Themes shared and things shared in Cask of Amontillado & Hop-Frog

Daniel Bowler

Edgar Allan Poe has written many short stories which share the same themes of “Revenge (betrayal) and freedom & confinement” however though time is at the essence so I will be talking about the Cask of Amontillado and last but not least Hop-Frog.

NUTSHELL –HOP FROG

Hop frog is a jester not only is he a jester he is a “triplicate treasure” meaning he was a dwarf, a cripple and a fool all in one.

. Hop-Frog is a light weight, he cant drink

. king forces Hop-Frog to drink more then the fool can handle, and in the moment of uncertainty king gets flustered and throws the wine at the fools girlfriend “Trippeta”

. Hop-Frog gets angry and decides the only logical course of action is to dress the nobility including the king as orangutans and suspending them in mid air and setting them on fire.

NUTSHELL-CASK OF AMONTILLADO

.The narrator, Montresor, opens the story by stating that he has been insulted by his acquaintance, Fortunato, and that he seeks revenge.

.He wants to exact this revenge, however, in a measured way, without placing himself at risk. He decides to use Fortunato’s fondness for wine against him so leads him down to Montresor’s vault where he will then proceed to seal Fortunato alive in a crypt.

What they have in common?

Alcohol

Revenge

Freedom and Confinement

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