Quasimodo as depicted in the original Novel by Victor Hugo

Quasimodo is a main character from the 1831 novel, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, by French author Victor Hugo. Many French editions have changed the title to "Notre Dame de Paris". Salvatore Quasimodo (August 20, 1901 - June 14, 1968) was an Italian author. ... Quasimodo is a student newspaper published by the Fremantle Student Association at the University of Notre Dame Australia. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Madlib. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1456x2109, 173 KB) The illustration before page 77 in book 1 of the 1889 edition of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1456x2109, 173 KB) The illustration before page 77 in book 1 of the 1889 edition of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. ... Leopold I 1831 (MDCCCXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... A novel (from French nouvelle Italian novella, new) is an extended, generally fictional narrative, typically in prose. ... The Hunchback of Notre Dame, or Notre-Dame of Paris (in French, Notre-Dame de Paris) is a novel first published on January 14, 1831 by the prolific French author Victor Hugo. ... Victor-Marie Hugo (pronounced in French) (26 February 1802 — 22 May 1885) was a French poet, novelist, playwright, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights campaigner, and perhaps the most influential exponent of the Romantic movement in France. ...

Character

This character was born with extreme physical deformities, which Hugo describes as a huge wart that covers his right eye, a tetrahedron nose, a horse shoe-shaped mouth with crooked teeth and one sticking out like the tusk of an elephant, bushy red hair, and his infamous hump. Quasimodo is found abandoned on the doorsteps of Notre Dame on a Quasimodo Sunday, the first Sunday after Easter, by the archdeacon Claude Frollo, who adopts the baby and brings him up to be the bell-ringer of the cathedral. Due to the loud ringing of the bells, Quasimodo also becomes deaf. Kyphosis (Greek - kyphos, a hump), in general terms, is a curvature of the upper spine. ... Notre Dame de Paris: Western Façade For other uses, see Notre Dame. ... The Octave of Easter, formerly know as Low Sunday (also known as , or Quasimodo Sunday) is the first Sunday after Easter. ... For the Major League Baseball player, see Maurice Archdeacon. ... Archdeacon Claude Frollo, holding a baby Quasimodo. ... This article discusses the way the word deaf is used and how deafness is perceived by hearing and Deaf communities. ...

Looked upon by the general populace of Paris as a monster, Quasimodo later falls in love with the beautiful gypsy girl Esmeralda and rescues her when she is entangled in a murder. His heroic and selfless actions against the many dark plots behind Esmeralda's fate - especially perpetuated by Frollo, whose passion for Esmeralda comes close to madness - created one of Hugo's most acclaimed masterpieces. It has been suggested that List of visitor attractions in Paris be merged into this article or section. ... Languages Romani, languages of native region Religions Christianity, Islam Related ethnic groups South Asians (Desi) The Roma (singular Rom; sometimes Rroma, Rrom) or Romanies are an ethnic group living in many communities all over the world. ... Illustration of Esmeralda from Victor Hugo and His Time. 1882. ...

Quasimodo's name can be considered a pun. Frollo finds him on the cathedral's doorsteps on Quasimodo Sunday and names him after the holiday; the Latin quasimodo means "almost like" — possibly Hugo intended to play on a visceral reaction from some readers that the hunchback was only almost like a human being. A pun (also known as paronomasia) is a figure of speech, or word play which consists of a deliberate confusion of similar words within a phrase or phrases for rhetorical effect, whether humorous or serious. ... The Octave of Easter, sometimes know as Low Sunday (also known as , or Quasimodo Sunday) is the first Sunday after Easter. ... Latin was the language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ...

In the novel, Quasimodo is an outcast, yet at the same time he also symbolizes true, selfless love under a monstrous exterior. In one scene of the novel, he symbolically shows Esmeralda the difference between himself and the handsome, yet superficial Captain Phoebus with whom the girl is infatuated. He places two vases in her room: one is a beautiful crystal vase, yet filled with dry, withered flowers; the other a humble pot, yet filled with beautiful, fragrant flowers. Esmeralda takes the withered flowers from the crystal vase and presses them passionately on her heart.[1] Captain Phoebus is a fictional character from The Hunchback of Notre Dame. ...

Adaptations

Many film adaptations of The Hunchback of Notre Dame have been made, which take various degrees of liberty with the novel. In the 1996 Disney animation, for example, Quasimodo is neither one-eyed nor deaf, and is capable of fluent speech. Among the actors who have played him over the years are: “Moving picture” redirects here. ... The Hunchback of Notre Dame, or Notre-Dame of Paris (in French, Notre-Dame de Paris) is a novel first published on January 14, 1831 by the prolific French author Victor Hugo. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... This article contains a trivia section. ...

• Lon Chaney, Sr., in the 1923 silent film The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
• Charles Laughton, in the 1939 film The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
• Anthony Quinn, in the 1956 film The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
• Anthony Hopkins, in the 1982 film The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
• Tom Hulce, voice actor for Quasimodo in the 1996 Disney animation The Hunchback of Notre Dame and its sequel.
• Garou, played the part of Quasimodo on-stage French version of Notre Dame de Paris in the late 1990s.