Hugo s review of the Battle of Waterloo, how to view the Battle of Waterloo

The Battle of Waterloo is a famous battle in the history of warfare that ultimately decided the fate of Napoleon and his empire, with far-reaching consequences for Europe.

Impact on France

The end of Napoleon's empire marked the end of France's foreign wars since the Revolution. France, as a defeated country, signed the Vienna Peace Treaty with the anti-French coalition. Over the years, all the territory gained by foreign expansion was lost, confined to the local territory before the revolution, and at the same time lost the hegemony of Europe.

Impact on the world

The anti-French coalition won a decisive victory. The foundations of British global hegemony were laid. At the Congress of Vienna after the Battle of Waterloo, Britain did not acquire territories located on the European continent, but gained ownership of present-day South Africa, Trinidad, Sri Lanka, and other places.

These areas became strategic bases for the British Navy and were subsequently used to control its vast colonial empire.

Influence on Napoleon

Napoleon I abdicated on June 22, and after Napoleon's defeat, he was exiled to St. Helena.

: Napoleon after Waterloo, the European version of the overlord of Western Chu, gave up the opportunity to make a comeback. However, the last Napoleon showed another side of his humanity, making the man even more mysterious and majestic.

The defeat of the Battle of Waterloo was a historical inevitability, and challenging European feudalism with the strength of one country was actually a struggle between capitalism and feudalism, but capitalism at that time was not perfect and systematic enough. At the same time, some strategic mistakes, and some blindness in Napoleon's personal command, led to failure, which was the biggest failure in Napoleon's life, and has always been a focus of attention of historians, not only the defeat of Napoleon, but the defeat of a revolution, the defeat of the First French Empire, France after this war, fell into internal strife, royalists and revolutionaries fought inseparably, accelerated the French revolutionary process, and also accelerated the demise of the European feudal system, Napoleon's conquests depleted the power of European feudalism.

It was providence that Napoleon was defeated by a heavy rain.

Les Misérables is a work that reflects his life's intellectual wealth, and expresses a high appreciation for Napoleon's art of conducting and the romantic qualities that emanate from him.

This is the background of this **, and his macro record of the battle is interspersed with quite a lot of detailed descriptions of the environment, deep personal reflections, and descriptions of personal activities in the battle.

Having praised Napoleon's art of conducting and the romanticism that exuded it, Hugo did not hesitate to point out that Napoleon's reign had historical limitations and was bound to fail.

Hugo's depiction of war is a tribute to romanticism.

It is possible to express a high appreciation for Napoleon's conducting art and the romanticism that emanates from him.

A dialogue of deep reflection on society and human nature, it is a description of and the dark and deep underground world of Paris.

Because after appreciating Napoleon's command, but also pointing out that Napoleon's rule had historical limitations and was bound to fail.

Because this battle is very important, he has a different meaning.

In addition to Hugo's desire to present the times through literature, I think it was a very important feature of the Battle of Waterloo that attracted him, and that echoed the worldview presented in Les Misérables.

This is this: impermanence.

The Battle of Waterloo did not seem to Hugo to have a convincing winner.

Napoleon's battle plan was perfect, but victory or defeat depended on artillery, and the fate of artillery depended on the weather. If the weather had been more conducive to marching and fighting, Wellington would have been defeated, and Waterloo would have been decisive in Napoleon's ambitions.

It's a pity that when the weather forecast said that there was rain, there was no Huaizuo Jianglang to help from the sky.

Missing the weather doesn't mean losing everything, and Napoleon could still be on his knees with Wellington before Blucher arrives. Even if you can't complete this task, at least you can complete a decent retreat afterwards.

But no.

What else is there to say about certain Bonapartians who are well fed and have nothing to do, who can't control the weather, who didn't torture Wellington, and who can't do the strategic shift?

Wellington's victory was a victory of a second-rate military strategist over a first-class military genius, a victory full of fog and unbelievability, and a victory of impermanence, so Hugo gave honor to Cambrona, who had to stand firm after being beaten, and wrote with great mixed feelings:

Who is the winner? Is it Wellington? No. If it weren't for Blucher, he would have been defeated. Is it Blucher? No. Without Wellington taking the lead, Blucher wouldn't have been able to clean up the mess.

The impermanence of Bonaparte looms over the fate of the other characters in Les Misérables. The corresponding is the attitude of each person in the face of impermanence.

If you want to write about the characteristics of this era, Napoleon and Waterloo are an unavoidable link, not to mention that the end of the Battle of Waterloo also brought out the experience of an important person in the world.

Hugo's greatness over Alexandre Dumas lies in his ambition to write **, which far exceeds the general popularity**. It's not enough to have a good story, you have to put him in a specific era and promote his personal political opinions. From this point of view, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a politician.

Hugo's depictions of war are interspersed with a lot of detailed descriptions of the environment, deep personal reflections, and descriptions of personal activities during the battle.

"Les Miserables" is a world masterpiece, this romantic ** table shows the French social landscape in the early 19th century, Hugo, who is good at describing huge scenes and huge events, has a detailed description of the Battle of Waterloo, does this mean that the Battle of Waterloo has a special meaning for Hugo, so it is so detailed.

First of all, the Battle of Waterloo has a certain relevance to Hugo's description of "Les Miserables", and he will intersperse the Battle of Waterloo in "Les Miserables", which can reflect the worldview presented in "Les Miserables". It also helps us understand the ideological turmoil of the French people under Napoleon's reign at that time.

The second is that Hugo's detailed description of the Battle of Waterloo in "Les Miserables" is an attempt to restore the historical scene of the Battle of Waterloo at that time, and at the same time, the environmental description of the Battle of Waterloo in "Les Miserables" is also to reflect Hugo's own personal thinking about the Battle of Napoleon. Therefore, the failure of the Battle of Waterloo is a historical inevitability.

In the last Hugo's "Les Miserables", he not only wants to describe a story through his own pen and ink, but more importantly, he wants to depict a world, so some of his thoughts and worldview are reflected in this **. And through this ** description, he dialectically expressed his concern about the development of society and personal life at that time.

Victor Hugo's Les Misérables, through its detailed depiction of Napoleon's battles, can help people today to have a better understanding of French society, French history, and the thinking of the French people at that time.

Because the Battle of Waterloo is the background of this ** era, and it is precisely because of this war that the people at that time lived in hardship and displacement, the real purpose of the writer to write this book is to indict this war and those who started it.

First of all, which era Hugo is in, using the era to create is a technique that every ** family will use. Secondly, Hugo has a different understanding and feelings about the "Battle of Waterloo", so he wrote about this battle.

Hugo is a romantic writer, describing the battle of Waterloo in detail, and also showing his praise and praise for the spirit of Napoleon, but also more clearly pointed out the theme of **, highlighting Hugo's strong personal style.