In the classic novel, “The Hunchback of Notre-Dame,” the innocent Esmeralda finds herself framed for murder and witchcraft.
Despite proclaiming her innocence, she confesses after being threatened to have her foot crushed in a vice, and is sentenced to a public hanging.
Just seconds before her execution, Quasimodo, the hunchback of the book’s title, heroically saves Esmeralda and brings her to the cathedral screaming with thunderous, dramatic, and frantic vehemence, “Sanctuary, sanctuary, sanctuary!”
Violence Unleashed
NYPD officers at Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Fifth Avenue, Dec. 26, 2014. Vincent J. Bove
