Quasimodo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame Seen from the outside, a most horrible being who ever lived. Everything he presented to the world: twisted legs, a deformed spine, oversized hands and a face with a monocle crowned with a mane of hair the color of rust from autumn leaves, made him an unbearable man in the eyes of the people. Ostracized by a society that never hesitated to mock his ugliness, Quasimodo, the Monster of Notre Dame, endured all abuse with unremitting stoicism while taking refuge behind the walls of his refuge, the cathedral. Seemingly devoid of all feeling, Quasimodo's hardened behavior only added to his miserable existence as he appeared an even greater aberration from anything human, like one of the hideous gargoyles that rest silent and helpless on the cathedral's façade while passers-by they stop to stare at her. grotesque and frightening shape. However, once this mistake of nature experiences the emotions of love and devotion, engendered by the arrival of the beautiful and understanding La Esmeralda, Quasimodo's inner fortitude, strength, and benevolence transcend his distorted body, allowing people see him not as defenseless. crippled, but instead as a real human being with the bearing of a king. Lame and deaf, the curious one-eyed and deformed Parisian, Quasimodo, lives as a hermit in Notre Dame Cathedral during the 15th century. Taken into the care of Jean-Claude Frollo when he was just a child, Quasimodo receives the occupation of bell ringer, and so spends his life in constant devotion to the cold, demanding and senseless Archdeacon, extracting every earthly pleasure from his refuge - the cathedral -; and conveying all his passion to the sound... to the center of the paper... to the citizens, the courts and the king, leaving them amazed by his "demonstration of skill" (190). After retreating to his lair - Notre Dame - with his precious gem in his paws, Quasimodo ran to the highest tower "which housed the great bell", and held the girl before the eyes of the city as she "roared wildly... `Sanctuary!'" (190). Mounted on the bell tower of Notre Dame, Quasimodo stood before Paris in a regal coat of arms of pride and power, shedding physical imperfection to allow inner compassion and tenderness to emerge before the jungle of spectators. Having witnessed the valor and warmth of the noble hunchback, neither the citizens of Paris nor Louis XI himself could deny that, for the moment, this beast truly reigned as king.Hugo, Victor. The Hunchback of Notre Dame. New York: Bantam Books, 1984.