Javert finds himself unable to reconcile Valjean's merciful acts with his conception of Valjean as an irredeemable criminal, and commits suicide by throwing himself into the Seine ("Soliloquy-Javert's Suicide)".
Javert finds himself unable to reconcile Valjean's merciful acts with his conception of Valjean as an irredeemable criminal. Refusing to compromise his principals but no longer able to hold them sacred, he commits suicide by throwing himself into the Seine ("Soliloquy-Javert's Suicide)".