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When I first read "Notre Dame de Paris" back in 1997 (because I had seen the animation and wanted to compare the two) that's how I imagined Claude, the archbishop of Notre Dame.
It was good back then.
But later on my views changed.
Now when I imagine him, Claude is not bald. He also seems to be more of a mentor than a dark tormented soul.
He also... well, how 'bout that! - he smiles a lot! His soul seems to be more at ease.
The funny thing is that the image I had of him in my mind for the last 5 years I... I saw it in a newspaper just a year ago! Weird...
The same broad forehead, the same grey hair, the same piercing eyes, eyebrows, even the nose and chin.
I kept the photo and the article and last July, when I googled the name of the mysterious "alter-ego-in-the-real-world" I was quite surprised: the good-looking middle-aged man in the photo (Claude's "real" twin brother) was a very famous biologist. And an atheist too. The irony!
If dom Claude Frollo had existed he would find no rest in his grave knowing that a certain Richard Dawkins looks just like him...

Description
When I first read "Notre Dame de Paris" back in 1997 (because I had seen the animation and wanted to compare the two) that's how I imagined Claude, the archbishop of Notre Dame.
It was good back then.
But later on my views changed.
Now when I imagine him, Claude is not bald. He also seems to be more of a mentor than a dark tormented soul.
He also... well, how 'bout that! - he smiles a lot! His soul seems to be more at ease.
The funny thing is that the image I had of him in my mind for the last 5 years I... I saw it in a newspaper just a year ago! Weird...
The same broad forehead, the same grey hair, the same piercing eyes, eyebrows, even the nose and chin.
I kept the photo and the article and last July, when I googled the name of the mysterious "alter-ego-in-the-real-world" I was quite surprised: the good-looking middle-aged man in the photo (Claude's "real" twin brother) was a very famous biologist. And an atheist too. The irony!
If dom Claude Frollo had existed he would find no rest in his grave knowing that a certain Richard Dawkins looks just like him...