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Victor Marie Hugo : The Catalyst of Change

The human soul has still greater need of the ideal than of the real . It is by the real that we exist it is by the ideal that we live . - Victor Hugo-

Victor Hugo was a saviour of his time . With his sensitive and open-minded nature , he focused himself on educating the people and gave them a touch of awakening through his works . He was an agent of revolution , because he experienced to be a part of human nature 's good

br and dark side . He knew what it feels like to be on the verge of the line , on its lowest point . He became a righteous politician and pursues the rights of the people . On the other hand , he also became an enemy of the state to fight for his ideals in life . Through his writings , he presented how people discover evil and fight it

It is apt to present first his life and establish a connection of this and his works . His works reveal his motive to enlighten the readers on what is happening on society and somehow to present his life and feelings on aspects regarding historical events , suffering and redemption

Victor Marie Hugo was born on February 26 , 1802 in Besancon , France His parents were Major Joseph-Leopold-Sigisbert Hugo and Sophie Trebuchet . The military career of his father resulted to journey from France and Spain , which initialize his interest in both politics and literature when he was a kid . Victor had two older brothers , namely Joseph and Eugene . Victor and his brother , Eugene left for boarding school in 1815 to 1819 . Victor developed his interest in writing in school and was inspired by the works of Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand a French poet

Victor Hugo 's first collection of poetry was published in 1822 , it was called Odes and Various Poems ' He had established himself as a Romantic poet with Odes and Ballads (1826 (Means , 2006 ,

. 1 . In l830 , Hugo published Hernani , a play that achieved huge

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critical success paved way with changing the course of French Drama . The verse play established Hugo as a leader of French romanticism

In Hernani , political and literary movement was shown . He presented that the goal to be achieved by youth is liberty in art and society . It was denied by press but as time goes by , the Romantics had won the right of having their new style of plays , without qualms and questions (Bates 1906 , pp . 20-23

The Hunchback of Notre dame , his first major novel , was published in 1831 . This novel states the story of Quasimodo , a deformed individual which resides in Notre Dame Cathedral . Its goal is to expose injustice and social misery of that period . This made Hugo , a critically acclaimed , respected and one of the famous of his time . Hugo also envisioned Gothic style . In 1820 , he acquired the architectural term gotique into the Romantic aesthetic principle and it was shown on...