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The speaker argues that the king has declared everything a crime, including writing, speaking out, and being poor. The police destroyed a worker's newspaper and arrested friends at a peaceful student meeting. There is no work and children are starving, yet the people are powerless to help their loved ones. The speaker claims the republic lives in their hearts, as the king betrayed their fathers and did not give them the promised vote.

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Play Les Misérables Author Victor Hugo Role Marius Pontmercy

The speaker argues that the king has declared everything a crime, including writing, speaking out, and being poor. The police destroyed a worker's newspaper and arrested friends at a peaceful student meeting. There is no work and children are starving, yet the people are powerless to help their loved ones. The speaker claims the republic lives in their hearts, as the king betrayed their fathers and did not give them the promised vote.

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Play Les Misrables

Author Victor Hugo


Role Marius Pontmercy
We are the Republic
We cant strike. Why not? Because its against the law to strike! The king has
declared that everything is a crime. Writing is a crime. Two weeks ago, the
police destroyed the Galaty, the workers newspaper. They smashed the
press. They burned over two thousand newspapers but that didnt satisfy the
king. Three days ago at a student meeting, a peaceful meeting, soldiers
broke it up and arrested two of my friends. Writing, talking, going to class,
speaking out is a crime. Being poor is a crime. Being poor is the worst crime
of all. And if you commit these crimes, you are condemned for life. Our
government has no mercy, no pity, no forgiveness. And theres no work for
us. And because theres no work, our children are starving. Tell me: why are
we powerless to save the people we love? All of you know. Tell me why? The
king betrayed us. We were promised the vote, do we have it? Do we have the
vote? Where is the republic our fathers died for? Its here my brothers. It lives
here in our heads. But most of all, best of all, its here in our hearts. In our
hearts we are the Republic!

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