Hop Frog Essay

“Hop-Frog”, written by Edgar Allan Poe, displays the mood of resentment. The first example of this is shown when the story says, “Hop-Frog … had been forcibly carried off from their respective homes in adjoining provinces, and sent as presents to the king, by one of his ever-victorious generals” (2). This passage is important to the mood because it shows us the first event that caused resentment within Hop-Frog. Being carried off away from your home to go serve a foreign and distant king is very hard to deal with and most likely caused anger within Hop-Frog. Another example can be seen when the story says, “They are a great king and his seven privy counselors, -- a king who does not scruple to strike a defenseless girl and his seven counselors

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Edgar Allan Poe also used some irony to show the same idea. Hop Frog uses the king’s life, in which he lived on jokes, to “arrang[e] his last joke, one which the king clamor[s] for, [the one] in which the king dies” as stated in the Critical Companion to Edgar Allan Poe (Sova 81). The king’s life of jokes is spent, and Hop-Frog’s jokes have a deathly ring to the king. The irony again illustrates how intertwined the two opposites are. Irony is also present in the short story “Masque of the Red Death” to highlight the connection between life and death in a different way.

War has the ability to change many things about the world. While most associate the changes of war with boundaries and governments, people often forgot the influence it has over society and culture. The United States experienced a change similar to this shortly after the Civil war. Citizens were shown the brutality and devastation of war which lead to them having a grim outlook on the world. This viewpoint inspired a new generation of artists and authors who ,with their combined works, created Realism. Writers like Mark Twain, Stephen Crane, Abraham Cahan, Ambrose Bierce, and Henry James pushed the drastic shift from feelings to reality in the hopes of appealing to the more literate working class. Many stories, in order to capture reality, relied on similar techniques and themes such as: simplicity, truth, and criticism.

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Hop-Frog is sarcastic when he calls the king great, as the king was stupid and cruel. Also, the king was easily tricked and was powerless to stop Hop-Frog from killing them

To analyze Poe’s characterization of class differences and power struggle, we may look at the Masque of the Red Death. In this story, the Prince Prospero and his wealthy friends are shown as wicked in their utter disregard for the common man dying outside their gates. The idea of the upper class being evil and ignorant is seen again in the line, “The external world could take care of itself. In the meantime it was folly to grieve, or to think” (Poe, 269). Here, as in Hop Frog, there is the underlying idea that the rich and powerful are often evil and ignorant but must eventually reap their just rewards. Surprisingly, even though Poe utilized information and understood the popular taste, he did not have incredible success in real life against his own rich and powerful adversaries. His writing may have been a venting apparatus for his own frustrations with those who were in positions of power; namely his father and wealthy capitalists unwilling to provide him with

In Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “Hop Frog,” the main character Hop Frog is justified in his act of revenge because he is removed from his original country to be given as a gift to the king, and the king is disrespectful to Trippetta. The first reason Hop Frog is justified is because generals take him forcibly to be a gift for the king. After being ripped away from his home and brought to another country he is treated inadequately, “Many Large, bitter drops fell into the goblet as he took it, humbly, from the hand of the tyrant” (Poe 902). This scene shows how hop frog is humble and modest as he is being forced to drink wine. Hop Frog does not appreciate drinking, yet he cries as he does what he is told by a man who is indeed a tyrant.

Hop-Frog is justified for killing the king for two main reasons. The king is cruel to Hop-Frog. The king makes Hop-Frog drink wine when Hop-Frog is too small to handle the alcohol. The king chuckles, “Ah! ha! ha! roared the latter, as the dwarf reluctantly drained the beaker” (Poe 4). The king is proving that he is being a jerk by making Hop-Frog drink the wine. Hop-Frog let tears drip down his face while drinking the wine. The king is making Hop-Frog drink and at the same time the king was making fun of him. The king and his men knew that Hop-Frog could not handle the liquor he was given. Hop-Frog is stirring up a secret plan to get revenge. The king and his fellow men find it amusing that Hop-Frog is different. Hop-Frog is a dwarf that has distorted legs and

In Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “Hop Frog,” the main character Hop Frog can be justified and not justified in his act of revenge because the king made fun of him and murder is to be taken to far, for that it is not needed in this situation. A reason for Hop Frog to be justified in his revenge act is that the king always made fun of him for multiple personal issues. For example, Hop Frog cannot walk straight because of his deformation so the king calls him Hop Frog. The king loved to make fun of Hop Frog; even making him do something that he would never do: “He took pleasure in forcing Hop-Frog to drink” (Poe 901). The king knew Hop Frog did not drink wine but he still forced him to drink as a joke for the king.

In the story, “Hop-Frog,” the character Hop-Frog’s action is justified. One way his action is justified is because of how the king treats him. The king finds pleasure in inadequately treating Hop-Frog. He makes fun of Hop-Frog especially because he values the fact that not only is Hop-Frog a fool; he is also a dwarf and a cripple. Many kings at this time found it best to get through the days with a dwarf to laugh at. The king believes that Hop-Frog acquires a triplicate fortune in one person; he is crippled, a dwarf, and a fool. The king knew that Hop-Frog is not fond of wine, but still forces him to drink it. In fact, this excites him even more because he loves his practical jokes and took pleasure in forcing him to drink the wine. The wine

The main characters in “Hop-Frog” and “The Tell-Tale Heart” endure a vile nature of their own, even though what they committed was for self-uprightness from the external sinister forces. Hop-Frog’s appearance appears to be acquitted and inoffensive in the beginning of the story. However, Hop-Frog’s internal aggression and insanity are ignited due to many extreme external factors such as the king’s abusive power and Trippetta’s humiliation. During the climactic scene, Hop-Frog declares that he can distinct the king and the ministers as beasts for inhumanely degrades him and Trippetta. His statement seems to be proving a point of justice and equality; conversely, his brutal murder of the king and the ministers opposes the idea of bringing justice. Hop-Frog declares, “ ‘I now see distinctly,’ […] ‘what manner of people theses maskers are. They are a great king and his seven privy-councillors, -a king who does not scruple to strike a defenseless girl, and his seven councilors who abet him in the outrage’ ” (Poe 1255). Hop-Frog distinctively relates the king and the ministers to a corrupted hierarchical system, which is consisted of a merciless king and irrational ministers who do not bring justice and equality. In the contradiction, Hop-Frog is also the one that performs an act of sin, which he brutally sets the king and the ministers on blazes. “Hop-Frog” is a story full of irony and twisted scenarios, where the injustice transpires and alters one’s mind that even a righteous

see Hop-Frog in a new light. Hop-Frog develops as a character and reveals his true nature as someone not to mess with. He stands his ground and intimidates his peers in a unique way.

Literary Analysis In Mark Twain’s folktale “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” his figurative language affects the story by enhancing the language and dialect. Twain’s use of figurative language makes the dialect more authentic. “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” is about a man named Simon Wheeler telling the narrator of the story about an engaging tale about Jim Smiley training a frog to jump for a bet with a stranger, only to lose his own bet because of the stranger’s cleverness. Throughout the story, figurative language enhances the story by making it more amusing and giving the reader an idea how people in the West spoke back then.

It's important to pre-read children's books before reading them to children for two reasons. One reason is to allow the teacher to know where emotional support may be needed if the books deals with divorce, death, babies and so forth. Also to be sure if the book is appropriate for preschoolers by providing a postive message dealing with a negative situation.