Mrs Quasimodo is a poem from the The World’s Wife collection by Carol Anne Duffy which takes characters and myths from history that focus on famous men. However‚ Duffy’s feminist view allows the reader to see the women’s‚ who were previously hidden behind these men‚ point of view. This poem focuses on the novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame‚ Quasimodo is the hunchbacked bell-ringer so the poem pretends as though he has a wife. He falls in love with a beautiful Gypsy and Mrs Quasimodo starts to feel
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Quasimodo; rejected from birth and an outcast from the society of Paris lives his daily life hidden away in the bell tower of Notre Dame. He serves his master Jean-Claude Frollo‚ who saved Quasimodo as an infant on the very steps of Notre Dame. Jean-Claude Frollo is a cold and callous man who uses Quasimodo for his own benefit. While it can be said that Quasimodo is a monster on the outside‚ it can also be stated that Jean-Claude Frollo is a bigger monster internally. The two are opposing sides to
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Mrs Packletide’s Tiger Saki (Hector Hugh Munro) Q4 (a) Why did Mrs. Packletide wish to kill a tiger? Ans- Mrs. Packletide wished to kill a tiger so that she could counter to Loona Bimberton’s claim who had been carried eleven miles in an Algerian aviator. (b) What made her decide to give a party in Loona Bimberton’s honour? What did she intend to give Loona on her birthday? Ans- Mrs.Packletide decided that once she shot a tiger‚ she would invite Loona
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The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo and Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand have similar characters. One example of alike characters are Phoebus and Christian. Esmeralda and Roxane‚ are another example. Quasimodo and Cyrano are the final example. Not to mention these two stories have nearly identical plots. They both feature a protagonist whose physical appearance is faulty‚ but have a pure soul‚ and an undying love for a beautiful woman. Also the woman that they love is in love with a physically
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Criminological Theories Portrayed in the Hunchback of Notre Dame Alicia L Becker CJ 6636 Allen Lowery 30 September 2011 Abstract The Hunchback of Notre Dame‚ by Victor Hugo displays many of the Criminological theories. The main characters and theme of the movie plays into the theories as well. Some of the theories that are displayed are: Violent Crime‚ Feeble-mindedness‚ and Cultural Conflict and Crime. There are many deviant and criminal acts seen throughout. Criminological
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novel’s plot action. Quasimodo’s intense loyalty to Claude Frollo initially prevents the hunchback from perceiving his master’s madness and when he does understand following Frollo’s attempted rape of Esmeralda‚ Quasimodo is powerless to harm him. In the end‚ however‚ the loyalty Quasimodo feels to Esmeralda trumps his loyalty to his master and he pushes Frollo from the parapet to his death. Many of the characters are bound to someone or something by loyalty and the instances where they break that
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lust‚ and abandonment. Every male in the story who has eyes lusts after La Esmeralda‚ and abandonment is a major theme. Jehan Frollo betrays his adopted brother‚ Quasimodo‚ when Quasimodo is being questioned in the court‚ he doesn’t tell a soul that Quasimodo is deaf and can’t answer any of the judge’s questions‚ this leads to Quasimodo being beaten at the pillory for being deaf‚ which is no crime at all. Jehan also betrays Claude Frollo‚ the brother who loves Jehan and spends his life taking
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Dame None in Paris could have looked more gruesome‚ more frightening‚ than the hunchbacked-bell ringer of the Notre Dame Cathedral‚ Quasimodo. None in Paris could have been more misunderstood as well. Perpetually stooped over‚ with a wart covering most of his left eye‚ deafened by the tolling of church bells and with a generally unkempt appearance‚ Quasimodo is shunned by the people. He is ridiculed‚ mocked‚ and made a fool of publicly. People laugh at his face and call him monster‚ freak. But
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Joe Dick During the 1482 Festival of Fools in Paris‚ Quasimodo‚ the hunchback of Notre Dame‚ is elected the Pope of Fools for being the ugliest person in Paris. He is hoisted on a throne and paraded around Paris by the jeering mob. Pierre Gringoire‚ a struggling poet and philosopher‚ tries unsuccessfully to get the crowd to watch his play instead of the parade. Archdeacon Claude Frollo appears and stops the parade and orders Quasimodo back to Notre Dame with him. Looking for something to eat
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what he looked like on the outside. She was very much attracted to Phoebus‚ a man who was as ugly as a gargoyle on the inside‚ but as handsome as an angel on the outside. As a result of being blinded by lust‚ Esmeralda could not see the beauty of Quasimodo on the inside despite his repugnant appearance. Esmeralda had everlasting love for Phoebus and when he “died” Esmeralda felt as if she had no other reason to live. While talking romantically in a room‚ Esmeralda said to Phoebus‚ You are good
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