To be honest, I feel like Éponine is a much more dynamic character than Cosette. Though I like her character, I feel like Éponine has more substance than Cosette. And like I said in the title, she’s basically the Liu of Les Miserables. Plus, even though she should have hated Cosette and did everything so that Marius wouldn’t go to her, she still tells him and she sacrifices herself to prevent Marius from dying. I think to fall from grace and still being kind is a more tragic tale than rising from the ashes and being a nice person.
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This picture reminds me of the emotions Éponine expressed in the rain whilst singing about how Marius will never tell her the sweet words that he was singing to Cosette.
Absolutely. Cosette is basically an attractive female stereotype, common in fiction, who depends on men to survive. Éponine is a woman who breaks all of the rules, even giving up her life while dressed as a man.
I agree. I feel that in terms of effect on the storyline and significance of character, Éponine was a much stronger, and relevant character. I liked Cosette, but her role in the movie was more significant as a child. Grown up, she didn’t do much to contribute to the movie. The grown up Cosette just represented someone for Fantine to sacrifice her life for, Marius to fall in love with, and someone to teach Jean Valjean (I like that name 😀 ) about love–anyone could have played her. However, it takes someone special to play Éponine, who has a much stronger impact on the viewers and their emotions (I’m still crying :’)
Thank you, I’m glad that you agree. There are many people who would dismiss this opinion of Éponine.
I never thought about her like that. I agree, there are a lot of similiarities