Claude Frollo

Claude Frollo is a complex character from Victor Hugo’s novel "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame." He is a highly educated and intelligent archdeacon of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, known for his strict sense of duty and deep religious convictions. However, his character is marked by internal conflict, as he becomes obsessionally fixated on the young gypsy girl Esmeralda, leading him to moral and psychological turmoil. Frollo embodies themes of hypocrisy, repression, and the destructive potential of obsession, making him a nuanced symbol of the struggle between spirituality and human passions.