Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Victor Hugo lụrụ ọgụ ogologo ndụ ya nile maka iwepụ ntaramahụhụ ọnwụ dị ka onye edemede, onye na-ede akwụkwọ akụkọ, na onye so na nzuko omeiwu. "The Last Day of a Condemned Man" nke e bipụtara n'afọ 1829 na-enyocha nhụjuanya nke nwoke na-echere ogbugbu; ọtụtụ ndenye nke Ihe Ndị A Hụrụ ("Choses vues"), akwụkwọ akụkọ ọ na-ede n'etiti 1830 na 1885, na-ekwupụta nkatọ siri ike nke ihe ọ lere anya dị ka ikpe arụrụala; na 15 Septemba 1848, ọnwa asaa ka e gbusịrị ya
N'oge mgbanwe nke 1848, o kwuru okwu n'ihu Nzukọ ahụ ma kwubie, sị, "Unu kwaturu ocheeze ahụ. [...] Ugbu a, kwatụtanụ ebe a na-egbu ndị mmadụ". E kwuru na ọ bụ ya mere e ji wepụ ntaramahụhụ ọnwụ n'iwu obodo Geneva, Portugal, na Colombia. Ọ rịọkwara Benito Juárez ka ọ ghara igbu eze ukwu Maximilian nke Mbụ nke Mexico bụ́ onye a nwụchiri na nso nso a, ma o nweghị isi.