Notre-Dame de Paris (The Hunchback of Notre Dame)
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This building serves as a home to the main protagonist, Quasimodo.
By law, it serves as a refuge for those who are persecuted; people pursued by the law may claim sanctuary within its walls. Examples of this include when Esmeralda was in trouble with the law and had to stay in the cathedral, she sings " God Help the Outcasts ". Her song also lured Quasimodo down from the tower, but before he could talk to her just after finishing singing the song, a parishioner who mistook him causing trouble shouts at him causing him to knock down a candle staff and flees back to the belltower.
Esmeralda was alerted by the Parishioner's shouts and follows Quasimodo, the parishioner also attempts to stop her and Djali from following him and is promptly scolded by the Archdeacon and when Quasimodo saved Esmeralda and called for sanctuary. Frollo and his soldiers attempted to break down the doors and lead the enraged citizens of Paris and French army to attack, leading Frollo's soldiers to their defeat at the hands of those within. In the films, Quasimodo seems to have a certain attachment to Notre Dame, despite his newly-found allowance of being able to interact with Parisian society.
Quasimodo likely still views the cathedral as a home as he still rings and cares for its bells, each of which he has bestowed a name. In return, the cathedral shelters and protects him; when Frollo attempts to do the unthinkable and commit murder within the cathedral itself, Notre Dame animates the gargoyle he is clinging to into roaring at him before breaking off and plunging into the fiery pit below.
Edgar Balthazar drives past Notre Dame while taking the cats into the countryside. Notre Dame de Paris appears on two occasions. In its first appearance, Linguini passes by on his bike while on his way to kill Remy as per Skinner's instructions. In its second appearance, Linguini and Colette pass by the cathedral while rollerskating. The Notre Dame Cathedral appears in the live action remake of the animated version. He reminds him of his own brother, albeit not physically, whom he found abandoned when their parents were killed by the plague.
Since Frollo adopted him out of kindness then, why the cruel name? In addition, Quasimodo takes himself off to the bell tower, as until the age of 15 when he tragically goes deaf, his only joy is ringing the bells, something he and Frollo bonded over. There is however a certain amount of respect that passes between them.
For instance, at one point Quasimodo is sincerely sorry for giving him an accidental back-hander when he catches him spying on Esmeralda, and Frollo takes no further action against him. This is in stark contrast to the end of their relationship, as we will see later. Quasimodo is adopted out of genuine compassion, and he and Frollo have a more conventional father-son relationship.
This is partly why Esmeralda rocks his world, as she is the first person to show him kindness without any ulterior motive.
Since her name is now mud with the authorities, Esmeralda has to seek sanctuary in the cathedral, where she and Quasimodo sit and compare notes about how much Frollo hates and judges both of them. She shows no fear of the hunchback whatsoever, and likewise, despite being raised on a diet of gypsy hatred, Quasimodo is courteous, polite and shy, and wants to do everything he can to help her escape to thank her for her kindness. He is almost convinced when she later returns to visit him, even though the whole of Paris is burning in a bid to find her, but finds himself hastily friend-zoned due to Captain Phoebus.
Likewise, Esmeralda risks her life to save him while battling it out with Frollo on the side of Notre Dame.
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After a bout of dancing in the square after the Festival of Fools, Esmeralda sets off for home down a side street. Quasimodo and a cloaked figure guess who try to grab her, but are beaten away by the royal guards. The cloaked figure escapes but Quasimodo is sentenced to the stocks, and the next day is tied up before being brutally whipped and pelted with vegetables for a good hour and a half.
After she gives him a drink from one of the gourds around her belt, the hunchback sheds a single tear of gratitude, and from then on he makes it his mission to help her, having finally found something that makes him as happy as the bells used to. Once she is safely hidden in Notre Dame, he watches over her and brings her food, but keeps out of her sight if he can because she is scared of him.
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The only exception is when he suggests he try to contact Phoebus for her, after which she becomes excessively grateful and ecstatic. This is pretty much the last impression she leaves him with before she escapes. She is at best tolerant, and at worst frightened of Quasimodo, who sees her as an object until she blows his mind with real compassion. Both Disney characters have a passion for violence accompanied by a witty remark, so this is a match made in heaven. Phoebus first ingratiates himself by sneakily stalling some of the other guards when they try to arrest the gypsy, and again by letting her claim sanctuary in the cathedral.
This is despite her almost decapitating him during her escape and sending Djali to attack his crotch, so Esmeralda is understandably intrigued. When he wakes up, the alcohol starts flowing — mainly over the wound — and the pair share their first kiss as a devastated Quasimodo looks on. From this point Phoebus is on the side of the gypsies, and risks his life yet again when he goes to warn Esmeralda of an impending attack on her home, the Court of Miracles.
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From that day onward, the young Egyptian is smitten, and even teaches Djali how to spell out his name with blocks. That night in the room, Esmeralda confesses her love for him, and says that although she would usually remain chaste, she would happily make an exception for him. Phoebus leads her on regardless, but for some reason appears uncomfortable with the idea of wedlock.
Luckily, an irate Frollo intervenes with a stabbing before things can get too awkward, after which Esmeralda faints and for a while believes that Phoebus is dead. The captain is not too bothered about correcting her, as he is too busy sorting out his politically convenient marriage, and when Quasimodo approaches him about the girl, Phoebus drunkenly waves him away and says he wants nothing more to do with her. The Egyptian is completely unaware of this, which makes it all the more tragic in its outcome. However, Quasimodo is not the only character disappointed at such a union.
This is due to a growing obsession with Esmeralda, which takes centre stage in the Disney version. As you may have guessed, this is not just revenge for being upstaged in public; Frollo is tormented by lust, and either wants Esmeralda for himself, or for her to be burned as a witch. When he finally gets his virtuous hands on her, she is tied up and ready to be burnt alive for the crime of witchcraft.
However, apparently witchcraft is acceptable provided you are happy to bone the judge who is accusing you of it, so Frollo offers her the choice of him or a fiery death. Rather than saying yes, kicking him in the nuts and then making her escape, Esmeralda spits in his face and watches in horror as the pyre is lit. When someone chooses a horrible death instead of your company, it puts paid to any idea of romance, so from this point onward, Frollo is happy for her to be brutally murdered.
It seems he has already been gawping at her from afar, and occasionally watches her dance in the square while muttering about witchcraft.
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On hearing about her planned meeting with Phoebus, he has the audacity to approach the archer about this and even offers him money so he can come and watch. Esmeralda is then taken to the torture chamber and given a go on this jolly contraption, known as a brodequin:. Frollo is kind enough to pay her a visit soon after, only to tell her she has ruined his life by bringing his virtuousness into question, and that he is glad she is going to die.
However, he changes his tune ever so slightly later on, after she has escaped the gallows and found sanctuary in Notre Dame. The girl once again turns him down, so he gets the crazy reclusive woman to restrain her while he fetches the palace guards to execute her. All this, despite her not doing anything to arouse his anger. Esmeralda would also suffer a far more painful death at his hands.
Finding the Court of Miracles, and presumably crushing all the gypsies therein, is why the judge initially hired Phoebus. Thanks to his friendship with the gypsy girl, Quasimodo has a way of finding it, and just in time too, because Frollo is apparently planning an attack at dawn. He and Phoebus manage to crack the code, despite being distracted by their cock contest, and head down into the catacombs to find Esmeralda and the others to warn them. Even the bit where I try to murder your heroes in cold blood. Hey, why are you crying?
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Said gypsies are not quite as welcoming as expected. Too late, however, as the judge has followed them right there and captures everyone, hinting that they will all be burnt alive in the city square the next day. All except for Quasimodo, who will be chained up in Notre Dame so he keeps out of trouble. This time the victim is Pierre Gringoire, our shafted playwright. Not long after, he is captured by some of the gypsies and brought on trial in the Court.
If he can successfully pick the pocket of a dummy, without making it move or falling and breaking his neck from a great height, they will spare him and allow him to become a thief like them.
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Unsurprisingly, he fails, and is sentenced to hang. Esmeralda appears and says that she will marry him, and so she and Gringoire are made husband and wife for a minimum of four years. His attempts to consummate the marriage fail, as the girl sort of blinks at him and explains she only did it to save him, after which Gringoire contents himself with cuddling Djali, and is equally nonplussed when Frollo later cross-examines him about the entire ordeal. As we saw earlier, Esmeralda is also strangely silent on this topic when enthralled in the embrace of Phoebus.
The members of the Court of Miracles are rather brutal in both stories, but again the Disney version has more rhyme and reason — they are trying to protect themselves from being discovered, as they know Frollo will kill them all if they are ever found. In both versions she comes to the rescue of the heroes, but also ends up in need of rescue herself. Guess which version turns out for the better. When all seems lost for both the gypsies and Esmeralda, Quasimodo manages to break free of his chains in the bell tower and swings down to rescue her.
Outraged, Frollo orders his guards to break into the cathedral, so the hunchback responds by throwing debris and even pouring lead over the side, regardless of the hundreds of innocent people who are congregating in the square below.
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The crowd then rushes the guards, but Frollo manages to squeeze in through the battered main door. After shoving the archdeacon down the stairs, he rushes up to find Quasimodo weeping over Esmeralda, who apparently died from smoke inhalation. He takes this chance for a stabbing, which the hunchback easily deflects, and makes the astute observation that Frollo may just be the most wicked person he has ever met. Esmeralda suddenly comes to, so Quasimodo whisks her away on to the side of the cathedral as the judge pursues them with a sword.
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The stone gargoyles do sod all to help, so the judge very nearly sends Quasimodo plunging to his death and tries to behead Esmeralda. Fortunately, poetic justice in the form of a completely unrelated stone gargoyle means Frollo is the one who plummets into the fiery pit. In the meantime, Phoebus has fought free and arrives just in time to catch Quasimodo as he loses his grip. Rather than back handing her and giving her an odd look, Quasimodo hugs her and the crowd finally accepts him as a human being. They hoist him on their shoulders and carry him away into the square, while Esmeralda, Phoebus and Djali who suddenly appears out of nowhere stand beaming on the steps of the cathedral.