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The introduction of the author:Victor Hugo (born May 22, 1885 and died on February 26, 1802 ) is a poet, novelist, and dramatist and is the representative of Fr ench romantic writers.When Hugo was 9 years old, he began to write poetry. When he was 15 years old, the joy of learning written by him won the Fre nch Academy Award degree. At the age of 20, he published book s of poetry, Songs and Carols. In 1827, Victor Hugo published th e script Cromwell. Although the script failed to perform, but it w as considered as a landmark document into literary history and h ad an effect on French romanticism preamble. 1830, Hugo’s scri pt Hernani was put on in Grand Theater. From then on, romantic established a dominant position in French literary circles. In Jul y 1830, France had "July Revolution". Hugo warmly praised the revolution and wrote poems mourning those who died in the rev olution. In 1831 Victor Hugo wrote Notre-Dame de Paris, one of the most romantic novels. However, Hugo became a republican. And then he suffered persecution and lived abroad. During this period of time, he wrote les Contemplations, les Miserables and L’Homme qui Rit. It was not until 1870 that Victor Hugo went b ack to Paris. In 1885, he died in Paris. In order to memorize him , he was laid to rest in le Pantheon.Though he is regarded in France as one of that country’s greatest poets, he is famous for such novels as Notre-Dame de Paris (18 31) and Les Miserables (1862). He is the leader of 19th century romantic literature movement, a representative of humanitarian and is also called as “Shakespeare of France”.The main content of this book:《Notre-Dame de Paris》was written in 1831. The story begins during the Renaissance in 1482, the day of the Festival of Fools in Paris. All the people were immerged in the celebration of Apri l Fools day. Esmeralda, a beautiful 16-year-old gypsy with a kin d and generous heart, captured the hearts of many men but espec ially Quasimodo’s adopted father, Dom Claude Frollo the archde acon. Frollo is torn between his lust and the rules of the church. At last, he couldn’t resist his lust, so he ordered Quasimodo to g et her. However, Esmeralda was rescued by Phoebus de Chateau pers who was a captain of the archers of the King’s troop. And Q uasimodo was caught and whipped and ordered to be tied down in the heat. When Esmeralda knew he was thirsty, she offered hi m water without hesitance, which in turn made Quasimodo fall i n love with her.While Esmeralda had fallen in love with Phoebus since he rescu ed her, which made Frollo feel very angry. So he stabbed Phoebus at one of the appointments of them. Consequently Esmeralda was accused of the murder and was sentenced to be hanged. It w as Quasimodo who saved her by bringing her to the cathedral un der the law of sanctuary. Frollo rallied the truands to charge the cathedral. The King, seeing the riot, vetoed the law of sanctuary and commanded his troops to take Esmeralda out and kill her. W hen Quasimodo saw the truands, he assumed they were to hurt E smeralda, so he tried his best to drive them off. However, Frollo handed her out to the troops and watched happily while she was hanged. When Quasimodo recognized what his adopted father h ad done, he was furious and pushed him down from Notre Dame de Paris. He then disappeared. It was almost 2 years later, peopl e found his skeletons clasp Esmeralda’s tightly. Personal comments:This novel gives us a very clear comparison of beauty and uglin ess. The main characters leave a deep impression on readers. Esmeralda was beautiful, not only because she had a petty appe arance but also because she had a very kind heart and a pure vie w on love. When Gringoire was sentence to be hanged for comi ng into the Court of Miracles by a mistake, it is Esmeralda who r escued him bymarring to him in law. However, when Gringoire fell in love with her and wanted to become her real husband, she rejected him a nd said what she could love was a man who was able to protect her firmly. When Quasimodo who did harm to her and was order ed to be tied down in the heat, was thirty, Esmeralda gave him w ater without hesitance. When Frollo took every despicable meas ure to make Esmeralda satisfy his lust, she rejected firmly in con dition of losing her life. She had already devoted herself to Phoe bus; no matter he loved her truly or not. What she believed is tha t once she loved, she would be devotedly attached to his lover in regardless of the result.Quasimodo was beautiful, although he had a severely ugly appe arance, physically deformed with a hunchback, a huge wart cove red his right eye, a limp and deaf, yet his inner world was pure. He owned the characteristic of gratefulness, kindness and justice . He knew love didn’t means occupying but offering and sacrific e. He knew that he was too ugly to captures the girl’s heart. So h e was silently in love with Esmeralda. His love was so deep and pure, and he was only offering without asking for return. When he recognized his foster-father was the man who led to the death of Esmeralda, he pushed down from Notre Dame de Paris. And he, himself went to the tomb of Esmeralda, clasping her dead bo dy tightly, and dead. Quasimodo, a representative of beauty of humanity and love, motivate readers deeply.Phoebus was ugly. Although he had a handsome appearance, hig h social state and money, his inner word was full of lust and he was vain and shameless that he was always ready to speak foul words, proud to be a womanizer. Although he had already been engaged with Fleur-de-Lys, he flirted with Esmeralda. He was a hypocrite. What he cared most were only his social state, his po wer and himself. Of course he should have stood out to prove Es meralda’s innocent, however, he didn’t do it for fear of his fame and future. How obscene he was!How about Frollo? He was a pretentious man under the shelter o f religion. He was actually an evil. We cannot deny that he loved Esmeralda, but his love was just to have the girl all to himself a nd to satisfy his lust unscrupulously. He loved with madness, inf atuation, agony. In order to get Esmeralda, Frollo took every des picable measure even using a threat of the girl’s life. He is sever ely terrible and obscene. Under the shelter of religion, what we c an see is an unsettled soul filled with lust and craze. We cannot d eny that Frollo loved Esmeralda even if let him give up his faith in GOD in his whole life. However, his dark inner world made t his love too crazy and terrible. If he could not get what he wante d, he would destroy it immediately.This novel implies that true love does not just mean occupying b ut giving. In some degree, love is more of sacrifice.Perhaps the entire story is rich in tragic color. And the plot int ense is moving and exciting. This novel implies that the lower-le vel people's weak strength under the King’s power only can be r educed to ashes. Region is just a lie to people. It is the tool of th e Kingdom not the heaven of the poor.In summary, the comparison of beauty and ugliness in this novel has a great effect on readers from generation to generation! Beautiful sentences宽宏大量，是唯一能够照亮伟大灵魂的光芒。