The Final Battle
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Seen Les Mis seven times now. Twice, when gavroche threw the bag, the student failed to catch it. Second time this happened, with a different cast from the first time, the student yelled "Bollocks!". Felt bad when he died thirty seconds later.
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This scene... every time I see it I cry. Everything about it is so well done, and the staging of the entire thing is perfect. I love it. And the music is amazing.
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A sad end to a great dream.... I wish I had the heart, courage, and bravery of Enjolras.
*crosses myself and says a prayer*
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What a sad end to a great dream.... I wish I had I the heart and the courage and bravery of Enjolras.
*crosses myself and says a prayer*
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I still dont see the blobs people see in the final battle
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@MrAaronWomball In the novel the people of Paris do originally attempt to help the students, but they are quickly overwhelmed and killed by the National Guards. They don't help again after that.
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@MrAaronWomball The students *thought* they had help, but they were actually abandoned. And if the students hand listened to the national guard and had givin up, they would've been killed for treason or imprisoned at the very least, anyway. Besides, as someone had pointed out earlier, there is always Feuilly who was a working man, who was in the revolution cause he wanted to change his own life.
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@MrAaronWomball They started the uprising knowing that they might lose, and that they might all die. Hence Enjolras' "Let others rise to take our place until the earth is free". In short, they knew that they were going to die, they didn't start this expecting to win, but to at least try. I don't see how that's foolish.
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@rockercharmz888 that is the whole point of why no one went to help the students. They didn't have any hope, if they poor people of Paris liked the students they would have faught with them, been inspired by them, however, they didn't like them because they had no idea what they went through on a daily basis. Hence why they didn't help them in their fight.
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@MrAaronWomball So people are now branded foolish for wanting to improve the lives of others? Great logic there.
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Waving the flag is not about changing their fate. It couldn't be changed seeing as the people didn't join them on the barricade. They knew they were about to die.
The flag is not just "a flag": Waving it is the last defiant act of holding up high the symbol of revolution and freedom; a sign that it was not in vain (parallel to "Let others rise to take out place until the earth is free").
See, I like to make fun of it, too. But it's not useless. And it's not brave either.
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And it's not lame.
LegsandJump 2 years ago 44
I saw the show last week, Thaxton's voice in Look Down and The Final Battle is still echoing in my head...Heck, his "Is Free" was amazing. I'd go back immediately if I could
MajorNeirLex 2 years ago 22