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"Hellfire" is a song from Disney's 1996 animated feature ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame''. The song is sung by the film's main antagonist, Judge Claude Frollo, who is voiced by Tony Jay. When sinful thoughts regarding the beautiful Romani woman Esmeralda enter Frollo's mind, he "panics and seeks to rid himself of () source". This internal struggle prompts "Hellfire", which has been described as "one of the best Disney villain songs of all time".〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Movie Review: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) )〕 Frollo "confronts his lusting for Esmeralda, blaming her for turning towards darkness, and pleading to be saved". He sings "destroy Esmeralda, and let her taste the fires of hell, or else let her be mine and mine alone" while the image of Esmeralda "provocatively danc() in front of him". This "scene of lust and longing" that the song is centered on received much press coverage at the time of the film's release, along with the alterations made to give the film a PG rating. =="Heaven's Light" and "Hellfire"== The song was intended to contrast the song "Heaven's Light", which was sung by Quasimodo moments earlier, expressing his feelings of love for Esmeralda, while "Hellfire" focuses on Frollo's internal conflict between his feelings of lust for her and his conscience and hate for the gypsies. Both songs, which are sometimes referred to collectively as "Heaven's Light"/"Hellfire" (for example on the soundtrack where it is track 7), describe two opposing views towards the same woman. Quasimodo sees Esmeralda as "Heaven's Light" while Frollo sees her as a "Hellfire". It could be considered as a dark reprise to the earlier song. Simon Brew of ''Den of Geek!'' argues that throughout the song, Frollo goes through a similar kind of torture that Quasimodo puts himself through in "Heaven's Light".〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hellfire (song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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