How we cite our quotes: (Book.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
He was, in truth, bad because he was wild; he was wild because he was ugly. (IV.III.10)
Wait, what about all those lessons you were taught as a child about beauty being internal? Isn't Quasimodo supposed to be one of those stock characters who are ugly but misunderstood? Well, Victor Hugo is not going to make it that easy for us. Being despised all of one's life tends to make people kind of mean. What we have here is a vicious cycle: because Quasimodo is ugly, he becomes bad; then his ugliness becomes a reflection of his badness.
Quote #5
She opened her eyes, looked at Quasimodo, and instantly closed them again, as if horror-stricken at the sight of her deliverer. (VIII.VI.103)
Man, wasn't it easier when Phœbus was the one doing the saving? But alas, Esmeralda can't have her cake and eat it, too. While earlier in the novel it was easy for her to match up good looks and noble behavior, now she's going to need to shift some paradigms. Will she be able to?
Quote #6
"When I compare myself with you, I cannot help pitying myself, poor unhappy monster that I am! I must look like a beast to you. You, you are a sunbeam, a drop of dew, a bird's song! I am something frightful, neither man nor animal, something harder, more shapeless, and more trampled upon than a pebble." (IX.III.9)
Contrast! Juxtaposition! Step right up and see the ugliest person alive with the most beautiful person alive! By using the extremes of the spectrum, we get to really see just how much emphasis society places on beauty and ugliness. Coincidentally, these two characters were switched at birth—remember the story of Paquette la Chantefleurie?