How we cite our quotes: (Book.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
The priest, for his part, with outstretched neck and eyes staring from his head, contemplated the terrifying couple—the man and the young girl, the spider and the fly. (XI.II.17)
And here we return to our original metaphor for fate, introduced a few hundred pages earlier. This image is the key to our understanding of fate in the novel: Frollo can put all his devious machinations into place, but fate still needs to drive Esmeralda into his web. So the fact that all of his crazy plans work shows, in Frollo's mind, that fate is really behind it all. Are you convinced?