Esméralda
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Esmeralda is the gypsy girl, a Bohemian from Andalusia, central to the plot of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. She constantly attracts men with her seductive dances, and is rarely seen without her clever goat Djali (pronounced Dahl-ya). She is often noted to be around 16 years old.
In the original story, she enters a marriage of convenience with poet Pierre Gringore, but truly loves a soldier named Phoebus, who is already engaged to Fleur De Lys. This does not prevent her from inadvertenly gaining the affections of Quasimodo and Judge Frollo, who has her tried for witchcraft.
In the Disney retelling, she has a solo entitled "God Help the Outcasts" and is much older. Her fate varies from tale to tale.
