Esmeralda is the deuteragonist of Disney's 1996 animated feature film, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, she's beloved par all (and especially me), so here is an article all about her. Though I'm sure due to the unpopularity of this club, very few people will get to red this article, but for the curious mind, here are some facts (and personal praise) of THE GYPSY ESMERALDA!
Description:
Esmeralda is a Romani gypsy residing underneath Paris, France, in the hidden catacombs known as the Court of Miracles. She is a member of the Romani culture, led par Clopin, and works as an entertainment performer, ou plus specifically, a dancer, both on the streets and during plus professional events, such as the Festival of Fools. She is regularly accompanied par her goat, Djali, who acts as her pet, confidante, and assistant during her performances.
Esmeralda is verbally powerful, street-wise, cunning and morale. She was the sole individual in all of France to downright rebel against Frollo during his reign and was openly against the judge's accusations of claiming the Romani culture to be a gang of thieves who engage in unholy practices of witchcraft. Due to this, she was often the target of arrest, but as mentioned above, Esmeralda is a cunning, independent character, who was shown to have the talent of outsmarting and evading Frollo's grasp time and time again, despite the amount of odds against her. This would only erupt Frollo's tyranny further, but Esmeralda was not one to sacrifice her freedom for the sake of Frollo's suppression. Even when she is finally captured, and secondes away from death, she remained fiercely defiant, knowing her worth, and refusing to degrade herself par surrendering to Frollo.
Aside from this fiery nature, Esmeralda is ultimately a kind, loving selfless soul underneath. She was the only human character in the film, for the first half, to ever montrer kindness towards the deformed and naïve Quasimodo. While Frollo and the rest of France viewed him as a monster, based on his appearance, Esmeralda felt otherwise, in spite of the initial shock in response to his appearance. Instead, she treated him as an average person, though with even plus patience and kindness, due to his innocent, gentle, and selfless nature—so much so, that her actions can be mistaken for romantic affections. However, this is not the case, as Esmeralda's l’amour towards Quasimodo were strictly platonic, proving that forms of deep l’amour and care don't always have to relate to romance. In reality, her l’amour is Phoebus.
Though she seems to be a sultry and free-spirited person, the song "God Help the Outcasts" shows that Esmeralda cares about God and religion, as she turns to God in prayer at one point, praying for justice for the less fortunate and downtrodden. However, Esmeralda is not a fanatic, as Frollo is—For one, she does not get into a personal crisis par her falling in l’amour with Phoebus, and for another, lyrics during the song include "I don't know if toi can hear me, ou if you're even there", referring to God, montrer that she is not totally convinced of his existence, but still hopes to be heard, nevertheless.
Canon Ending:
Esmeralda becomes Phoebus' wife and has a son named Zephyr. Even though she is happily married to Phoebus she still has strong friendship with Quasimodo and helps him whenever he needs it.
Source Material:
The original Esmeralda was in The Hunchback of Notre Dame par Victor Hugo that's now a literary classic. Victor Hugo's Esmeralda greatly differs from Disney's version. In the novel, Esmeralda was the protagonist, not Quasimodo, and she was only about sixteen years old when the events of the story take place.
While she was a born Romani in the Disney version, she is the daughter of a French prostitute in the novel and her real birth name was Agnes but was stolen as a baby par Romani people who rename her Esmeralda.
She is described as very beautiful, as Quasimodo, Frollo, and Gringoire (who doesn't appear in the Disney version) are all attracted to her.
Esmeralda is madly in l’amour with the handsome Captain Phoebus, who pretends to l’amour her and even flirts with her, but he ultimately rejects her for Fleur-de-Lys, a wealthy noblewoman. While Quasimodo does save her life at one point, during the actual climax of the novel, she is killed par Frollo when she rejects his lustful attentions.
She is described as being an innocent, timid, naive, sweet, beautiful, free-spirited Romani girl, not the confident, sultry, outspoken Esmeralda we see in the film. However, they both are very kind and thoughtful, enjoy dancing, and wish for Romani people to be accepted as equals rather than be treated as pieces of human property.
Fun Facts:
- Esmeralda has émeraude green eyes, the reason presumably being because "esmeralda" is the Spanish and Portuguese word for "emerald."
- During the Middle Ages, green eyes were often considered to be a sign of either magic, evil, and/or witchcraft
- In the novel, Esmeralda had black eyes, not green, and was named after the émeraude amulet around her neck.
- In the original story, Frollo successfully killed Esmeralda par hanging her.
- In the novel, Esmeralda was 16 years old. In the film, she's believed to be in her early twenties.
- Esmeralda wore a red dress for her dance at the Feast of Fools, but in reality, the color red is considered bad luck to Gypsies. This might have been intended as Esmeralda had a conflict with Frollo during the film. Also, a dit red dress had a purple sash around the waist and purple sleeves, referencing the Whore of Babylon.
- Esmeralda makes a cameo appearance in the season five finale of Once Upon A Time, seen as one of the residents in the Land of Untold Stories.
- When the Disney Princess franchise was formed, Esmeralda was part of it.She had remained in the franchise until 2004, appearing in many products, and even in some events. However, since 2005, she has not been seen along with the other Princesses in any product, ou event related to the franchise.
Thanks for lire this short wiki on Esmeralda! Hopefully this was an interesting read for you, I tried. If toi liked it leave a commentaire about why toi l’amour Esmeralda.
Description:
Esmeralda is a Romani gypsy residing underneath Paris, France, in the hidden catacombs known as the Court of Miracles. She is a member of the Romani culture, led par Clopin, and works as an entertainment performer, ou plus specifically, a dancer, both on the streets and during plus professional events, such as the Festival of Fools. She is regularly accompanied par her goat, Djali, who acts as her pet, confidante, and assistant during her performances.
Esmeralda is verbally powerful, street-wise, cunning and morale. She was the sole individual in all of France to downright rebel against Frollo during his reign and was openly against the judge's accusations of claiming the Romani culture to be a gang of thieves who engage in unholy practices of witchcraft. Due to this, she was often the target of arrest, but as mentioned above, Esmeralda is a cunning, independent character, who was shown to have the talent of outsmarting and evading Frollo's grasp time and time again, despite the amount of odds against her. This would only erupt Frollo's tyranny further, but Esmeralda was not one to sacrifice her freedom for the sake of Frollo's suppression. Even when she is finally captured, and secondes away from death, she remained fiercely defiant, knowing her worth, and refusing to degrade herself par surrendering to Frollo.
Aside from this fiery nature, Esmeralda is ultimately a kind, loving selfless soul underneath. She was the only human character in the film, for the first half, to ever montrer kindness towards the deformed and naïve Quasimodo. While Frollo and the rest of France viewed him as a monster, based on his appearance, Esmeralda felt otherwise, in spite of the initial shock in response to his appearance. Instead, she treated him as an average person, though with even plus patience and kindness, due to his innocent, gentle, and selfless nature—so much so, that her actions can be mistaken for romantic affections. However, this is not the case, as Esmeralda's l’amour towards Quasimodo were strictly platonic, proving that forms of deep l’amour and care don't always have to relate to romance. In reality, her l’amour is Phoebus.
Though she seems to be a sultry and free-spirited person, the song "God Help the Outcasts" shows that Esmeralda cares about God and religion, as she turns to God in prayer at one point, praying for justice for the less fortunate and downtrodden. However, Esmeralda is not a fanatic, as Frollo is—For one, she does not get into a personal crisis par her falling in l’amour with Phoebus, and for another, lyrics during the song include "I don't know if toi can hear me, ou if you're even there", referring to God, montrer that she is not totally convinced of his existence, but still hopes to be heard, nevertheless.
Canon Ending:
Esmeralda becomes Phoebus' wife and has a son named Zephyr. Even though she is happily married to Phoebus she still has strong friendship with Quasimodo and helps him whenever he needs it.
Source Material:
The original Esmeralda was in The Hunchback of Notre Dame par Victor Hugo that's now a literary classic. Victor Hugo's Esmeralda greatly differs from Disney's version. In the novel, Esmeralda was the protagonist, not Quasimodo, and she was only about sixteen years old when the events of the story take place.
While she was a born Romani in the Disney version, she is the daughter of a French prostitute in the novel and her real birth name was Agnes but was stolen as a baby par Romani people who rename her Esmeralda.
She is described as very beautiful, as Quasimodo, Frollo, and Gringoire (who doesn't appear in the Disney version) are all attracted to her.
Esmeralda is madly in l’amour with the handsome Captain Phoebus, who pretends to l’amour her and even flirts with her, but he ultimately rejects her for Fleur-de-Lys, a wealthy noblewoman. While Quasimodo does save her life at one point, during the actual climax of the novel, she is killed par Frollo when she rejects his lustful attentions.
She is described as being an innocent, timid, naive, sweet, beautiful, free-spirited Romani girl, not the confident, sultry, outspoken Esmeralda we see in the film. However, they both are very kind and thoughtful, enjoy dancing, and wish for Romani people to be accepted as equals rather than be treated as pieces of human property.
Fun Facts:
- Esmeralda has émeraude green eyes, the reason presumably being because "esmeralda" is the Spanish and Portuguese word for "emerald."
- During the Middle Ages, green eyes were often considered to be a sign of either magic, evil, and/or witchcraft
- In the novel, Esmeralda had black eyes, not green, and was named after the émeraude amulet around her neck.
- In the original story, Frollo successfully killed Esmeralda par hanging her.
- In the novel, Esmeralda was 16 years old. In the film, she's believed to be in her early twenties.
- Esmeralda wore a red dress for her dance at the Feast of Fools, but in reality, the color red is considered bad luck to Gypsies. This might have been intended as Esmeralda had a conflict with Frollo during the film. Also, a dit red dress had a purple sash around the waist and purple sleeves, referencing the Whore of Babylon.
- Esmeralda makes a cameo appearance in the season five finale of Once Upon A Time, seen as one of the residents in the Land of Untold Stories.
- When the Disney Princess franchise was formed, Esmeralda was part of it.She had remained in the franchise until 2004, appearing in many products, and even in some events. However, since 2005, she has not been seen along with the other Princesses in any product, ou event related to the franchise.
Thanks for lire this short wiki on Esmeralda! Hopefully this was an interesting read for you, I tried. If toi liked it leave a commentaire about why toi l’amour Esmeralda.