Esmeralda (Esmeralda)
Esmeralda is the darling of Paris tramps, and she lives by busking. She is innocent, compassionate and helpful. She treats anyone with a good wish from the heart. She saved the life of Gan Guo Wa, a poet who strayed into the beggar kingdom. She also let bygones be bygones and brought water to quasimodo when he was executed; She holds the belief of love to death, has no doubt about the betrayal of her sweetheart, and does not allow others to speak ill of him; Faced with Claude's arrogance, she would rather die than surrender. Finally, he was slandered as a "witch" and a "murderer" by the church and the court, and was sentenced to hang. Her destruction is a powerful accusation against the cruel rule of feudal autocracy and the evil forces of the church, and also evokes people's pursuit of truth, goodness and beauty. It highlighted the irresponsibility of the church and the court at that time, and calmed the public's anger by means of false accusation. The author portrays Esmeralda as the embodiment of beauty and goodness, which makes her spiritual beauty and external beauty completely unified, thus arousing readers' infinite sympathy for her, and then generating strong resentment against feudal churches and kingship.
Quasimodo ()
Quasimodo is the bell ringer of Notre Dame de Paris, and the embodiment of "goodness" in Hugo's ideal is Hugo's character image based on the principle of contrast between beauty and ugliness. He looks ugly-extremely ugly: geometric face, tetrahedral nose, horseshoe-shaped mouth, jagged teeth, one-eyed, deaf, hunchback ... It seems that all the misfortunes are God's arrival on him, and he is ridiculed, but his heart is lofty, and he is a person with a sense of justice and feelings. His love for Esmeralda is a kind of tenderness mixed with gratitude, sympathy and respect, a kind of selfless, eternal, noble and simple love, which is completely different from Claude's evil possessiveness and from the playboy in Forbes. Through this image, Hugo set a typical example of the beauty of human soul. This image also embodies the theory that good overcomes evil and sincerity overcomes hypocrisy.
Claude frollo.
Claude is the vice bishop of Notre Dame de Paris-dual role. A hypocritical, well-dressed, but dirty and poisonous hypocrite. On the one hand, he is a representative of religious evil forces, with a dignified appearance and a sinister heart, and he does whatever it takes to satisfy his desires: he instigated quasimodo to kidnap Esmeralda out of lust; He stabbed Phobos out of jealousy, but framed Esmeralda; He killed Esmeralda because he couldn't get her love. On the other hand, he is a victim of religious asceticism, and his long-term abstinence distorts his soul. The more he realized that he had lost the joy of the world, the more he hated the world and all the beautiful things in the world. This is the most profound character in the novel.
Phobos de Chee? teaupers)
Forbes is a young officer. He has the same name as the sun god, the same appearance and physique as the handsome man described in Greek mythology, and is a romantic man who also likes beauty and romance. He likes beautiful women, but he is never loyal and lingers among flowers. He is a common image in novels. Some people say that he cheated Esmeralda's love, but it is actually a collection of another kind of beauty, although it is selfish.
Gan Guo Wa (Pierre Gringoire)
Gan Guo Wa is a wandering poet rescued by Esmeralda. Because vagrancy makes him know this era and society more clearly, and also makes his choice between "rose" and "bread" more inclined to the actual "bread".
Les Miserables role:
Jean valjean
The prisoner who was imprisoned for stealing a loaf of bread to help his nephew 19 years was originally sentenced to five years in prison, but because he didn't trust the law, he escaped from prison many times, which aggravated the crime. His stubbornness and fearless personality made Tan Javert hate his guts, and his extraordinary strength impressed Javert, so they fell in love for life. After parole, he was inspired by the priest, changed his name to become the mayor, was merciful, helped Fantine, a female worker, raise her daughter Cosette, saved her daughter's lover, the revolutionary young Marius, and died with atonement love after her daughter got a good home.
Fantine (Fantine)
A female worker in Jean Valjean's factory, whose youth was rough, was maliciously abandoned after being pregnant with her lover's flesh and blood. For the sake of her daughter's life, she had to reluctantly foster her in the home of a pub owner in Montfermeil, come to Paris to make a living and send money back regularly. However, because the illegitimate daughter was exposed by her colleagues and driven out of the factory, she had to sell her jewelry, long hair and even her body, and unfortunately became a prostitute. Fortunately, I met Jean Valjean, entrusted my daughter's future and let her die peacefully.
Cosette (Cosette)
Fantine's poor daughter was entrusted to the pub family by her mother, but she did not enjoy a carefree life in her childhood. Instead, she was treated as a maid, burying herself in housework all day, and almost all the money saved by her mother was used to train the tavern owner's own daughter. However, she spent much less time in bad karma than her mother. Jean Valjean took her as his own child, so that she could forget the memory of her childhood. Later, she fell in love with young Marius, and everything would be fine.
Javert
Those who stick to justice are also die-hard loyalists of justice. He believes that compassion is the root of criminals, especially people like Jean Valjean. So he vowed to take him back to prison for life, only to find that Jean Valjean was kind by nature. Unable to face the belief he had held for many years, he chose to jump into the river to end his martyrdom after letting Jean Valjean, who was carrying Maros, get away with it in the sewer.
Madame thenardier.
The owner of a pub in Montfermeil, a typical lower-middle class figure, is greedy, selfish and despicable, and his personality is also very funny. The couple are a match made in heaven. They dig at each other, always oppress Cosette, and always spoil their daughter Eponine. Thenardier inadvertently saved Marius' father Pontmercy when he was looking for the property of the dead in the war. He was the benefactor that Marius had been looking for. Therefore, although his scam was finally caught, Marius gave him some money to leave. Finally, he went to America and still engaged in evil business.
Eponine (Eponine)
Thenardier's eldest daughter, loved since childhood, despised Cosette when she was a child. But perhaps because of her education, she has more conscience than her parents. Although Marius, the object of her crush, doesn't love her, she is still willing to inquire about Cosette for him and send him love letters to protect Cosette's father and daughter when they are in trouble. She "would rather kill what she loves than let others take away what she loves" and led Marius to the barricade after the uprising broke out, hoping to die with him. But he was injured in the battle because he was shot for Marius, and finally died in Marius' arms.
Marius (Marius)
The protagonist in Les Miserables, handsome and natural, is a standard19th century revolutionary youth. His father was Napoleon's colonel and was made a baron. He was brought up by his grandfather, who was a royalist and always hated being Bonaparte's father. However, after the death of his beloved father, he gradually realized the revolution, abandoned the great material comforts of his grandfather's family, inherited his father's "rank" and "title" and became a firm "pacifist". He was injured and unconscious in the uprising, saved by Jean Valjean, and finally married Cosette.
Enjolras (Enjolras)
The leader of the revolutionary youth, personable, has only one passion-human rights, but only one determination-to clear the obstacles and make a heroic sacrifice in the uprising instigated.
Gavroche (Gavroche)
Eponine's own younger brother was a precocious child in the revolutionary era, clever and stubborn, and an interrogator. But he was not loved by his mother and wandered the streets since childhood. He was fearless in the uprising and was shot.
Bishop Miriè re
The bishops in Dein won people's trust and love by loving them and forgiving those who did wrong. Jean Valjean was the only one who was willing to take him in after he got out of prison. He touched Jean Valjean with love and tolerance in an instant and changed his life.
"Marine laborer" figure:
Guillarte: A young sailor, employed by Letieri's boss, secretly loves Deluchette, the boss's adopted daughter.
Druchette: Lettilly's adopted daughter, a beautiful and kind woman. Codley, who deeply loves the young pastor, expressed his willingness to marry Guiard against his will in order to keep his adoptive father's promise.
Lettilly: The owner of the "Durand" clipper is generous. In order to save his beloved ship, he made a vow to marry his adopted daughter to someone who could save the ship in danger, and kept his promise.
Cordray: A young priest fell in love with Deluchette and finally married his beloved Deluchette with the help of Guillarte.
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