18. Hanging

HANGING
…OF ESMERALDA
. . . she is taken slowly to the gallows. The sun is rising. After the march, the rope is placed around her neck. The march plays again as we see Quasimodo and Claude watching from the ramparts of Notre Dame. As Esmeralda drops, the (now) totally demented Claude laughs. The Hunchback goes into a rage and . . .
QUASIMODO KILLS CLAUDE
. . . throws Claude from the tower.