Does Esmeralda Die in the Book?

As in the original novel, Esmeralda dies, though she is killed by smoke inhalation instead of by Frollo. Her death causes Quasimodo to kill Frollo, and, in the end, carries her corpse and leaves Notre Dame.

Why was Esmeralda hanged?

Esmeralda proclaims her innocence, but when she is threatened with having her foot crushed in a vice, she confesses. The court sentences her to death for murder and witchcraft (the court has seen Djali's spelling trick), and she is locked away in a cell.

Who does Esmeralda end up with in the book?

Sometime after the events of the first movie, Esmeralda and Phoebus get married and have a son named Zephyr who was the tritagonist in the sequel (the deuteragonist was Madellaine who was Quasimodo's love interest who eventually became his wife).

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