Notre Dame De Paris (Masterpiece of World Literature)

"When people tried to separate him from the skeleton he was holding, it fell into ashes."

Appearance doesn't mean everything, but appearance can ruin everything

In this book, ugliness and beauty, good and evil, noble and humble form a sharp contrast! The captain of the guard is beautiful on the outside but very evil on the inside. The priest looks knowledgeable, kind and upright on the surface, but is actually very dark on the inside. Judge, the Pope has a noble status but ignores the miserable lives of the people at the bottom, tramples on them and even deprives them of their lives at will! I think Hugo used this exaggerated writing style, strange plots, and weird stories to attack the tyranny and cruelty of the feudal emperors and accuse the evil power of the church. What is left to us is endless thinking, what is the real goodness and beauty? We must see through phenomena to see the essence and not be fooled by superficial phenomena. There are distinctions between high and low in human status, but there should be no distinction in personality, because all living beings are equal!

I mainly read it from the paper version of the novel, with some annotations and modifications made by Tomato. However, I personally still like to taste the original masterpieces for myself, so I mainly read the paper version. There is a clear and extreme contrast between good and evil, beauty and ugliness in this novel. Quasimodo is a monster, but he has a kind and delicate heart. The captain of the guard looks bright on the outside, but he is sentimental and has a dark heart. Perhaps if the appearance of the two is reversed, their personalities will also change. After all, an ugly person will be satisfied with a little kindness from others, because he never has it. Good-looking people often get the love of others and don't take other people's good looks seriously. The biggest feeling is the simplest truth "you can't judge a book by its appearance". The heroine is a perfect character, beautiful in appearance and kind in heart. She is Hugo's ideal portrayal of life. As for the deputy leader, he is not a completely bad person. If he could have a more rational attitude, he might be a good person. After all, he studies hard and cares about his brothers. It's not that he can't be considerate.

The gypsy girl Esmeralda is synonymous with beauty, while the appearance of the bell ringer is ugly. This strong contrast and conflict between beauty and ugliness causes strong sensory stimulation. The bell-ringer Quasimodo seems to have no advantage among many suitors, but his love is the most sincere and greatest. His ugly appearance hides a kind and loyal heart, but his passionate love can only be interpreted through almost crazy actions in the end. This story made me understand that beauty and ugliness cannot be distinguished by the eyes, but love and hate must be felt with the heart.

I remember Victor Hugo said something in Les Misérables, which roughly means that a girl is like a vine in spring. She only knows how to sprout branches and climb upwards, but she does not know whether she is clinging to marble or a rotten branch. Esmeralda is the girl who clings to a rotten branch. I have a certain sympathy for her. God may have forgotten to give her wisdom when he gave her beauty, or she may have discarded wisdom during her growth. But what cannot be ignored is still the social structure, religion, royal power, the nobility rules the poor, and the fish on the chopping board can only be slaughtered by others. This is the fault of the times. As for Phoebus, he is reluctant to comment. This may still be the epitome of some people today. As for Quasimodo, this world may be too cruel to him. If Esmeralda does not die, he may not even have the chance to be with her body. As for Claude, I just want to say to him, he should not continue to suffer the consequences. If you don't get it, you will destroy it. In the end, the destruction will not be complete, and you will be caught up in it. You will never be a husband. Claude, be a broad-minded person in your next life.

We are all complaining about Quasimodo, and we are all talking about Esmeralda's injustice to the bell ringer, but please think about it carefully and think about yourself, how are our actions different from Esmeralda's when we treat people who are extremely ugly? In life, can we accept and get close to people like Quasimodo regardless of appearance? May the world be kind to every bell ringer, and may the world be kind to every Quasimodo.

Besides, it is also a touching thing that such an ugly man went to protect such an unfortunate person, and that Quasimodo rescued a girl who was sentenced to death. This is two extremely unfortunate people in nature and human society contacting each other and helping each other.

Hugo's work is like an evergreen tree in the literary world. No matter how long it takes, there will be a steady stream of readers reading and understanding it. In his writings, he has a more comprehensive and in-depth discussion of the definition of beauty. Is beautiful appearance necessarily the whole meaning of beauty? The ugly bell ringer has a kind soul, but the handsome archdeacon is the incarnation of the devil... In this book, beauty and ugliness are compared to the extreme. Through the different images of different characters, you can feel the deeper meaning. The strong tension of this book is thought-provoking, and it implies Hugo's own philanthropic thoughts and humanitarian spirit. This pinnacle of romance is an excellent work worth reading again and again!

The good and beauty, ugliness and evil in the world do not come from the appearance, but from the heart, and will eventually have different endings. A classic is a classic.

According to school regulations

Just because someone is ugly on the outside does not mean they are ugly on the inside. Human beings are really shameless types.

By describing the story of a pure and innocent Bohemian girl who was brutally persecuted, this book reveals the insidiousness and despicability of the priests, the barbaric cruelty of the religious court, the shameless debauchery of the nobles and the tyranny and cruelty of the king. This work clearly reflects the anti-feudal and anti-church consciousness and praises the people. It artistically reproduces the historical reality of the reign of French King Louis XI more than 400 years ago, how the palace and the church colluded to oppress the people, and how the people fought heroically against the two forces. The novel has a strong romantic color and uses contrasting writing techniques. It is an artistic example of applying the contrast principle of romanticism.

"Notre Dame de Paris" staged tragedies one after another. Quasimodo's loyal protector, his silent guardianship of his lover, his sadness when he watched her die, and his indestructible love that finally followed his lover away were all vividly described; the selfish character of Archdeacon Claude and his twisted love that would destroy her if he didn't get it formed a clear irony with his erudition, and he eventually fell into the abyss of death.

The Four Great Classics are good, but occasionally I can feel the flavor of foreign masterpieces.

A masterpiece is a masterpiece, an eternal classic

Many people say that Esmeralda is a member of the Appearance Association, but I think she will fall in love with Flubis more because Flubis saved him. Esmeralda is a beauty who wanders alone and is always wary of the outside world. It can be seen that she does not have much sense of security. A good-looking, decent person who can give people a sense of security has completely fallen for this silly girl who is so innocent that she is almost stupid.

Quasimodo, kindness is only given to one person, Esmeralda. Apart from that, he is vicious and even cruel to everyone. In order to protect the beggar who he thought was coming to rob but actually rescued Esmeralda, he killed people with no mercy and cruel methods, and even eventually killed his adoptive father, his savior, the archdeacon. There is only love in his heart, no family affection. From his initial gratitude to his crazy love for Esmeralda, this feeling has dominated everything. This is a man with both physical and mental disabilities. His thinking is chaotic and simple. It can also be said that his thinking is not fully developed. Most people will disagree with such comments. The inherent argument is to evaluate this character positively. Esmeralda's extreme beauty is accompanied by a tragic life. While lamenting, she also laments the helplessness of her own personality. Her tragedy began when she fell in love with the beautiful and dissolute Phoebus. Her love for Phoebus made her abandon her faith, family affection, and loyalty, and even became desperate and lost her mind. Her love came from her own imagination and lack of experience in the world. It was completely mirrored and castles in the air. In order to get what she calls love, she doesn't need any commitment and is willing to take off her clothes and even say, "What is a mother?" She was already close to escaping from the rat hole where her mother saved her for training, but when she heard the voice of the prince in her heart, she desperately called out Phoebus's name, thereby ruining her life and that of her mother. What can one say about such an ending? It would be unkind to say that the blame lies with oneself, but it is really deplorable. The Archdeacon is another character besides Phoebus who makes the heroine's life tragic. His jealousy and impulsiveness assassinate Phoebus, making the heroine identified as the murderer, and she begins a tragic life. Otherwise, even if she loses her virginity and becomes a prostitute like her mother, or wanders as before, there will be no tragic ending. The archdeacon truly loves the heroine, and Phoebus plays with the heroine, but he does not have the courage to express his love publicly, and keeps it in his heart, and does not allow others to touch his goddess, and even kills people. But when the heroine faces hanging for this, he cowardly escapes, his love is selfish, he is twisted, and he destroys when he can't get it, which leads him to great evil, writes a disgusting life, and leads to his painful and deserved ending. A talented and knowledgeable person may have a great chance of successfully completing a wonderful life if he had not met the heroine. Personally, I think this book is far inferior to his "Les Miserables".

Foreign literature is really shocking. All I can say is that it's really fun to play in foreign countries. My favorite character in the whole book is Gringoire, the only sane person and the only normal person. Others are either perverts or love brains. As for Esmeralda, loving beauty is definitely not a crime, but nothing can compare to life and death... It is really impulsive to call out the name of the person you admire in a crisis. It can be said that her mother was killed by her. I don't think kindness is an advantage for the heroine, it's just an accessory that's icing on the cake. Of course, the stupidity of the love brain was the biggest reason that killed him. This book is indeed well written, and it deserves to be a masterpiece! The plots are all intertwined. I'm glad I can still read this kind of book! Compared to other novels, this is still much more meaningful (ﾟωﾟ)

ANAFKH Destiny. Everything starts from here, is built around here, and ends here.

It is a tragedy after all. There are so many people who like Esmeralda, but she deeply loves a man who is superficial.

When reading foreign novels, I always feel that I need to understand their background and history first. It would be much better if I watch the synchronized movie first and then read the book. The more bullied the person, the uglier they become, a little warmth and light will bring glory to their entire life.

It's not that I'm angry with this work, but I'm a little angry with the ending of this work. A talented person like Claude actually died. Although he repeatedly assassinated the Bohemian girl, although he couldn't restrain his love and hate for the Bohemian girl, couldn't the Bohemian girl La Esmeralda bear some responsibility?

Quasimodo: Don't look at the face, girl, look at the heart. The hearts of handsome men are often ugly, and some people have no love in their hearts.

The sad heroine was blinded by love, lost the ability to distinguish between kindness and hypocrisy, lost the opportunity for happiness, and also lost a beautiful life.

Because it is too classic, I really dare not comment easily.

It's very exciting, looking at the thrilling parts in the book. My heart was also hung up, and I was also concerned about the emotions of the characters. The book described Notre Dame de Paris and other buildings so carefully that I could completely imagine it. If I could draw, I could even draw it! It is truly an immortal and extraordinary book! ! !

An ugly person, but his soul is beautiful! A person who is ugly in appearance will be the same in his heart if he does not wear a watch.

"The Hunchback of Notre Dame" is a novel by the French literary giant Victor Hugo. It goes without saying that it is well-known. It has been almost 200 years since it was published in 1831. It has been published countless times around the world, with enthusiastic response and far-reaching influence. It has been adapted into movies, plays, etc. Many times. In his article, "Ugliness is next to beauty, deformity is next to beauty, ugliness is hidden behind sublimity, beauty and ugliness coexist, light and darkness coexist." This sentence is very classic. The characters are like buildings, embodying their own connotations and images, and the opposition between beauty and ugliness.

The first feeling I felt after reading it was pain. Perhaps this is also a synonym for "thought-provoking"! I think if Esmedala had been stronger and had an attitude of preferring death to surrender, maybe the ending would have been better. After reading it, I felt that it was still unfinished, and I wanted to analyze it in detail, but my eyes couldn't bear it 😂······ Tomato: Is this Hugo's original version without any cuts?