Hunchback of Notre Dame
Four gypsies were sneaking into Paris by night. One, a woman, was carrying a baby boy. They didn't know they were sailing into a trap until it was too late. They looked up in fear at Judge Frollo, who was in charge of justice in Paris. His guards surrounded the gypsies and made them hand over the baby. Frollo was about to dump the child into the nearby well, but the Archdeacon stops him and makes him raise the child as his own. As Quasimodo grows up in his Bell-tower home, he has no contact with anyone but Frollo, who he learns to call "master". Frollo brainwashes the child into thinking the Frollo saved the child, and that Quasi is ugly and no one likes him. Quasi's only friends are the three stone gargoyles and the animals that make their home in the bell tower. But he dreams about leaving Notre Dame. He built a model of the city, and fills it with people who he sees from above the market. Finally, one day, his friends convince him to sneak out to the Feast of Fools, which happens to be Quasi's favorite time of the year. As he steps out into the crowd wearing a hood, Quasi is instantly caught up in the party spirit. Meanwhile, Phoebus, a famous captain of the army, arrives in Paris to help Frollo rid the city of gypsies. On the
In the bell tower, Quasimodo and the gargoyles were holding off Frollo's troops any way they could. But Quasimodo was getting tired; would the soldiers never cease their attack? He could hear the great doors of Notre Dame giving way. Resting for a moment, Quasimodo felt hopeless. Then he had an idea! Hugo and Victor were fanning the flames under the huge vat of hot lead that Quasimodo kept in the bell tower. Using all his strength, Quasimodo tipped the vat over, and the boiling liquid flowed through the gutter spouts and down the front of the cathedral like a red-hot curtain. The soldiers dropped their battering ram and scattered, leaving Frollo, who dodged the hot lead, alone in his rage. Not knowing that Frollo was secretly watching them, Quasimodo met up with Phoebus, and showed him the necklace that Esmeralda had given him. Quasimodo explained that it was a map of Paris, and they followed it to a cemetery. Quasimodo found a hidden entrance beneath the graves, and the two descended. Suddenly they were plunged into darkness. When the light returned, gypsies wearing skeleton costumes surrounded them. Clopin stepped out of the crowd and escorted Phoebus and Quasimodo to a scaffold. Clopin had them gagged, then held a mock trial and quickly found them guilty of spying for Frollo. But just as they were about to be hanged, Esmeralda burst through the crowd and mounted the scaffold. She told the gypsies how Phoebus and Quasimodo had helped her escape. After Esmeralda freed them, Phoebus turned to the crowd and warned them that Frollo was coming. When the gypsies thanked Phoebus, he told them that without Quasimodo's help, he would never have found the Court of Miracles. Suddenly, Frollo and his soldiers appeared. He strode up to Phoebus, Esmeralda, and Quasimodo, as frightened gypsy families tried to escape. Frollo announced that Quasimodo had led him right to them. Esm
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Approximate Word count = 1270
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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