Les Miserables - Do you hear the people sing?

Do you Hear the People Sing- Les Miserables

Looking at the political situation in the historical novel Les Miserables , the song Do you hear the people sing ' is apparently a political song with the objective to express their disagreement towards injustices and stiff culture during those times . The character apparently struggle for redemption and revolution , and are joined by an ensemble that includes student revolutionaries , prostitutes , low class workers and other groups that are consider inferior

The first one who sang is Enjolras , a charismatic leader of a French group of

revolutionary students . In his part specially the lines Do you hear the people sing / It is the music of a people / Who will not be slaves again , one can really see his belief in democratic freedom and equality . In his lines , Enjolras as a leader , rouses the revolutionaries and declares that it is now time to strike . The lines of Combeferre on the other hand suggest something attainable and practicable on how to be free . He motivates the people to join and to be involved personally as his lines says Will you join in our crusade Who will be strong and stand with me . His desire in his lines is to instill into all minds the broad principles on how to be free . His lines suggest wisdom- from knowledge from Enjolras to application of knowledge . Feuilly on the other hand emphasizes the significance of honour in fighting for the good cause of humanity , Will you stand up and take...