Megan Gold 1st hour Hunchback Analysis Essay Victor Hugo is known for his great work in romantic literature. In one of his best known works‚ The Hunchback of Notre Dame‚ there is a very prevalent theme of love. Love can both be a wonderful thing‚ and something that may cause a painful heartbreak. In The Hunchback of Notre Dame‚ love is depicted as both of these. Phoebus de Chateaupers‚ the captain of the king’s archers‚ is one of the characters that brings out the love theme‚ but not always in
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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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In the novel‚ The Hunchback of Notre Dame‚ Victor Hugo talks about how the hunchbacks trial is unfair and about Quasimodo’s punishment is for kidnapping La Esmeralda. Quasimodo is deaf and so is the judge so neither of them know when they are being talked to. Once Quasimodo is being interrogated‚ he starts to answer questions that have been asked previously while the judge is asking new questions. The audience is laughing so the judge assumes he is being rude and sends him to the pillory for an
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Notre Dame de Paris‚ Ile de la Cite (1163-1345) The building that has taken my interest is Notre Dame de Paris‚ which literally means “Our Lady of Paris” in French. When one thinks of Gothic architecture‚ majority will think of Notre Dame as it is one the most significant French catholic cathedral that is distinctively Gothic. Because Notre Dame has seen many reconstruction in its days‚ its early construction in the period 1160s is characterized as Early Gothic and adopt similar pointed arch
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The truth bound to society couldn’t have been more well said by French Novelist Victor Hugo. “Society is a republic‚” he declares‚ “when an individual tries to lift themselves above others‚ they are dragged down by the mass‚ either by ridicule or slander”(Victor Hugo Quotes”). Hugo’s words relate immensely to William Golding’s Lord of the Flies where in the midst of WWII a small group of young boys are suddenly stranded on an island without the help of grownups or an establishment. While trying to
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame By: 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
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Cost of Living Project Accuracy and Detail of Information: (0-15 points each) Final Page Apartment Food Entertainment Neatness (0-10 points) * Typed or neatly written‚ use of tables
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Victor Hugo: France Romantic Movement‚ and Its Key Players France Romantic Movement and Its Key Players Theatre has been present and effecting societies‚ and politics‚ all the way back to the Greeks‚ and in other forms‚ even before the Greeks. There is little question to Theatre being instrumental in the development of history at times. Shakespeare said it best through his character Hamlet‚ in his play Hamlet‚ “Good my lord‚ will
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Hugo is a stimulating and thought-provoking film which fascinates viewers by an interesting and captivating plot. The plot is interesting because there are a lot of twists and turns‚ which also makes it captivating. The film Hugo‚ directed by Martin Scorsese in 2011 is also a fascinating film because of the themes. Some of the themes that are important are friendship and honesty. Hugo needs to leave the past behind in order to embrace his future. He also needs to work with the automaton‚ who helps
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The Invention of Hugo Cabret (Note I cited the quotes Part; Chapter; Paragraph) The Invention of Hugo Cabret is a very diverse and complicated novel where images have an equal importance to the story as words. The story is set in the heart of Paris with the great monument‚ the Eiffel tower‚ looming over the train station where the whole story is basically set. Throughout the story we are accompanied by three main characters Papa Georges‚ Hugo and the heroine Isabelle. Papa Georges‚ the refined
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