Through a series of tales of love, the novel, by Victor Hugo reveals a tragic story of medieval Paris. The deformed Quasimodo, befriended by the archdeacon of Notre Dame, Frollo, falls in love with a gypsy dancer, Esmeralda, who in turn is enamored of the aristocratic soldier, Phoebus, who once saved her life. Frollo, also blinded by his lust of the dancer, stabs Phoebus when the two lovers meet and allowing Esmeralda to take the blame. Esmeralda, accused of murder is destined for a public hanging, but she is saved by Quasimodo, who carries her into the sanctuary of the cathedral. There, he manages to fight off the mob of Paris who were demanding her death. Frollo, however, betrayed her to the crowd and she is hanged. In revenge, Quasimodo