Analysis of Notre Dame de Paris

Quasimodo was a typical representative of the poor at that time. Quasimodo was abandoned by his parents at the gate of Notre Dame since he was a child. He is a deformed child with "geometric face, tetrahedral nose, horseshoe mouth, jagged teeth, one eye, deafness, hunchback, ugly and honest voice". The author highlights his personality by exaggerating his appearance.

Quasimodo's personality has an obvious change:

The first stage was adopted by Claude, who was responsible for ringing the bell every day. In order to repay his kindness, he did everything Claude said, including kidnapping Esmeralda;

In the second stage, after meeting Esmeralda, his sincere, kind, loyal and brave nature was revived, and he spared no effort to save Esmeralda in danger without asking for anything in return, which was in sharp contrast with Claude and Phoebus.

2. Esmeralda

Esmeralda is the perfect artistic image of truth, goodness and beauty in Hugo's works. When she was a child, she was stolen by gypsies from the care of prostitutes' mothers and lived on the streets as a busker. Although she endured the hardships and sufferings of the world, she always maintained a kind, pure and helpful heart.

Esmeralda is beautiful and kind. When the beggar king wanted to hang Gringoire, she promised to marry Gringoire and saved his life. Quasimodo was thirsty when he accepted the criminal law, and only she stood up to deliver water for him.

She is brave and persistent. When Claude threatened her freedom as long as she accepted his love, she flatly refused. When Phoebe ignored her own safety, she was still infatuated with him. The author pinned his hopes and hopes on Esmeralda, but it is impossible for religious nobles and dark forces to allow good things to exist.

3. Claude Floro

Claude showed the essence of human nature. Claude received a good religious education from an early age. He is a studious, active and knowledgeable young man. He adopted the ugly quasimodo and took care of his younger brother. It can be seen that he is somewhat kind

After becoming the vice bishop of Notre Dame de Paris and meeting the beautiful Esmeralda, Claude's true humanity began to appear, and his strong possessiveness forced him to follow, kidnap and rob Esmeralda. This is not true love, but greed and desire in human nature.

His possessiveness of Esmeralda has gone beyond the shackles of church thought, and taking extreme measures regardless of anyone's thoughts can only lead to a tragic ending. Hugo used the image of Claude to represent the image of some noble classes. On the surface, he defended justice and protected the weak, but in fact he was hypocritical and selfish, exposing the darkness and evil of the aristocratic class.

The writing background of this book:

In France, the Bourbon dynasty overthrown by the bourgeois revolutionary regime was restored in 18 15 with the support of foreign feudal forces. Until 1830, the "July Revolution" broke out in France, ending the feudal rule of Bourbon restoration.

Under the rule of the restoration dynasty, the French court and the church were in cahoots and oppressed the people. In Paris at that time, the religious forces were evil and dark, the feudal hierarchy was cruel, and human nature was distorted and degraded under the suppression of feudalism.

All social strata, especially the lower classes, are deeply sympathetic. The oppressed people rose up and fought bravely with the two forces and finally won. Hugo felt the darkness and cruelty of feudal rule and created Notre Dame de Paris, which reflected real life through the Paris society of15th century.

The title of Notre Dame de Paris refers to the place where the story takes place-Notre Dame de Paris. 1829, victor hugo started to create Notre Dame de Paris, in order to let people know the value of this Gothic building at that time.