Les Mis Question.

[rickards99]

Why is the French flag around the wrong way on the stage screen?

[archhippy]

Right have you read the book?i'm guessing your reffering to the baracades well what were the students fighting and dying for ? freedom from the opressing goverment so i guess they were thumbing the authoritys, sorry swearing at them by defiantly flying the flag around the wrong way.

[roomby]

maybe because the image is projected onto the screen and is therefore reversed?

[Pickle]

The original tricolore, symbol of the 1789 French revolution was the opposite way round to today. I don't know much about when Les Mis was set but I'm guessing it's connected.

[FredPuli]

The tricolore was created in 1790. Then it was the reverse of today's flag; the red was at the hoist .However it was only used as a naval flag; it was on the naval ensign, in the top corner next to the hoist and it was also the jack ( small flag flown at a mast-head ). The form we have now became the national flag in 1794 at which time it also replaced the former tricolore on ships.So whether it's correct here depends when and in what context the flag is being used in the story.