Quasimodo is mocked for his crowning as "King of Fools",He protects Esmeralda regardless but is also a accomplice of Claude.He watches his love Esmeralda being hang to death,and then murders the cheif culprit,Claude,who adopts him and raises him.
As a romantic novel,the dramatic scenes shock us,and present throughoutly the inner conflicts between characters and within their hearts.