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A litter is a type of chair which was used to carry people in the medieval period.
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Litter Term Timeline in The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The timeline below shows where the term Litter appears in The Hunchback of Notre Dame. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Book 1, Chapter 5
The crowd dresses Quasimodo in his “fool’s pope” robes. They hoist him onto a litter to carry him through the streets. Quasimodo seems happy that the strong young men who...
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Book 2, Chapter 3
On his litter, still at the center of the procession, Quasimodo enjoys the adulation and respect of the...
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...Gringoire suddenly recognizes Frollo as the archdeacon of Notre Dame. Quasimodo leaps down from the litter and kneels before Frollo. Although Quasimodo is much stronger than Frollo, Frollo is commanding and...
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