, he was a popular figure during the Revolutionary period; as a young man, he joined the royalist party, and later became a passionate advocate of the **** and the polity, campaigning for the revolution, and was not only promoted to the rank of Count, but was also elected as a deputy to the National Assembly and a member of Parliament, which was a very exciting time for him! However, in 1851, he was banished from the country for 20 years because of his fierce opposition to Napoleon's claim to the throne. It was not until 1870, when Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo, that he was able to return to his country. The change in his beliefs can be seen in his literature. In his early poems, "The Punishment", he ridiculed the privileges of bishops, and in his later work, "Les Misérables", he created such a loving and holy figure as Bishop Méliès, which added a touch of warmth to the tragic world.
At the age of fourteen, Hugo promised himself, "I will be Chateaubriand (Francois Rene Chateaubriand, 1768-1848, was a famous French writer and politician)." Thus he followed in the footsteps of his idol and advanced towards both literature and politics, and his political views and revolutionary ideas revealed in his magnum opus Les Misérables distinctly show such influence. Throughout his life, revolution has always been one of the major changes in his life and writing. The new regime resulting from the revolution brought him the fate of exile, but it just proves the saying that "pain is the source of creativity", and the exile career, though unsatisfactory, became the richest period of Hugo's creativity; the situation of the Revolution and the upheaval of the society have always been the subject matter of his novels. Hugo's name is still widely seen in our lives, and his writings are still touching readers from generation to generation, no matter whether it is a Disney cartoon or a Broadway musical, Hugo's feelings about the times have been transformed into the touching feelings for you and me today. His pen drew a ray of light in the darkness of the world, like his life-long struggle, symbolizing the most steadfast sentiment in human nature.
Synopsis
Since Les Miserables is as familiar to the French as the Chinese are to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, many of the loose ends have been removed from the adaptation, and the key moments have been strung together to form a moving tale that begins with Jean Valjean's release on parole and his realization of the truth, and culminates in his hopeful pursuit of the light.
Overture: 1815 - Digne
Valjean, convicted criminal 24601, after nineteen years of imprisonment and shackles, is finally granted a parole order to leave his life without seeing the light of day, but this yellow certificate of liberty does not allow him to take his freedom in society, but instead brings discrimination to him everywhere. However, this yellow certificate of freedom did not allow him to take freedom in the society, but attracted discrimination everywhere, making him wander the streets, and only the bishop of Digne, Millet, was kind enough to take him in. In the middle of the night, the habit of years of poverty makes him return to his old ways and steal a silver candlestick from the bishop's house, unexpectedly caught halfway, the police brought him to the bishop's face to confront him, to his surprise, the bishop not only did not expose, but lied for him that he gave it away, the police went away angry, Valjean knelt down and begged for forgiveness, the bishop as long as he swore to commit his soul to God, and has been a new man ever since, and will be the other candlestick is also and gave him the other candlestick as well. Feeling the power of mercy, Valjean tears up his parole and resolves to make a new life.
1823 - Montreuil-sur-mer
Eight years later, Jean Valjean has indeed fulfilled his vow, and is a new man, not only changing his name to MacDowell, but becoming the beloved mayor of Montreuil-sur-mer and director of his factory, renowned for his philanthropy. At this time, one of the workers in his factory, Fantine, was suffering from a tragic situation. She was young and passionate and pregnant with a girl, but she knew that the heartless man had gone away and left her with a mother and daughter, and for the sake of the little Cosette, she could only be put up in foster care; and after she had put her daughter in the house of Tonneti, Fantine went up to Paris to work as a girl. The money she earns is sent back to the Thompsons in the hope that her daughter will have a better life, but she realizes that the letter from the Thompsons about her illness is a lie, and that all the money has gone into the Thompsons' pockets and into the mouths of their Eponine, and now Fontaine receives such a letter to ask for money again, and it falls into the hands of her coworkers, who despise her and join with the foreman to drive her away, and the uninformed Jean Valjean signs the official letter, and Fontaine is left wandering in the streets. Fontaine's only thought is her daughter's medicine money, after selling her collar box and her long hair, desperate for help, she joins the ranks of prostitutes in the docklands, painfully selling her flesh and blood, until one day she refuses an insolent customer, and he gets into a tug of war, just as the newly appointed sheriff, Javert, arrives, and convicts her without distinguishing between the two, the mayor, who witnesses this, speaks up to stop it, and orders Javert to release Fontaine, and sends her to the hospital to recuperate. and send her to the hospital to recuperate.
When Javert wanted to argue with the mayor about his duties, an old man was crushed by a loose carriage in the street, Jean Valjean immediately rushed forward and jacked up the car, the unusual strength of Javert's memory of the number of 24601 criminals tenacious, he has been chasing 24601 for many years always no success, but suspecting that the mayor of a man loved by the people is clearly not justified, which makes him very confused, and I can not imagine that the police do not know where to go to arrest an innocent blacksmith to be convicted, and the police will not know where to go. The police have arrested an innocent blacksmith to be convicted, Javert thought he was wrong about the mayor and apologized to Jean Valjean, the upright Valjean could not tolerate his own cowardice to cause the civilian aggrieved, so he came to the courtroom to confess his identity - the prisoner 24601. Javert immediately wanted to arrest him, but Jean Valjean was concerned about Fontaine's health, in a hurry, knocked out Javert and fled.
On her deathbed, Fontaine gratefully entrusts Valjean with Cosette's future, and he promises him the same. After Fontaine's sad life is over with thoughts of Cosette, Valjean, on a mission of his own, rushes to the town Fontaine calls Monfreid-May to rescue her poor orphaned son.
1823 - Monfermei
Little Cosette has been fostered for five years in the home of the tavern owner, Thonetier, who has been horribly mistreated and sent to and fro like a housemaid, whereas the tavern owner's daughter, Eponine, has been pampered and loved by the same family. But Cosette has not developed a resentful personality, and she only silently looks forward to the day when the mother of her dreams will come to take her home. When Valjean arrives at the Tonnetts' house, she is struggling to fetch water in the darkness, and he decides to take Cosette away from them; the Tonnetts are so cunning that they blackmail her, and Cosette is finally put out of her misery and able to enjoy the joy of a child's life. Jean Valjean takes her back to Paris and nurtures her with paternal love, bringing great fulfillment to these two tormented people, but the shadow of Javert still hangs over Valjean, lingering ......
1832? Paris (Paris)
Nine years later, Paris is filled with turmoil, the former capital of the good is no different from hell, the government's only care for the poor general Lamarque (Lamarque) is sick, the future of the people is in danger, the society is surging with an undercurrent of revolution. Little Gavroche is a group of prostitutes and downtown beggars in the middle of the elements, even the Tang Nai Di couple also fell into the life of beggars, once also robbed on Valjean's father and daughter, so also let Javi and ten thousand tenacity to see on the side, but Javi did not recognize at that time, after the discovery of the anger, once again swore to arrest Valjean.
At this point, Eponine is a young girl with a secret crush on her classmate Mario, but Mario's thoughts are already focused on Cosette, whom he bumps into on the street, and Eponine agrees to find out more about Cosette.
Revolutionary youths, including Mario, meet regularly at an ABC café, with high ideals and a plan to break out on the day General Lamarque passes away. Everyone is excited about this day, but Mario, who has fallen in love, is particularly lost and fragile - after all, in the midst of the turmoil, every tomorrow is a day of hope, and confusion. The day came quickly. Gavroche stormed into the store to announce the general's death, and the youth flooded the streets in unison, seeking public support.
The young Cosette is also suffering for her love of Mario. Jean Valjean gradually senses his daughter's change of heart, but he is still reluctant to disclose her origins, which Cosette does not quite understand; on the other hand, Mario is suffering for his love, and Eponine can't bear it, so she has to bring him to Cosette, and they are able to talk to each other at last. She is a tough girl. At this time Valjean, considering the chaos of the revolution and the threat of Javert, resolves to take Cosette away from Paris, and the lovers are parted for life, and for them the eve of the revolution seems so dark! The lovers fear goodbye, the crushes lose hope, the fugitives hope for safety, and the only ones who can have a shred of pleasure are probably those like Tonneti who are waiting to pick up a dead man's pieces.
The work of the revolution progresses step by step, the students begin to build fortifications, Eponine is determined to accompany Mario to the end, so she joins the work of the youths, Mario is overjoyed to see her, and sends her to deliver a letter to Cosette, but it falls into the hands of her father, who wants to go and dissuade Mario from taking part in the insurrection for the sake of his daughter's well-being, only to find that Javi, who has been posing as a comrade, has been recognized by Gavroche, and is tied up on the ground, and he volunteers to take care of Javi. He volunteers to cook Javi, in fact, deliberately let him go.
The revolution breaks out, with Nzola, the leader, killed in a hail of bullets, Gavroche shot trying to collect ammunition, most of his comrades dead, and Mario fainting from his wounds, saved by the stalwart Jean Valjean. In the sewers, Valjean meets Tonnery and Javert, and he begs Javert to let him go. Touched by his noble character, Javert lets him go, but his lifelong perseverance is not easy to reverse, and he suffers from extreme inner torment, so he is unable to relieve himself and throws himself into the river.
As Mario recovers, not realizing who saved his life and attributing everything to Cosette's care, Jean Valjean confesses his past to Mario and says that he would prefer to live in solitude so as not to hinder their future. At the wedding, Mr. and Mrs. Tonneti bring a piece of news that they consider to be scandalous: Valjean has stolen bodies in the sewers. They take out a gold ring, which Mario immediately recognizes as his, and learn that his father-in-law, whom he has always misunderstood, is the mysterious rescuer. When the couple arrive at Jean Valjean's place, he is accompanied only by a pair of silver candlesticks, and the two young people learn about their origins in the dim light of day. The old man is finally gone, and his spirit joins Fantine, Eponine, and all those who died in the revolution, sheltering a pair of lovers and welcoming a bright tomorrow.
Characters
Jean Valjean
A prisoner for nineteen years for stealing a loaf of bread to help his nephew, originally sentenced to five years in prison, but because he did not trust the law, he escaped from the prison repeatedly, thus aggravating his sentence, and his stubbornness and fearlessness of obstinacy, which made the Inspector Javert y hate him, but also impressed Javert with his extraordinary strength. The two of them are in a lifelong pursuit of each other. After his parole, he was inspired by the priest to change his name and become the mayor. He was a compassionate man who helped Fontaine raise her daughter, Cosette, and saved her lover, the revolutionary young man, Mario, and left the earth with the love of redemption after his daughter had a good home.
Fantine
Valjean's factory worker, she had a rough youth, pregnant with her boyfriend's flesh and blood, but was maliciously abandoned, for the sake of his daughter's life, had to endure the heart of her foster her in the home of a tavern keeper in Montferme, and came to Paris to earn a living and regularly send money back, but because she had an illegitimate daughter of the incident was exposed by coworkers, and was thrown out of the factory, had to sell jewelry, jewelry, and the revolutionary young man Mariou, after her daughter had a good home, left the earth with redemption love. However, because of the revelation of her illegitimate daughter by her colleagues, she was thrown out of the factory and had to sell her jewelry, her long hair, and even her flesh and blood. Luckily, she met Jean Valjean, who entrusted her daughter with her future before she passed away without any worries.
Cosette (Cosette)
Fontaine's poor daughter, although her mother begged to be entrusted to the tavern family, but did not enjoy a day of childhood carefree life, but instead was treated as a maid in general, all day long buried in odd jobs, her mother's money saved up almost all of the money used to cultivate tavern bosses of the biological daughter. But her days of misery were far fewer than her mother's, and Jean Valjean treated her as if she were his own, enabling her to forget the memories of her childhood, and later she fell in love with the young Mario, and the lovers were united.
Javert
The adherent of justice, and a stubborn one, believes that mercy is the root of criminals, especially those like Valjean. So he spends his life trying to bring him back to prison, only to find out how good Valjean is, which is a very cruel thing for a detective who holds the theory that human nature is evil, so he lets Valjean go in the sewer with Mario on his back, and then chooses to jump into the river to end his martyrdom-filled life because he can't face his own beliefs that he's held for many years.
Thenardier
The owner of a tavern in the small town of Montferme, a typical lower-middle-class man, money-grubbing, selfish, despicable, but also very amusing personality, the couple can be said to be a match made in heaven, each other's sarcasm, Cosette unanimous oppression, the daughter of the same doting, Mr. Townsend was reduced to a beggar's master in the rear of the Volunteer Army, searching for valuable money on the dead. Later, Mr. Tonnet becomes a beggar, searching the back of the Volunteer Army for valuables on the dead, and finally the two men play a trick on Cosette's wedding day, and it's a real treat.
Eponine (Eponine)
The only daughter of the Tang family, since childhood, is quite despised Cosette, but perhaps because of education, she has a much better conscience than her parents, although the object of Mario does not love her, she is still willing to ask for news of Cosette for him, for him to send a love letter, and in order to **** with him and survive and run back to the war zone, shot in the arms of Mario, and then died, is also considered a good idea. Broken in Mario's arms, it was a bit of atonement for her parents.
Mario (Marius)
Nineteenth-century standard revolutionary youth, for the ideal of passionate, for Cosette pure love, in the uprising, wounded and comatose, was saved by Jean Valjean, although most of the companions sacrificed unlimited sadness, but finally married Cosette as desired, but also a beautiful thing.
Enjolras
Leader of the young revolutionaries, he is a graceful man who dies in the revolt he instigates.
Gavroche
The precocious child of the revolutionary era, smart and opinionated, a bagman.
Bishop Myriel
The bishop of the region of Digne, the only person willing to take Valjean in after his release from prison, touched Valjean in an instant with love and forgiveness, and changed his life.
Commentary
The Presentation of Compassion - Les Miserables
Xue Jiewei
As long as social oppression by law and custom exists, and as long as the human factor has turned the earth into a hell in the days when civilization flourished and brought about the inevitable scourge of man's innate happiness, as long as -Poverty makes men downtrodden, hunger corrupts women, and darkness weakens children-these three problems have not yet been solved; and as long as the poisoning of society is still possible in certain regions, in other words, as long as there is still ignorance and misery in the world, a work like this book will not, perhaps, be of no avail!
--Victor Hugo January 1, 1862 at Villa d'Auteuil
This is the preface to Victor Hugo's book 'Les Miserables'. Victor Hugo, the great French writer, wrote the preface to the book "Les Misérables". Victor Hugo was born on February 26, 1802, in Besancon, France (but he considered Paris to be his "soul's birthplace"), where his father was a general under Napoleon. He traveled from an early age, and as a teenager, he developed a strong literary background, absorbed a wide range of knowledge, and made up his mind early on to become a literary scholar. At the age of twenty, he married his childhood sweetheart, Adèle Foucher, and in the same year he published his first collection of poems, Odes et po?ies diverses, thus beginning his career as a writer. In 1831, at the age of 29, Hugo published Nortre Dame de Paris, a novel that vividly depicted the social situation in France in 1482 and raised serious and profound questions about human nature. His next world-famous novel was Les Misérables, which took fourteen years to complete in 1861, and is now being adapted into a musical that is popular with millions of musicians around the world.
Successful Adaptation Les Misérables was a large novel, 1,200 pages thick when it was published, and according to the translation by Chung Man of the local Vision Publishing House, it is even thicker than the five books*** 2,119 pages and 1.2 million words, so it is not easy to adapt such a long novel, which is set in a time and space spanning two decades, into a musical that can be finished in more than three hours, but it is not easy to do so. Michel Sch?berg and Alain Boublil have done just that. This is the second time that the two have collaborated on a musical. In 1973 they presented the French Revolution in Paris, which was a great success, and in 1980 they presented Les Miserables, which created an even bigger sensation. Cameron Mackintosh, a London musical producer, thought the show had potential and asked Kretzmer and Fenton to collaborate with the two original authors to adapt the show into an English language version for London and Broadway. On October 8, 1985, the world premiere of the English version of Les Miserables was held at the Barbican Center in London. The play received overwhelmingly positive reviews and was subsequently staged all over the world, and continues to be a box office hit. In addition, the show has also won eight Tony Awards from music critics, making it both a hit and a hit.
Outline
Since the original Les Misérables spans two decades, it is impossible for a musical to include all of its content, so the musical adaptation of Les Misérables is divided into the following sections: Prologue - 1815 "Digne", Act I - 1823 "Montreuil-Sur-Montreuil", Act II - 1823 "Montreuil-Sur-Montreuil", and Act III - "Montreuil-Sur-Montreuil". Montreuil-Sur-Mer", Act II - 1823 "Montfermeil", Act III - 1832 "Paris". Since Les Miserables has been recorded in Universal, London and Broadway versions, the following is a synthesis of the three versions, using the songs as the warp and woof of the play:
Prologue, 1815, Digne "Work Song"
The Prologue begins in a prison in Toulon, France, in 1815, with the prisoners laboring under the scorching sun, and a large crowd of people in the prison, who have to work in the sun. In a prison in Toulon, France, in 1815, the inmates are laboring under the hot sun, singing the "Work Song", and Javert, the prison warden, calls out to prisoner Valjean, number 24601, who is eligible for parole, and who was sentenced to five years in prison for stealing a loaf of bread to give to his sister's child who was starving to death, but whose prison sentence was extended to nineteen years due to his repeated attempts to escape and who is now free. Now he has regained his freedom. After his release, Valjean is evicted from his job at a farm and from a hostel where he is discriminated against. When he is desperate, the bishop of Digne takes him in and offers him a meal.
Valjean Arrested/Valjean Forgiven
Valjean steals the silver goblet in the middle of the night and leaves, but in the daytime two policemen bring him back. The bishop, in a fit of compassion, tells the police that the silverware in Valjean's hand is a gift from him, and takes a pair of silver candlesticks to Valjean. After the police left, the bishop admonished Valjean to make a new life for himself and gave him his blessing.
What have I done? （
Then Valjean is left alone on the stage. He is remorseful for what he has done, and laments why he has become a thief in the night; then he remembers that the bishop treats him like a normal human being, calls him a brother, and soothes his soul. He tore off the yellow identity card of a felon, and the old Valjean no longer existed, and a new man with a new face was reborn.
Act I, 1823, Montreuil-Sur-Mer At the end of the day
Eight years later, Valjean has become Mr. Madelaine, the owner of a factory and the mayor of Montreuil-Sur-Mer. The Mayor of Montreuil-Sur-Mer. On this day, the workers got off work and sang "At the end of the day" (At the end of the day). Among the workers, there was a woman named Fantine, who received a letter from her daughter's adoptive parents, which said that the child was sick and in need of medical expenses.......The letter was snatched away by another good woman, so the two of them began to fight over the letter, and Valjean heard the news and came out of the factory, and then he started to fight. Valjean came out of the factory and asked the foreman to calm down the ruckus. When the people found out about her dishonorable deed, they demanded that she be fired, and Fantine was out of a job.
I dreamed a dream
Disappointed, Fantine sings "I dreamed a dream" to strings and harp, reminiscing about the good old days of her youth before her husband abandoned them.
Lovely ladies
The scene changes to the docks, where sailors, prostitutes and johns are seen flirting with each other in a song called "Lovely ladies", and where Fantine tries to sell her jewelry, but the price is too low. A thin, dry old woman with shiny hair offers her ten francs, which Fantine agrees to, thinking she can afford to pay for her daughter's expenses. Egged on by the other women, Fantine is forced to sell her flesh and blood.
Fantine's Arrest
Fantine has a run-in with a woman-seeker and is arrested by police officer Javert, when Valjean sees her in the crowd and goes to find out what happened. When Valjean learns Fantine's story, he agrees to take her to the hospital and help her take care of her daughter.
The Runaway Cart
Then there was an accident, a runaway cart crushed a passerby, so heavy that no one could move it, and Valjean tried to lift the cart and save the life of the man underneath. Officer Javert, amazed at the sight, pulled the mayor aside and said the mayor reminded him of Jean Valjean, a parolee he'd hunted for a long time and who had been so powerful that he'd finally been caught a few days earlier, and left.
Who am I? (Who am I - The Trial)
Valjean heard Javert say this and realized that Javert had caught the wrong person. But if he didn't turn himself in, he would be condemned by his own conscience if he caused others to suffer. So he asked himself, "Who am I? Can I remain anonymous for the rest of my life? How can I face myself again?
Fantine's Death
The scene changes to the hospital, where Fantine dreams of her daughter, Cosette, who is like a loving mother to her. Cosette is on her deathbed, and she is giving her daughter motherly advice and singing a lullaby to her. Then Valjean enters, and a weakened Fantine dies with a smile on her face after entrusting her daughter to Valjean.
The Confrontation
At this point, Javert walks in. Valjean asks for three days' time to settle the matter of Fantine's daughter, Cosette, and then he will return to the case, but Javert does not believe that the former criminal has reformed and thinks that "a cow led to Beijing is still a cow". Valjean grabs a chair, breaks it and confronts Javert with a sharp piece of wood, swearing to Fantine that he will take care of her daughter. A scuffle ensues between the two men, with Javert knocked down and Valjean taking advantage of the situation to escape.
Act II, 1823, Montfermeil, "Castle on a cloud"
Switching places to Montfermeil, where young Cosette has lived for five years with Mr. and Mrs. Théardiers in their inn, who treat Cosette rather harshly. The Th?ardiers have been treating Cosette very harshly and treating her like a servant. Cosette is cleaning and dreaming, "Ahh, I wish I could go to that place in my dreams! I wish I could dream of going to that castle above the clouds, where there are no floors to sweep, just a room with lots of toys and lots of children, and then there is an aunt dressed all in white who puts her arms around me and sings me lullabies and says she loves me so much...". Little Cosette's dreams are soon interrupted when a snarky Mrs. Th?ardiers approaches and asks Cosette to go out to the well in the woods to fetch water. Cosette pleads not to be allowed to go out alone in the dark, but is still pushed out by Eponine (the Th?ardiers' baby girl).
Master of The House
On the other hand, in the store, a few drinkers have gathered, and Mr. Th?ardiers, the owner, is serving the customers, singing "Master of The House" in unison, and gossiping a bit.
The Bargain
Outside the house, Valjean happens upon Cosette in the woods, out for water, and takes her by the hand back to the inn, ready to pay for the privilege of taking her with him, while Mr. and Mrs. Th?ardier, with a false sense of humor and a dance to The Waltz of Treachery, take Cosette away.
The next act, Act III, begins nine years later in Paris, with beggars, vagrants, prostitutes, and students walking the streets singing "Look Down". On the side, Mr. and Mrs. Théardier and their daughter, Eponine, have also arrived in Paris. Mr. and Mrs. Théardier are still evil and have gathered a small group of gang members to do some stealing and robbing. As the saying goes, "If you're not an enemy, you can't get together." The two men were struggling when Mr. Th?ardier asked an oncoming man for a handout and recognized him as Valjean, the man who had taken Cosette away from him.
Javert's Intervention
Coincidentally, a police patrol was just passing by, led by Javert, and Eponine shouted that the crowd was scattering, and Valjean took advantage of the situation to drag Cosette away. Javert comes over and wonders where the man that Thérardier has been pestering is, but then he realizes from Thérardier that the man is Valjean, whom he has been wanting to arrest all day and night, and so he sings "Stars", and swears that he will catch Valjean with the stars in the sky as proof. Then Eponine is left alone in the square, and she remembers that the young girl was Cosette, who lived in her house when she was a child. At this moment, Marius, the leader of the student group, comes over and asks her if she knows the girl (meaning Cosette), and asks Eponine to ask her where Cosette is, which becomes "Eponine's Errand" ("Eponine's Errand"). Eponine's Errand).
The ABC Café (耎ed and Black)
In the ABC Café (Note 1), the students led by Enjolras are discussing the plan of the revolution, and they need a ****signal to convey the instructions of the revolution, so that they can command the masses, and finally they discuss the use of the colors of red and black as the colors of the revolutionary flag. Finally, the two colors of "red" and "black" were agreed upon as the colors of the revolutionary flag - red for the blood of the angry people and the world before the dawn, and black for the dark years of the past and the pitch-black night. In the midst of all the excitement, a young boy, Gavroche, rushes in to tell the group the bad news - General Lamarque is dead! Enjolras, the student leader, turns his grief into strength and plans to use the gathered crowd to stage a demonstration at Lamarque's funeral, leading them in a rousing rendition of "Do you hear the people sing? (Do you hear the people sing?) The lyrics are along the lines of, "The people who are not slaves sing in anger, the heartbeats and the drums beat against each other, and when tomorrow comes, a new life will begin!
"Rue Plumet-In my life"
The set shifts to Rue Plumet, where Cosette is alone in the garden, and realizes that she is in love, right after falling in love at first sight with Marius. For the first time, she realizes that love is so close to her. Valjean approaches to comfort her and then leaves. Marius, led by Eponine, arrives at the garden gate; Marius is overjoyed to be meeting his loved one, while Eponine is saddened by the fact that the one she loves is now meeting someone else.
A Heart full of Love
Marius walked into the garden and exchanged words of love with Cosette, while Eponine listened on the outside, wishing Marius was speaking to her!
The Attack on Rue Plumet
Then Eponine's father, Thérardier, came to the garden with his men and tried to rob Valjean of some of his possessions. When Marius leaves, Valjean hears the screams and rushes to Valjean's house. Cosette lies to her father, saying that she screamed because she saw three people sneaking around outside the wall, and Valjean, thinking that Javert is back, decides that it's not a good idea for him to stay here, and decides to take Cosette with him.
"One day more! （
"One day more!"
Led by Valjean, "One day more!" spoke to everyone's heart. Valjean thinks that just one more day and he can take Cosette away with him; Marius and Cosette seize their last day together, while Eponine looks on in sadness; Javert waits for a chance to sabotage the students; and Enjolras and the students look forward to tomorrow's uprising. Enjolras and the students are looking forward to tomorrow's uprising to overthrow the dictatorship with the banner of freedom and make everyone the master!
At the Barricade
At the barricade, Enjolras speaks to the crowd, and Marius, noticing that Eponine is dressed as a man, urges her to leave and asks her to take a letter to Cosette. Eponine gives the letter to Valjean, who reads it and walks back into the house, leaving Eponine behind.
On My Own
This is a "love song" that Eponine sings alone, expressing her love for Mar
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