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    The document discusses several analyses of Victor Hugo's novel "The Hunchback of Notre Dame": 1) It provides a brief summary of the plot, which follows the deformed bell ringer Quasimodo and his interactions with the beautiful gypsy Esmeralda and soldier Phoebus in 15th century Paris. 2) It discusses a Marxist literary analysis, noting how the novel examines social indifference and mistreatment based on physical appearance and status. 3) It mentions a feminist literary analysis but provides no details. 4) A historical approach analysis notes the novel was influenced by the culture and politics of 14th-15th century France and the French Revolution. 5)

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    The document discusses several analyses of Victor Hugo's novel "The Hunchback of Notre Dame": 1) It provides a brief summary of the plot, which follows the deformed bell ringer Quasimodo and his interactions with the beautiful gypsy Esmeralda and soldier Phoebus in 15th century Paris. 2) It discusses a Marxist literary analysis, noting how the novel examines social indifference and mistreatment based on physical appearance and status. 3) It mentions a feminist literary analysis but provides no details. 4) A historical approach analysis notes the novel was influenced by the culture and politics of 14th-15th century France and the French Revolution. 5)

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    Aksel Jhen J Gallo

    English

    Week 7

    Jun Joey Quema/Christian Franco

    Rodelyn Ruiz

    SPS 10 ENDURANCE

    Activity 5

    May 11, 2021

    The Hunchback of Notre Dame Victor Hugo

    The Hunchback of Notre Dame was written by the well-known writer Victor Hugo.
    He was also the writer the iconic Les Misérables. The summary of Hunchback of Notre Dame
    revolved with the life and story of Quasimodo, the famous hunchback from Notre Dame.
    Quasimodo was tagged as the ugliest person in town. Because of that notion, he was soon
    elected as the Pope of Fools. The misshapen but gentle-souled bell ringer of Notre Dame, who
    was nearly killed as a baby by Claude Frollo, the Minister of Justice. But Frollo was forced by
    the Archdeacon of Notre Dame to raise Quasimodo as his own. Now a young man, Quasimodo
    is hidden from the world by Frollo in the belltower of the cathedral. But during the Festival of
    Fools, Quasimodo, cheered on by his gargoyle friends Victor, Hugo, and Laverne, decides to
    take part in the festivities, where he meets the lovely gypsy girl Esmeralda and the handsome
    soldier Phoebus. The three of them find themselves ranged against Frollo's cruelty and his
    attempts to destroy the home of the gypsies, the Court of Miracles. And Quasimodo must
    desperately defend both Esmeralda and the very cathedral of Notre Dame.

    Marxist Literary criticism


    The novel, Hunchback of Notre Dame, written by Victor Hugo and published 1831 is a story
    of a hunchback’s Quasimodo, struggles through the society’s indifference to him. The author
    shows in the novel of how the society will treat you the way you look like and how they’ll treat
    you in your status in life. It is shown how Quasimodo was mistreated about having different
    appearance, and was shown that whoever have the power can have the right treatment.
    Quasimodo was able to judge by many people despite his appearance. After all, there was still a
    distinct discrimination between people with physical disabilities and normal people who even
    judge them in this current society. This condition causes the story to unfold that there is a power
    struggle evident in the hierarchy of society.

    Feminist Literary criticism


    Historical approach criticism
    In the novel written by Victor Hugo “the Hunchback of Notre Dame”, the culture reflected
    in the story is that of the European history during the 14th and 15th century under Louis XI. It
    features people’s love beauty and aesthetics of the art and its disdain for ugly beings. The
    Hunchback of Notre Dame was written during the French revolution in July 1830 and thus was
    affected greatly by the history and politics of the nineteenth century. The writer, Victor Hugo, an
    ardent supporter of the French Republic, incorporated themes of social and political equality
    brought forth by the effects of the French revolution.

    Reader-response criticism
    There has been much discussion about the protagonist of Hugo’s The Hunchback of
    Notre Dame, and many believe that Quasimodo is the protagonist. After all, the title of the novel
    specifically refers to him. But other critics believe that the true focus is the cathedral of Notre
    Dame, pointing to the French title of this work, which is Notre-Dame de Paris. Whether
    Quasimodo or the cathedral is argue. A creation so indelibly described that—even if you have
    never seen an illustration, on paper or canvas or celluloid— you would recognize him walking
    down the street. Like Hugo, I “shall not attempt to give the reader any idea of that tetrahedron
    nose, of that horseshoe mouth, of that little left eye, obscured by a bristly red eyebrow, while the
    right was completely overwhelmed and buried by an enormous wart; of those irregular teeth,
    jagged here and there like the battlements of a fortress; of that horny lip, over which one of
    those teeth protruded . . .” The bell ringer of Notre Dame requires no introduction at all. The
    Hunchback of Notre-Dame is a Gothic cathedral of a novel, endlessly stunning, instructive,
    tragic, and beautifully formed, as darkly humorous, diverting, and entertaining as any Gothic
    cathedral. It's as interested in the small as the big, as detailed as it is, and as well-organized:
    broad-shouldered, full of gargoyle-topped alcoves and saint-filled niches you can easily find
    your way back to.
    Overall,

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