Hop Frog as a love story"Hop Frog", by Edgar Allan Poe, is a short story in which the main character, after having suffered numerous abuses from the king's part, takes revenge in the end. Hop Frog is not only the king's jester, but also a disabled dwarf. The king perpetually scolds Hop Frog and plays pranks on his poor jester. At one point, the king and his seven ministers summon Hop Frog before them so that he can give them ideas for an upcoming masquerade. The king forces him to drink wine (which Hop Frog always has an adverse reaction to drinking) and becomes very angry with him. Hop Frog is only saved by the intercession of Trippetta, a woman from Hop Frog's own country and his only true friend. Trippetta succeeds, but only after suffering great humiliation at the hands of the king. However, Hop Frog gives the eight an idea for their masquerade costumes. After tarring them, covering them with linen, and chaining them together, they have the crude appearance of eight orangutans, and Hop Frog drags them into the masquerade. Here his revenge plot unfolds, as he hoists them into the air and sets them on fire. He then flees, probably with Trippetta and the two are never seen again. But this story isn’t just about escaping oppression. Instead, it is a love story, as Hop Frog's entire course of action was inspired solely by his love for Trippetta. Hop Frog had suffered years of torment at the hands of the king. To begin with, Hop Frog was kidnapped from his own land and sent into captivity to the king. Hop Frog was subjected to verbal abuse due to his flaws and physical suffering. For example, he was given the insulting nickname "Hop Frog", although... through the distortions of...... middle of paper... ...he himself is mistreated, but when his love is mistreated, something breaks. Its cool plot is created solely to avenge the injustice done to Trippetta. If Hop Frog only wanted to escape or seek revenge for his own ordeals, he would have simply killed the king. But instead he kills the king (perpetrator of the injustice) and the ministers (who all laughed at Trippetta's humiliation). He does this in a public forum in order to humiliate them the same way they humiliated his love. After inflicting his vengeance on these men, Hop Frog escapes with his love and they disappear from the kingdom. We can only assume that they returned to their homeland, but wherever they went, they went together. It's truly a love story. Works Cited: Poe, Edgar Allen. “Hop-Frog.” Collective works of Edgar Allen Poe. Ed. Thomas Ollive Mabbott. Massattusetes: Harvard, 1978.