"Esmeralda" is the closing number of Act I in the stage musical version of " The Hunchback of Notre Dame". This song is high on drama and plot. This song takes place when Frollo is searching for Esmeralda and Phoebus realizes that he would rather be “good than smart”, (morality over career ambition) and he disobeys Frollo. At this, Frollo condemns Phbebus to death, but Phoebus manages to flee with Esmeralda’s help. Frollo then begins to burn down Paris in search of the two fugitives while Quasimodo worries. By the end of the song, Phoebus is spotted on the bridge and shot with an arrow. Esmeralda appears and tries to save him, but Phoebus falls into the Seine with Esmeralda diving in after him.