Act II of Les Misérables

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Act II of Les Misérables is the latter half of the musical in which the story’s major conflicts—especially the June Rebellion, the fates of Valjean, Javert, and the students, and the central themes of sacrifice and redemption—reach their emotional and dramatic climax.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Act II of Les Misérables canonical 2
Act I of Les Misérables 1

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Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf act of a musical ⓘ
author Alain Boublil ⓘ
Claude-Michel Schönberg ⓘ
basedOn Les Misérables (novel) ⓘ
linked to: Les Misérables
centralTheme forgiveness ⓘ
love and loss ⓘ
moral responsibility ⓘ
redemption ⓘ
revolution ⓘ
sacrifice ⓘ
composer Claude-Michel Schönberg ⓘ
containsSong At the Barricade ⓘ
Beggars at the Feast ⓘ
Bring Him Home ⓘ
Dog Eats Dog ⓘ
Drink with Me ⓘ
Empty Chairs at Empty Tables ⓘ
Finale ⓘ
Javert’s Suicide ⓘ
On My Own ⓘ
One Day More (reprise / transition into Act II in some stagings) ⓘ
linked to: One Day More

The Final Battle ⓘ
The First Attack ⓘ
The Second Attack ⓘ
linked to: The First Attack

Turning ⓘ
Valjean’s Death ⓘ
Wedding Chorale ⓘ
dramaticFocus climax of main character arcs ⓘ
collapse of the student uprising ⓘ
resolution of conflict between Valjean and Javert ⓘ
featuresCharacter Cosette ⓘ
Enjolras ⓘ
Fantine (as apparition) ⓘ
linked to: Fantine

Gavroche ⓘ
Javert ⓘ
Jean Valjean ⓘ
Madame Thénardier ⓘ
linked to: Thénardiers

Marius Pontmercy ⓘ
Thénardier ⓘ
linked to: Thénardiers

Éponine ⓘ
follows Act I of Les Misérables ⓘ
historicalEventDepicted June Rebellion of 1832 ⓘ
includesEvent construction of the barricade ⓘ
death of Enjolras and the students ⓘ
death of Gavroche ⓘ
death of Jean Valjean ⓘ
death of Éponine ⓘ
suicide of Javert ⓘ
linked to: Javert’s Suicide
language English ⓘ
lyricist Herbert Kretzmer ⓘ
partOf Les Misérables (musical) ⓘ
linked to: Les Misérables
settingPlace Paris ⓘ
settingTime June 1832 ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bring Him Home → theatricalAct → Act II of Les Misérables ⓘ
Act II of Les Misérables → follows → Act I of Les Misérables ⓘ
linked to: Act II of Les Misérables
Empty Chairs at Empty Tables → appearsInAct → Act II of Les Misérables ⓘ