The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, Book 4, Chapter 6 summary
Book 4, Chapter 6 of 60 · 2 min to read the chapter
In Chapter 6, Claude Frollo and Quasimodo walk through the streets around Notre-Dame while neighbors mock, insult, and sometimes physically harass them. The chapter shows their shared unpopularity, but also their separate barriers to the abuse: Quasimodo cannot hear it, and Claude remains absorbed in thought.
What happens
- Claude Frollo and Quasimodo regularly attract jeers as they walk through the cathedral neighborhood, with the servant following his master.
- On rare occasions, Claude raises his head, and his imposing appearance astonishes the mocking crowd.
- Children, a young girl, old women, and schoolboys target the pair with pins, songs, curses, and Latin taunts.
- The insults usually escape both men because Quasimodo is deaf and Claude is absorbed in thought.
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What to notice
The closing sentence explains why the abuse usually receives no response. Its description of the remarks as kind sharply contrasts with the crowd's cruelty.
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Why does Claude usually fail to notice the insults?
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