Many people comment on Esmeralda in Notre Dame de Paris that she is the embodiment of goodness, a beautiful angel, and a goddess who transcends the world, and this kind of comment inevitably has a tendency to be simplistic and homogenized. As a matter of fact, Esmeralda's character changed greatly after her arrest and became secularized, and we can y feel this transformation of her character from her attitude towards Claude and Quasimodo.
Many people have commented on Esmeralda in Victor Hugo's masterpiece Notre Dame de Paris, viewing her as "a radiant jewel" and considering the gypsy girl "as clear as a mirror and as beautiful as alabaster": "Esmeralda is the most beautiful woman of the dark ages. Esmeralda is a ray of light in a dark century, the embodiment of truth, goodness and beauty." The heroine Esmeralda is the combination of reason, will, and imagination."
Esmeralda is the embodiment of the author's ideal of "beauty". She loves freedom, is pure, kind and compassionate. She saved the young poet Ganguo wa mistakenly into the beggar's kingdom, regardless of former suspicion to the torture of the thirst of Quasimodo to send water to drink, she is passionate and naive, to death in love with the negative Phoebe, did not suspect that he would cheat and betray themselves. She is a virtuous woman who would rather die than give in to Claude's tyranny, and in the end is sent to the gallows in innocence.
2 Briefly describe the character of Quasimodo
Quasimodo is the embodiment of Hugo's ideal of "goodness". Outwardly, this is a figure to be sneered at. He was brought up in scorn and ridicule by the twin calamities of his unknown birth and his ugly appearance. Quasimodo is a man rich in justice and affection. Esmeralda's action of bringing him water to drink when he was suffering from a type of thirst became the occasion of his awakening to humanization. From then on, he becomes her faithful protector. He hijacked the court and rescued her to take refuge in Notre Dame, where he took good care of her. Late in the night when the woman is hanged, he finds her body and lies down with her head until they turn to dust together. Quasimodo is a character created by the author on the basis of the aesthetic principle that "ugliness is next to beauty, deformity is close to grace, vulgarity hides behind the sublime, and evil exists side by side with goodness".
3Briefly describe the character of Claude
Vicar General Claude is a character with a split personality. He takes in the outcast Gazimodo and gives him fatherly love, which shows his kind side; his lifelong faith in religion, known for "seriousness and chastity", is his conscious adherence to religious norms. But once captured by lust, he embarked on the path of sin; when he couldn't get Esmeralda, he single-handedly caused her tragedy and sent her to her doom, which was extremely vicious and sinister. Thus,
Claude is both a victim of religion and a genocidal villain, a very rich characterization.
Vicar General Claude is a representative of the evil forces of religion. He is moralistic, but sinister and venomous at heart. He instructed Quasimodo to rob Esmeralda at night and single-handedly caused her tragedy. Hugo also writes Claude as a victim of religious forces. Claude is not inherently evil. Religion deformed his humanity and eventually went to the opposite of humanity. --- genocide. For Esmeralda, he is a hateful "spider"; for religion, he is a "fly" to be devoured. As a "spider", he kills people with religion, which is a serious crime; as a "fly", he has a miserable end. Through the description of Claude such a "serious and chaste" known as the vice bishop, driven by lust, but betrayed God, willing to become a prisoner of lust, the end of the author of the religion carried out a bitter irony and a comprehensive denial.
4A brief description of the story of the election of the King of Fools on April Fool's Day
On January 6, 1482, the whole city of Paris was immersed in the joyful atmosphere of April Fool's Day. The election of the "King of Fools" was taking place in the Hall of Justice, and the rule of the election was that whoever looked the ugliest and laughed the most grotesquely was expected to be elected. The bell-ringer of Notre Dame, Quasimodo, was elected because of his ugliness, and the people dressed him in a crown and robes made of cardboard and carried him in a palanquin decorated with flowers and paraded him around the square.
5Briefly tell the story of the rescue of Esmeralda by Phoebus
On April Fools' Day, Gazimodo, who had been commissioned by Fulvallo, was ready to abduct Esmeralda, who fought back and cried out for help. Phoebus, the captain of the king's archery guards, arrived at the scene, rescued Esmeralda and captured Gazimodo. Esmeralda was impressed by Vorbis' handsome appearance and his kindness in rescuing her.
6Briefly tell the story of Esmeralda's rescue of the poor poet Gamgoire
Gamgoire mistakenly wandered into the Beggar's Kingdom and was captured, and according to the laws of the Beggar's Kingdom, Gamgoire was to be sentenced to death. In order to save his life, Esméharda agreed to be his "wife". Although Esméharda provided him with food and lodging, he was not allowed to approach her.
7 Briefly describe the story of Esmeralda's bringing water to quench the thirst of the tortured Gazimodo
Gazimodo was arrested and dragged to the gallows in the Piazza del Gracio to be tortured, where the crowd played and humiliated the ugly man. When Gazimodo saw Vorono in the crowd, his eyes lit up and his heart rejoiced, but the righteous father who had adopted him scrambled to avoid Gazimodo's gaze. Tied up on the torture table and whipped mercilessly, Garcimodo, thirsting, cries out in desperation, "Give me water to drink!" The people watching mocked him and did nothing. Esmeralda, looking at all this, stepped up from the crowd to the torture platform and tenderly brought the water gourd in her arms to Gazimodo's parched mouth. One saw a line of tears roll out of Gazimodo's ever-dry eyes. Perhaps this is the first time that Gazimodo shed tears. In front of the eyes of such a beautiful, pure, charming, frail girl can be so compassionate to an ugly, vicious people, the crowd off the stage were touched; but the friar in the Dutch tower to see this, and cursed: the abominable gypsy woman. Quasimodo returned to Notre Dame as bell-ringer. Esmeralda continued to dance in the square, and Garcimodo leaned against the bell tower of Notre Dame to enjoy Esmeralda's dance, and in Garcimodo's eyes showed a tender and lovely gaze.
8A brief account of Claude's assassination of Phobos
Fabi, the captain of the guard, made a deep impression on Esmeralda. He was Esmeharda's savior and the idol of her love. But Fabi and his cousin are engaged. By chance, Esméharda is seen dancing in the street by Fabi, who greets Esméharda at her aunt's house for a performance. Esméharda went to Fabi's aunt's house with her beloved little goat. A lady from Fabi's aunt's house took advantage of Esméharda's conversation with Fabi to lure the goat to another house with candy. The lady curiously untied the little pocket around the goat's neck and poured its contents onto the floor, where the goat skillfully fiddled with it, which turned out to be the alphabet, and a moment later it was noticed that the goat fiddled with a word, which was - Fabi. Originally, Esméharda since being rescued heart adore young, handsome, beautiful Fabi, she used two months of hard work to train the little goat. All this was seen by Fabi, who knew the secret in the heart of this gypsy girl. While walking Esméharda out of her aunt's house, Fabi asked Esméharda to meet him at the inn. Fabi tells Vorono's brother the secret. When Vorono learns of this news, and sees that the woman he secretly loves and covets is about to fall into the arms of another man, Vorono arrives at the inn in disguise. When Fabi and Esmejarda cuddle together, Vorono burns with jealousy, draws a dagger and plunges it into Fabi's chest, then quickly slips away. News of the gypsy girl's assassination of the captain of the guard quickly spread through the city of Paris, and Esméharda was arrested, and she was sentenced by the court to be hanged.
9 A Brief Account of Jasimodo's Robbery of the Court to Save Esmeralda
Esmeralda was imprisoned in a dark dungeon, and was very weak. That night, Vorono, dressed in a robe, came secretly to the dungeon, where he unabashedly expressed his love and inner pain to Esmeralda. Offering to escape with Esméharda, he was sternly refused by Esméharda. Esméharda was taken to the square to be executed. Fabi, who had recovered from his injuries, was sitting upstairs in his aunt's house, looking at Esméharda with a cold face. Fabi is afraid to come forward to prove Esméharda's innocence. At that moment, Quasimodo rushed out of the church, swung his fist over the executioner, lifted Esmeralda high on his shoulders, jumped into the church, and cried out in a hissing voice: Holy Land! A cheer erupted from the crowd, who were moved by Gazimodo's feat. Quasimodo protects Esmejarda. When Vorono again sneaks into Esmeralda's housing late at night, he is beaten by Gazimodo. Understanding that Esméharda is y in love with Fabi, Gazimodo finds Fabi and begs him to meet Esméharda, who confronts Gazimodo with disdain and gallops away.
10Briefly tell the story of the vagabonds' meritorious fight against Notre Dame de Paris
Soon after, the Congress once again sentenced Esmeralda to death. Upon hearing of this, the people of the Kingdom of the Beggars, led by Croban, attacked Notre Dame late at night. The angry crowd poured into the church to rescue their Esmeralda. Unaware of the truth, Quasimodo fought valiantly against the attackers in the church, while Vorono and Gangova took advantage of the confusion to slip into the church and trick Esméharda out under the pretense of helping her escape. Esmeralda once again falls into Vorono's clutches. King Louis XI, hiding in the Bastille, originally thought the civilian riots were an attack on the court and gloated. When he realized that the real purpose of the street riots was to oppose the king, he ordered the suppression of the masses. For a time, bodies were strewn in front of Notre Dame and blood was spilled.
11A brief account of the story of Esmeralda and her mother's reunion
The army was pursuing Esmeralda, when a black-robed and masked man pulled Esmeralda and stood in front of the gallows, the black-robed and masked man tore off the scarf, revealing his face, which turned out to be Vorono again He took advantage of the erection of the gallows to once again force Esmeralda to say, "You can choose between it and me. Esméharda to death will not obey. Vorono furious, he will Esméharda handed over to the friar's custody, he went to call the search of the military police. The friar woman looked at the beautiful, lively, spirited Esmeharda before her and remembered her lost daughter. When they took out a tiny embroidered shoe that each of them had kept, the friaress knew that Esméharda was her own lost daughter of 15 years ago, and the mother and daughter hugged and cried. Vorono called the military police, and the executioner dragged Esméharda from the friar woman's arms. The executioner pushed the friaress under the gallows and died instantly.
12Briefly tell the story of Jasimodo's final revenge
The sun came out and shone scarlet like fire on the city of Paris. Esmejarda, dressed in white, swayed in mid-air, and Vorono gave a devilish grin from the upper floors of Notre Dame. The grief-stricken Quasimodo, looking at the hanged Esmeralda, lunged at the vicar-general and angrily pushed Vorono out of the church.
13 A brief story of favoritism by Quasimodo
Several years passed, and two connected corpses were found in a cache in the cellars of Montefalcón. One of them was a deformed male corpse, and there was not a trace of strangulation on him. People separated the two corpses, and the bones dissolved into a puff of dust.