見勁多人都誤解咗個探長
其實佢唔係黑警嚟
Javert喺故事裏面嘅定位,係「主角嘅對立面,反面角色(antagonist)」,而唔係「反派(villain)」。
絕對遵從任何權威同死守法律,用「萌塞」嚟形容佢會貼切啲
。
佢個身世令佢覺得所有犯過嘅人都係衰人,唔會改變,所以佢對犯法者好嚴厲,冇乜同情心。
(所以佢好冷酷噉對待Fantine,同埋唔信主角係好人、會做好事
)
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身世補充多少少:電影(音樂劇)通常只係提到佢喺監獄出世,原作有講埋佢因為呢個背景,認為自己被排除喺社會外,對重回社會感到絕望。佢意識到社會排除咗兩類人:守護、破壞社會嘅人。佢除咗兩者選其一,別無他擇,所以佢最後入咗警察體制。]
佢對人對己都嚴厲。自己做錯嘢會肯受罰,重揀個侮辱性強嘅方法作為懲罰(佢以為自己認錯咗市長做尚萬強,請求市長撤佢職。原作有提及佢認為自行辭職能夠保存名譽,所以唔揀呢個方法)。
依照佢個性格,可以推斷到佢係個(喺法律標準底下)唔會濫權嘅人,如果用「有冇濫權」嚟睇佢黑唔黑,佢又唔係黑嘅
。但係執法者永遠都會企喺反抗者嘅對面,同埋以佢「遵從權威」嘅原則,點都會係示威者、革命者嘅敵人
。
雖然樓上講過佢「對權威絕對服從」,諗起原作有一句:
... the subordinate is bound always to bow, that he must not disobey, nor find fault, nor discuss, and that, in the presence of a superior who amazes him too greatly, the inferior has no other resource than that of handing in his resignation.
即係佢執行唔到上級命令,就會辭職。呢part講緊佢自殺前嘅內心掙扎。
同埋佢臨死前,寫咗一封改善囚犯權益嘅信畀警察局長:
‘A Few Observations for the Good of the Service’,裏面有十樣嘢
太長唔貼上嚟了,有興趣自己去搵
總結:
Javert做過嘅嘢,的確好殘忍
,但我唔認為佢本質上係壞人
冷知識:
原作有一段劇情,講緊主角接走Cosette後去咗巴黎,Javert似乎發現到主角,但係佢未確認嗰個人係咪真係尚萬強,唔敢輕舉妄動捉佢。
It must be remembered that at that epoch the police was not precisely at its ease; the free press embarrassed it; several arbitrary arrests denounced by the newspapers, had echoed even as far as the Chambers, and had rendered the Prefecture timid. Interference with individual liberty was a grave matter. The police agents were afraid of making a mistake; the prefect laid the blame on them; a mistake meant dismissal.
對比今日嘅香港
文明大倒退
孤星淚呢套作品其中一樣想帶出嘅嘢,係法律當中應該要有仁慈
。但以而家香港嘅角度,執法者連守法都做唔到,甚至連法律都彈出彈入,只係幫權貴。有多啲大公無私(以另一角度睇,即係無情)嘅執法者可能唔係壞事
真係諷刺