quasimodo
Noun
Meaning
The first Sunday after Easter; Low Sunday.
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Phrases with the word
Examples
To a gargoyle on the ramparts of Notre Dame as Esmeralda rides off with Gringoire Quasimodo says. "Why was I not made of stone like thee?
The women laughed and wept; the crowd stamped their feet enthusiastically, for at that moment Quasimodo was really beautiful. He was handsome - this orphan, this foundling, this outcast.
It's hard to look in charge when you're hunched over like Quasimodo.
My misfortune is that I still resemble a man too much. I should liked to be wholly a beast like that goat. - Quasimodo.
A popular focus of the citizens' attentions, she experiences their changeable attitudes, being first adored as an entertainer, then hated as a witch, before being lauded again for her dramatic rescue by Quasimodo.
Although Esmeralda does not love him, and in fact believes him a coward rather than a true man — unlike Phoebus, he failed in his attempt to rescue her from Quasimodo — she takes pity on his plight and marries him.