Why does javert die

Community Bot 1. All of the lyrics to that song are relevant, such as "Damned if I'll live in the debt of a thief! Thomas I agree, but some of the earlier parts of the song are a bit more defiant. I tried to id the point where he seems resigned to his fate.

From wikipedia : When Valjean saves his life, Javert finds himself unable to reconcile his life's work pursuing criminals with the nobility and justice shown him by the man he thought was a criminal, and takes his own life by jumping off a bridge into the river Seine.

Maurizio In denmark Maurizio In denmark 4 4 silver badges 13 13 bronze badges. RedCaio I regret that I have but one upvote to give for your pun! Tom Tom 1, 7 7 silver badges 17 17 bronze badges. Javert represents the Old Testament, the Torah. He lives the law, and he is the law. Jean Valjean represents the new law, the New Testament, the law of love and mercy. Can you cite any evidence for this answer?

Jesus didn't take away the old law, He just came to fulfilled it, as it were misunderstood and misapplied by people of the time. Austin Mun Austin Mun 21 2 2 bronze badges. I've heard it said that nobody would remember the June Rebellion today if Victor Hugo hadn't put it in his novel; the period between the Bourbons and the Third Republic — is hard enough to keep track of without including every minor rebellion and counter-coup Carl Carl 1.

Is that actually true? Do you have any sources? Even if it is true, I'm pretty sure that there was a lot more going on in his mind, as the other answers show, so I don't think that this is a very complete explanation. Featured on Meta. Now live: A fully responsive profile. The place where he jumps is between Notre Dame on the left and the Palais de Justice on the right which represents his internal struggle between the law and God.

There, between the Notre-Dame and the Pont au Change on the one hand, and the Quai de la Megisserie and the Quai aux Fleurs on the other, the Seine forms a sort of square lake, traversed by a rapid. This point of the Seine is dreaded by mariners. Nothing is more dangerous than this rapid…at that epoch…irritated by the piles of the mill on the bridge, now demolished.

He had no longer any reason for existing. Not a single light burned in the houses of the city; no one was passing; all of the streets and quays which could be seen were deserted; Notre-Dame and the towers of the Court-House seemed features of the night. A street lantern reddened the margin of the quay. The outlines of the bridges lay shapeless in the one behind the other.

Recent rains had swollen the river. All was black. Nothing was to be distinguished. A sound of foam was audible; but the river could not be seen. He offers to die instead and begs God to "bring him home. Marius says that people are afraid to come to the rebels' aid. The students need the bullets that lie in the street. Marius volunteers to pick them up, but Valjean insists that he will go instead. Little Gavroche is quicker than either of them and scrambles up the barricade. He is instantly killed.

The voice on the megaphone again warns the students that since the people of Paris sleep in their beds instead of coming to their aid, they have no chance of winning. The students refuse to surrender, and the army mounts a fierce attack. Only Marius and Valjean survive. Valjean carries the wounded Marius down a manhole into a sewer. Javert returns and searches for Valjean's body. Not finding him among the dead, he concludes that he must have escaped into the sewer.

He strips the dead of their valuables and dumps the bodies in the mud of the sewers. Then he recognizes Valjean and runs away. Javert finds Valjean. Valjean asks Javert to allow him to take Marius to safety. Then he will return and surrender to Javert. This time, Javert agrees to Valjean's request and says he will be waiting.

Javert waits, desperately confused. His enemy has spared his life. He says he cannot live in the debt of a thief. He will spit Valjean's pity back in his face because the law cannot be mocked.

He realizes that his own life has no meaning because Valjean has indeed proven that a man can be redeemed and should be forgiven. Doubt destroys Javert, whose world is held together by the force of rigid rules. Valjean has killed him by granting his life. Javert jumps to his death. The women of Paris mourn the dead students, saying that nothing has changed as the result of their deaths. Marius sings a song of mourning for his dead companions.

He begs their forgiveness for the fact that he survived. At the hospital where he is recovering, Marius tells Cosette that he still doesn't know who saved him at the barricade.

They plan to marry; Marius invites Valjean to live with them. Valjean confesses his past to Marius, explaining that Cosette knows nothing about his real identity. He says he must keep running. Marius agrees never to tell Cosette the truth about her adoptive father's past. As a result, Marius learns that Jean Valjean is the man who carried him through the sewers to safety. Valjean is alone in a room, dying. He is having visions of Fantine. Marius and Cosette burst into his room. Marius tells Cosette that he now knows her father is the one who saved his life.

Valjean tells her the truth about her mother. His vision of Fantine is joined by a vision of Eponine. As he dies, Valjean and his visions remind Cosette of the everlasting power of love telling her that "to love another person is to see the face of God. I'll escape now from that world From the world of Jean Valjean. There is nowhere I can turn There is no way to go on. As they emerge they meet Javert. I knew you wouldn't wait too long The faithful servant at his post once more!

This man's done no wrong And he needs a doctor's care. Javert: I warned you I would not give in I won't be swayed. Valjean: Another hour yet And then I'm yours And all our debts are paid. Javert: The man of mercy Comes again And talks of justice. There is nowhere I can turn There is no way to go on About Songs. About Victor Hugo.