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Figurative Language
- 1. Victor Hugo’s Excellence in Imagery From the novel Les Miserables
- 2. Authority Resumes Its Sway • “….She saw the spy Javert • This is an excellent example of seize Monsieur the Mayor by the how Victor Hugo does an collar; She saw Monsieur the amazing job in writing with Mayor bow his head. The world imagery. From this quote it seemed vanishing before her refers to Fantine’s hopes fading sight…” away as her only “guardian angel” was being seized by the “dark angel”. At this sight Fantine recognizes that Monsieur the Mayor no longer holds any authority power; that Javert is now at hands. This is despair for her.
- 3. A FIVE FRANC PIECE FALLING ON THE FLOOR MAKES A NOISE. • “…The hall was still to dark for • By the perfection of imagery him to make out his features; used here, we can imagine in but, when the man reached the our head that whoever this man stairs, a ray of light from without was he resembled darkness. made his figure stand out like a The dark words used by Victor profile, and Jean Valjean had a Hugo makes us foreshadow that full view of his back. The man this person wasn’t welcomed by was tall, wore a long frock-coat Jean Valjean. Indeed he wasn’t and had a cudgel under his arm. because it was Javert, Javert It was the redoubtable form of once again pops out of the Javert…” nowhere making him a frightening character.
- 4. Marius Seems Dead To One Who Is A Good Judge “…Jean Valjean stood inert under • This example of imagery the grasp of Javert, like a lion represents the way that Jean who should submit to the claw Valjean feels under Javert’s of a lynx…” control. He feels defeated without any sort of exit. This is the way of saying that Jean purposely gives in to Javert. A lynx is a cat who is very aggressive, but in terms of here the Lynx resembles Javert. Jean on the other hand is the Lion; a lion is known for its strength and intelligence. This quote tells us that Jean just gives in effortlessly.
- 5. Javert Off the Track • “… Javert remained for some minutes motionless, gazing into that • This quote resembles Javert’s opening of darkness; he contemplated the invisible with a acceptance to defeat. He fixedness which resembled accepts he was wrong, for doing attention. Suddenly he took off his so he decides to take his life hat and laid it on the end of the quai. away. He has broken his code A moment afterwards, a tall and black form, which from the distance of law- to be honorable to law. some belated passer might have He couldn’t live with the fact that taken for a phantom, appeared he had forgiven the convict that standing on the parapet, bent he was always on the lookout towards the Seine, then sprang up and fell straight into the darkness; for. This quote states there was a dull splash; and the acceptance to renounce his life. shadow alone was in the secret of the convulsions of that obscure form which had disappeared under the water…”
- 6. Javert Off the Track • “… Javert remained for some minutes motionless, gazing into that • This quote resembles Javert’s opening of darkness; he contemplated the invisible with a acceptance to defeat. He fixedness which resembled accepts he was wrong, for doing attention. Suddenly he took off his so he decides to take his life hat and laid it on the end of the quai. away. He has broken his code A moment afterwards, a tall and black form, which from the distance of law- to be honorable to law. some belated passer might have He couldn’t live with the fact that taken for a phantom, appeared he had forgiven the convict that standing on the parapet, bent he was always on the lookout towards the Seine, then sprang up and fell straight into the darkness; for. This quote states there was a dull splash; and the acceptance to renounce his life. shadow alone was in the secret of the convulsions of that obscure form which had disappeared under the water…”