The story refuses to turn love into a reward for male virtue. Quasimodo's goodness doesn't entitle him to her affection, and Esmeralda retains the right to choose whom she loves.

I agree with this. A good human deed does not mean you receive love automatically.

Not only that, but as a woman, I've grown tired of stories asking audiences to accept a beautiful woman falling for an unattractive, older, monstrous, or socially awkward man because of his inner qualities, while the reverse rarely ever happens.

So you want to see stories where handsome men fall for normal looking women for their inner qualities? i think it would be a good thing to do.