Short Story Hop-Frog

Hop-frog is justified for the murder of the King and his ministers in the short story “Hop-Frog”. One reason why I believe this is because the King took advantage of him his whole life. Hop-frog was forcefully taken from his home and given as a present to the King. No one should be taken and given to another person as a gift; it’s a life not a toy. Hop-Frogs parents would never get to see him grow up and live a normal life because it was taken away from his at a young age. The King took advantage of his power and Hop-Frog. Also, another reason is the fact that they named him Hop-Frog. “I believe the name ‘Hop-Frog’ was not that given to the dwarf by his sponsors at baptisms, but it was conferred upon him…” (Poe 1). To degrade someone so low and name them because of a

He took advantage of Hop-Frogs time and any potential he had. In addition Hop-Frog was also justified from the fact that he was a joke his whole life. The King loved when he quivered and squirmed, forcing him to do things he did not want to do: “But the King loved his piratical jokes, and took pleasure in forcing Hop-Frog to drink…” (Poe 2). The King and his ministers all laughed and took in pleasure when Hop-Frog had tears in his eyes from the mercenary act the King performed. Making a joke from his sadness. Furthermore, he was made a joke because of his disability. Most dwarfs during that time were jesters because of their disability. It is so downgrading that as a result of the way you were born you had your whole life figured out. Being a big joke to those in high power was the result of dwarfism. Likewise Hop-Frogs life was a joke because he only had one friend, Tripetta and she stuck up for him making me seem powerless. His only friend was a dancer with the same disability as him; they bonded over the fact that they were both dolls on strings controlled by the king. Overall making their life a joke controlled by the