Marius's Perplexed Life
"Rain will make the flowers…."
Marius: As I heard the final words that would ever come out of Eponine's mouth, I gazed down at her smudged face. My eyes were sodden with cries and despair. Her striking blue eyes would never again meet my face and I wouldn't be able to look at her again without the regret of not saying anything worthwhile to her when she was alive. Her gleaming face was covered in the rouge disarray, which made her face hazy and undefined. She would never laugh or giggle ever again. I never told her and now she was gone.
He wept on Eponine's body with convulsing sadness. He had never felt so much remorse in his life. He couldn't stop and Marius felt like someone had stabbed his heart and being ripped slowly through his chest getting deeper and deeper every second. He suffered and felt moments of disturbing suicide thoughts. Marius picks up a dagger with his crimson colored hands.
Marius: I loved her with all my heart and I couldn't ever tell her because I was such a ruthless idiot. We could have been in love and we would've been happy and now she is lifeless. It's all my fault too. She thought I loved Cosette, but I didn't love her. It wasn't even a relationship. I was trying to put worthless love into my life to cover up my real love for Eponine. I can't live without her. She was my soul, my heart, my blood, my life.
Marius tried to kill himself until he realized what he needed to do. He had to avenge her death. He had to find out who had shot his beloved one and he could do nothing else. He knew whatever he had to do to find the murderer; he would risk anything for.
Marius: I know what I must do and whoever put my life into the world of hell; I will kill him just as they did my beloved. I will not let this crime go unpunished and seek them for however long I may live. He will die upon the barricade and be shot until you can see the red in his eyes.
He knew he wasn't safe at the barricade alone with Eponine, the love of his life. He realized that he must leave her and keep fighting for the beliefs of his country. He felt as if someone had broken all of his bones with a wooden plank and watched him die. He told Eponine his blessed words:
Marius: (Reciting Shakespearean Sonnet) So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
He bends down and kisses her.