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Friday, December 28, 2012
Mercy Triumphs Over Justice: Jean Valjean vs. Javert
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As foils in Les Misérables , Jean Valjean and Javert can be seen to represent mercy and justice. Additionally, Jean Valjean represents a li...
Monday, December 3, 2012
A Dwarf and a Gaul
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Well, I'm not the first to notice that Bombur, as portrayed in the soon to be released film, The Hobbit , looks like Obelix from the Ast...
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Les Misérables
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I'd like to start by saying that this post has nothing to do with the Les Mis é rables film that is coming out in December. I've ne...
Monday, May 21, 2012
Healing in the hands of the King
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"Alas! If he should die. Would that there were kings in Gondor, as there were once upon a time, they say! For it is said in old lore: T...
Monday, May 7, 2012
"Big as a house, gray as a mouse," and very loud!
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The Song of Roland is an old French epic poem in which the knights of Charlemagne battle Saracen forces. The leading knight, Roland, has a ...
Monday, July 25, 2011
Fay and fairy: the words
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Both the words fay and fairy are derivatives of the Latin word fata which means the Fates. In Greek mythology, the Fates were the three ...
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