Quasimodo's Mother Disney Hunchback of Notre Dame
Another Minor/major Characters is Quasimodo’s nameless mother (voiced by Mary Kay Bergman). She’s not in the film long but she’s quite important.
Quasimodo's Mother Disney Hunchback of Notre Dame
Quasimodo's Mother Disney Hunchback of Notre Dame
Quasimodo's Mother Disney Hunchback of Notre Dame
Very little is know about her other than she’s a Gypsy, she wants to live in Paris, and she tries to keep Quasimodo away from Frollo. In trying to protect Quasimodo from Frollo she brought them together. Frollo then uses her as a way to manipulate Quasimodo in to remaining loyal to him. Frollo would tell Quasimodo that his “heartless” mother abandoned him as a baby. This keeps Quasimodo grateful and loyal to Frollo. It’s not till Frollo tries to kill Quasimodo that Frollo tells him the truth.
Quasimodo's Mother Disney Hunchback of Notre Dame
Quasimodo's Mother Disney Hunchback of Notre Dame
Quasimodo's Mother Disney Hunchback of Notre Dame
Quasimodo’s mother raises a lot of question . We know she’s a gypsy and she’s a mother, but Quasimodo looks (coloration wise) nothing like her. Was she his biological mother or she did adopt him? Or maybe (like in the sequel) boy-children look like their fathers and nothing like their mothers? And would that mean that the man with Quasimodo’s mother was not her husband/lover? My guess given her looks and her interaction with the Gypsy guy is that he was her husband and that they did adopt Quasimodo.
Frollo killing Quasimodo's Mother Disney Hunchback of Notre Dame
Quasimodo's Mother's Death Disney Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Murder of Quasimodo's Mother Disney Hunchback of Notre Dame
Disney used the death of Quasimodo’s mother to reinforce the point that they read the book. Quasimodo’s mother dies the same way Esmeralda’s mother does in the novel. Spoiler’s— Esmeralda’s mother, Sister Gudule (Paquette Guybertaut a.k.a La Chantefleurie) dies trying to save Esmeralda from the gallows and is push to the pavement, hits her end and dies. In the book Sister Gudule prayed for 15 years to have her child returned to her if only for an instant, classic case of be careful what you wish for. She and Esmeralda were reunited for only a few hours.
Quasimodo's Mother Disney Hunchback of Notre Dame
Quasimodo's Mother Disney Hunchback of Notre Dame
Quasimodo's Mother Disney Hunchback of Notre Dame
So Quasimodo’s mother is a very important element to the story as she helps establishes Frollo and Quasimodo relationship and she reinforces it by Frollo being a lying and manipulate jerk (but he’s the best Disney villain so kudos to you Frollo on every terrible thing you do).
Next Time; Those guards, you know the ones
Esmeralda dealing with soldiers Disney Hunchback of Notre Dame
I thought it was interesting his mother resembled Esmeralda a bit.
The baby could have been born premature; this could lead to a number of deformities especially in the early 1800s when (the novel) takes place (one can assume the movie is in a similar time period). As an adult you see that he is fair, which could be a result of his duties in Notre Dame, we can assume he rarely ventures out.
Also, Quasimodo’s mother’s love and devotion for her child leads me to believe that he was not adopted; he seems fairly young in the movie, and if there was going to be trouble entering Paris to begin with it makes little sense (in my humble opinion) that she would adopt a child and bring him along if they did not already have a strong family bond. Skin tone and other appearances can be deceiving, especially if the child is deformed it is unlikely they will resemble their parents.
She doesn’t even have a name? Not even in the script?