"Les Miserables"

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The paper discusses forgiveness and love as the two most dominant themes in "Les Miserables". The way Victor Hugo uses these themes to show how the main characters change and grow throughout the story are discussed in the paper and the importance of these themes in everyday life is also described.

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"Les Miserables is an epic drama of human struggle that touches the very soul of personal passion and emotion. Victor Hugo succeeded in creating a dramatic piece with countless possible themes and ideas that truly impress upon the feelings of all persons. The element of theme, or ones opinion of what the story is about, can be many different things in this movie. However, the two themes that held steady and true through out the entirety of the creation were forgiveness and love. A main component of these themes, and what makes them special, is how forgiveness and love can affect people in extraordinary ways and produce change among the most steadfast of individuals."

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