| So you have stumbled onto my domain... Please read on for important information regarding this site, and how to cite it in papers. |
| This page is gonna serve as a kind of background info/warning/threat/cautionary/etc page. Basically, I'm gonna put up what I darn well feel like! My first disclaimer is about the graphics on this site. The guideline goes as follows. If it looks like it came from a movie, then the chances that it's a graphic borrowed or taken without permission is pretty good. The original Notre Dame artwork is by L.O. Merson, and as far as I know, is public domain, as long as the quality's poor and it can't be reproduced. However, if the graphic looks like it was specifically made for this page, then there's a 99.999% probability it was, and you need to ask for permission before using it. The names on the characters page (the glowy ones!) are also mine. I try to give credit when I use images or services, but I move too quick for my mind, and some remain yet to be creditted. All I can promise is that I will get around to it. As I said before, a lot of the graphics are used without permission. They will be promptly removed upon request. As for the text, excepting one idea that I used in one of the character sections, and the background research done on the names (Claude Frollo and Pierre Gringoire in particular), the text and ideas are all mine. I did not plaigarize any of the material, and if it looks like I did, it's merely coincidence. E-mail me and I'll see about the situation. I still have yet to put up a bibliography for the resources I did use, but as I said, there're very few of those, and my mind doesn't move too quick. I will have the sources up eventually. Again, though, this site is mostly my opinions, developed from reading the book. I do know for a fact some, if not a lot of the material on this site is erroneous, and I can only promise that I'll correct it with time. For reference, I am a 20-year-old French undergraduate. Meaning I'm hardly a professor with a doctorate in French Romanticism Literature, or Medieval Studies. I would like to think this doesn't make any of my ideas less solid, but it does change the nature of this page. If you are looking for information on the book and adaptations in an attempt to understand it (because you loooove it that much), then this would be a good site for you. If you are a professor seeking to research NDDP...then you might prefer to look elsewhere. If you are a student seeking some obscure information, such as the origins of the names, information on the culture of the time, the location of the book's scenes, etc, then this page will be beneficial. Especially if you don't care where you get your information from. If you are a person who does not wish to read the book, but must, and came here for the synopsis, or came here looking for an analyses of the text to save yourself some work, then I suggest you look elsewhere. I must admit, I've done my share of cheating in the past -- anything to get through the work. But I've always stood firmly by the idea that a person must come up with his or her own ideas -- ie, analyses. I do not agree in using another person's thoughts. So if you want to use something such as my opinions on a character's personality and psyche, then quote it and cite it. Again, though, I should warn you -- these are not certainly tested in an educational atmosphere, and there is a very good chance your teacher will write on your paper "My God, where the h*ll did you pull this b&%*sh@t from?" Well...okay, a little less graphic, probably. It would be wise for you to think it through yourself. And if you agree with my opinions, then by all means, use them and give credit. If you don't, then chances are your teacher won't either. You're taking the risk yourself. As for the synopses, again, I *know* that information is particularly inaccurate is some areas. You take a risk using my story synopses instead of reading the book. Although, I will say something in my synopses' favors. There seems to be only one source of "Cliff Notes" out there on the internet for Hunchback of Notre Dame, right now. They're called MonkeyNotes. You can find them at PinkMonkey.com. I read through this, and while some ideas were disgustingly thought-provoking (such as Frollo wanting to kill Gringoire, though I still disgree), most everything else plot-wise is wrong. You can go there, if you're so tired of my rantings that you want to try a new source. From what I've heard (or rather, been yelled at with), students have used them and have passed tests with flying colors. I personally think that's a true sign of how public education has deteriorated. Any teacher who's actually read the book could see through such erroneous information. But, again, you can use them and pass. Mine...who knows? I don't do a chapter-by-chapter analysis. The website is http://www.pinkmonkey.com if you would rather go there. ------------------------------------------------NEW NOTE---------------------------------------------- To update this, though the update is already rather outdated, Sparknotes has a section up on Hunchback of Notre Dame. You can access it at http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/index_h.html. Just scroll to the bottom of the page. You'll have to register to view the notes, though. I haven't read these notes in a long time, but I think they're pretty accurate. They should be -- sparknotes has got Harvard professors working for them. Or something like that. While there, stop by the message board. I write up stuff every so often (yeah, the obnoxious person who writes frickin novels? That's me), so if you've a question, post it there, and I'll probably get back to you in a timely manner. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I think I'm about to the end of my disclaimers. My personal problem (or stick up my $#%, as some would say) is that I do not appreciate being used in order to save effort. If a person has truly put forth effort in reading the book and needs help, then I'm more than supportive. If a person is truly interested in the novel and wishes to know more, then I'm more than gracious. If a person even wants to know more, then my doors are open. What I don't like are the kinds of people who come here looking for easy answers. It's a damn good book! Read it! Absorb! Learn! Okay, you've gotten this far. You're wanting to cite material on my webpage. You don't know how. I understand that citing webpages in MLA format is difficult to say the least, so I'm going to provide you with the guide and the information to do so... Start with the name of the author of the page. In my case, it would be Misty Woodard. Then, in quoatations, the title of the page. That would be the little name at the top. This one, for example, is called "Disclaimers." Next, the title of the site. This would be the name of homepage, which in this case is Notre Dame de Paris (omit Mr. Lincoln...you'll get weird looks). Next, the editor, but this doesn't have one (unfortunately), and then the kind of webpage it is (cartoon, e-postcard, etc...does not apply to my website). Then the date of the webpage, or article, or creation of the site, or when it was last updated. Most of my webpages are constantly being updated, and I put all those in the updates section. The most recent update is on the index page, which is the one you should cite. For example, as of right now, it would be August 29, 2001. Then you should put who is responsible for the website (like the guy in charge of it). I don't think this has one, unless it's Geocities, but I doubt it. Then the date that you accessed the page. And finally, the address of the page, between brackets (the triangle ones above the comma and period keys). If there isn't any information availabe for the areas I specified above (such as Editor), then just leave it blank. This is a new note, for those citing. There are several ways to cite websites, I know. And the one I gave happens to exclude copyright information, which is rather important. So, I'll show you were to insert that. Technically, webpages aren't considered copyrightable material when it comes to citations, but it does fall under copyright law, so I'm going to put it in anyway. Soooo...using this for an example, the citation would look like this: Woodard, Misty. "Disclaimers." Notre-Dame de Paris. (c) Misty Woodard, 2000-2001. 29 August, 2001. 30 August 2001. <http://www.oocities.org/pierregringoire/disclaimers.html> And that's it! If you have any questions or would like to discuss an aspect about the book you don't understand, feel free to e-mail me or IM me. I'm not always here, but I'm always willing to talk over certain ideas you might have. --Misty Woodard |
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