Therefore, strong contrast has become another writing feature of Notre Dame de Paris. Hugo created more than a simple "ugliness". He endowed quasimodo with a kind of "beauty", an implicit inner beauty. Quasimodo looks ugly, but his heart is noble. He bravely rescued Esmeralda from the clutches of the feudal church and saved the girl's life by taking refuge in the temple. At Notre Dame, quasimodo took good care of Esmeralda. This selfless dedication is in sharp contrast with the inflated selfish desires of the vice bishop. In contrast, Hugo makes the two diametrically opposite characters of the hero more prominent, which arouses readers' strong * * *. At the same time, this kind of "duplicity" defect also reflects the disadvantages of the society at that time-quasimodo's "beauty" was not recognized at all, or even recognized. No wonder quasimodo shouted in despair in the bell tower, "God hates it! People should only look good! "
Speaking of defects, I think The Beauty of Imperfection is a success of Hugo's Notre Dame de Paris. Hugo's quasimodo is by no means a perfect figure: quasimodo was adopted by Claude, the vice bishop. For quasimodo, Claude is his "second biological parents", and he is obedient to him. However, why did quasimodo have a little "rebellious" heart towards the vice bishop on the issue of Esmeralda? -The archbishop will kill Esmeralda if he doesn't get it, but quasimodo will defend her to the death. Is it because quasimodo also realized Claude's dirty heart and the darkness of feudal church forces? I think, for quasimodo, I'm afraid it's a bit "reluctant". He did it only because he loved Esmeralda. Although it is a kind of unrequited love with the spirit of self-sacrifice, it is selfish to some extent. Otherwise, there would be no fighting between quasimodo and Notre Dame vagrants and beggars. In this regard, I understand that some people say that this is a failure of Hugo in shaping quasimodo. But I think quasimodo is real only because of his "defect"-he is not a god, but a human being, an ordinary person.
Finally, the dramatic scene is one of the reasons why Notre Dame attracted me. Quasimodo put on the garland of "Ugly King" in the laughter of everyone; He vowed to protect Esmeralda, but he was also Claude's accomplice; He just watched his beloved girl marry the gallows in the bell tower, but he had to smash his "second-born parents" into pieces again ... As a romantic work, the drama scene not only gave us a gripping shock, but also showed the contradictions and conflicts between the characters and their own hearts to the fullest. The scene is vivid, and I seem to be there.
Exaggerated description, strong contrast, the successful shaping of "imperfect beauty" and dramatic scenes make Hugo's Notre Dame de Paris a model of romantic works. She is a typical beauty created by Hugo under the control of his artistic ideals of "beauty" and "ugliness". We don't need to describe how beautiful La Ais Mekdara is here. Our abstinence-only vice bishop has had such crazy feelings for her for many years, which is enough to show her beauty, not to mention that Sanctuary regards her as the love of the Virgin.
Esmeralda, she is so kind-at the critical moment when the poet Glenn Guwa was about to be hanged by the beggar kingdom, she did not hesitate to save the poet by marrying him. When quasimodo was arrested by the Royal Guard for failing to rob and tied to a monument in the scorching sun, he longed for onlookers to give him some water to drink, but no one paid attention. On the verge of fainting, what he didn't expect was that it was this angelic Esmeralda who bravely gave him water to drink in full view.