The Hunchback of Notre

Dame

Sierrah Courtney

Movie BackgroundQuasimodo, the disfigured bell ringer of Notre Dame

Cathedral, is locked away in the bell tower with only

gargoyles to keep him company. Quasimodo longs to

be with other people which leads to his escape and

encounter of a gypsy, Esmeralda. When the gypsy

catches the attention of Quasimodo’s guardian,

Claude Frollo, Quasimodo must help to keep her out

of his reach.

Original Piece of Literature

A novel by Victor Hugo published in 1831

The Outcast and Hero

Quasimodo

The Villain

Claude Frollo

The Damsel in Distress and Temptress

Esmeralda

Sidekicks

Quasimodo’s Esmeralda’s

Victor, Hugo, and Laverne Djali

Comic Reliefs

Victor, Hugo, and Laverne Phoebus and Achilles

Good vs. Evil

Quasimodo vs. Claude Frollo

ColorsGreen – Hope, growth, gentle

Black (darkness) – Chaos, evil, death

Orange – Fire, egoism

Violet – Nostalgia, mysterious, wisdom

Red – Blood, sacrifice, violent passion, fire, anger

White – Peace, innocence, goodness

Blue – Heaven, religious feeling, truth

Victor Hugo

• Novelist, poet, and dramatist, one of the most

important French Romantic writers

• Most famous works are The Hunchback of Notre

Dame and Les Misérables

Disney facts

• The song “Hellfire” is considered one of the darkest

songs written for a Disney film.

• The last Disney film to use mild language.

• 34th full-length animated film from Walt Disney.

• While Quasimodo is singing “Out There”, the camera

pans over Paris and zooms in on a street where Belle

from Beauty and the Beast is seen walking and reading

her book, Pumbaa from The Lion King is being

carried on a pole by two men, and another man

shaking out the carpet from Aladdin.