1789 Bourbon dynasty overthrown in the French Revolution was restored in 18 15 with the support of foreign feudal forces. However, the historical trend of the inevitable victory of the bourgeoisie is irresistible. 1In July, 830, the French Revolution broke out again, ending the restoration of Bourbon. At this time, Hugo's political thought gradually changed from conservatism to opposing feudal absolutism. 183 1 completed the anti-religious and anti-feudal masterpiece Notre Dame de Paris.
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One day, a slim young girl was dancing in the square. She is a wandering gypsy woman-Esmeralda. There was a gloomy face in the crowd, staring at Esmeralda with strange eyes. From the rat hole building next to the square came the curse of Sister Judith, who hates gypsies.
Every year, the citizens of Paris elect a person with the ugliest face as the "highest priest for fools". When a man with only one eye, dirty red hair on his face and black spots on his skin appeared to smile, people unanimously elected him. He is quasimodo, the bell ringer of Notre Dame. Quasimodo was abandoned as a child. Frono, an important and knowledgeable young priest from Notre Dame, adopted him and taught him to ring the church bell. Therefore, he is grateful and loyal to Father Fraineau.
The gypsy woman Esmeralda left the square with her beloved little goat. At this time, the night was hazy. Suddenly, two men took Esmeralda hostage. One of them was quasimodo, who easily picked up the girl and disappeared into the darkness. It happened that Fabi, the captain of the King's Guard, was patrolling here on horseback. Fabi saved Esmeralda.
A group of beggars kidnapped the poor poet Pierre Gringoire to the leader of the Beggars' Guild, who decided to hang him. But before being hanged, if any woman in the beggar's kingdom fell in love with him, then he could be saved from death. Women don't want to marry Greengoye when they see that he is poor and thin. At this critical moment, the radiant Esmeralda stepped forward and promised to marry him. Greengoye was lucky to break free from the brink of death.
Quasimodo, who tried to rob Esmeralda, was caught by Fabian's soldiers and sent to prison, while another man had escaped. Quasimodo was beaten to pieces. He begged the onlookers to give him some water to drink, but all he could answer was banter and ridicule. Then Esmeralda picked up the bottle in her hand and sent the water to his mouth.
Father Fraineau greedily appreciates the beauty and dancing of Esmeralda in the square from the tower of Notre Dame every day. He heard that Esmeralda was infatuated with Fabi, and his heart was ablaze with pain. He has a dagger in his hand and is ready to act.
Fabi and Esmeralda often meet. They were so immersed in happiness that they didn't notice that Fraineau climbed into the window. The priest stabbed the dagger into Fabi's body, and the girl fainted on the spot. Esmeralda was charged with murder. Esmeralda thought Fabi was dead (but he didn't). Desperate and unwilling to defend himself, he waited in his cell for the day when he was hanged.
On the eve of the execution, Fraineau came to his cell. Esmeralda recognized him as the murderer. But the priest admitted that everything he did was out of love for her and he was willing to save her. Esmeralda refused, and all she had in mind was hatred for the priest.
The prison van carrying Esmeralda was parked in the square, ready to be executed. Suddenly, quasimodo grabbed the tied rope, slid down from the Notre Dame tower, knocked down two imprisoned men, picked up Esmeralda and ran into Notre Dame.
At Notre Dame, quasimodo tried every means to protect Esmeralda. Esmeralda gradually got used to his ugly appearance and sometimes sang and danced for him. As time went on, her inner wounds gradually healed.
Greengoye found the Beggars' Sect Leader and plotted to rescue Esmeralda.
Beggars, led by their leader, knocked down the gate of Notre Dame. In the chaos, Esmeralda saw her sister Gudier. A nun holds a baby girl's shoes and protects it. Esmeralda took a small green bag from her neck, which contained a similar little shoe. The note on the shoe says: When you see the other shoe, you see your mother. The long-lost mother and daughter are finally reunited. But the guards took Esmeralda away and hanged her on the spot, and her mother fell to the ground. Knowing that frollo had hurt Esmeralda, quasimodo pushed him off the railing and fell to his death in the square. Quasimodo returned to the bell tower alone, and Notre Dame issued a strange and bleak bell.