‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame’ – Quasimodo’s Public Humiliation
Oof, this scene is hard to watch. Lovable recluse Quasimodo from “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” gets the courage to go to the Festival of Fools. It works out – temporarily. The crowd goes from cheering for him to mocking him in a split second. He then becomes a laughing stock as they tie him up and pelt him with tomatoes. It’s how joy turns to humiliation and helplessness so quickly that make this scene so devastating.