They are uneasy at their back and threatening in front" 1. In other words, this dude is bad news, and not just because prison has twisted him up a little. Whenever you see the word "void" used to describe someone, you probably want to back away slowly.
Everything about this guy is calculated to serve his self-interest at all times. He lies to Fantine, saying that Cosette needs medicines and doctors, essentially forcing Fantine into selling off parts of her body to meet his demands for money.
He throws his sons on the streets because he can't be bothered with feeding them. He tries to extort massive sums of money from Valjean. He robs bodies after battles and even the student rebellion.
Need we say more? Lastly, one has to admit that in the book as well in the musical, they are a bit comical, and in that sense, not without some likability. A chemist who blogs View all posts by Wendong Wang. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Skip to content Home Blog My random thoughts. We must forgive them. Published by. This page was created by M. The Underworld. Victor Hugo and Les Miserables.
We can see a visible difference in his treatment of the classes through final scenes of each character as quoted below: Fantine. What could this condemned man say to this dead woman? What were these words? They were heard by none on earth. Did the dead woman hear them? There are touching illusions which perhaps are sublime realities. One thing is beyond doubt; Sister Simplice, the only witness of what passed, has often related that, at the moment when Jean Valjean whispered in the ear of Fantine, she distinctly saw an ineffable smile beam on those pale lips and in those dim eyes, full of the wonder of the tomb" Hugo Two days after the events which we are now relating, he left, through Marius's care, for America, under a false name, with his daughter Azelma, provided with a draft upon New York for twenty thousand francs.
Thenardier, the moral misery of Thenardier, the broken down bourgeoisie, was irremediable; he was in America what he had been in Europe. The touch of a wicked man is often enough to corrupt a good deed and to make an evil result spring from it.
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